On Nov 6, 2011, at 9:44 PM, Michael Smith wrote:
> On Sun, 6 Nov 2011 19:41:17 -0500
> Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
>
>> I'm not opposed to violence, but ...
>> No one's actually explained how it might
>> help at this stage
>
> Questions like this give me serious brain-freeze.
>
> No one has 'explained' how X might 'help' Y?
> How on earth is anybody supposed to do that?
> And if we had to wait for these persuasive
> explanations, how could we ever fall in love,
> or change our politics, or cross the street,
> for that matter?
Call me naive, but I don't see how choosing whether to break shit - whether it might help or harm your cause - is at all like falling in love (which isn't something one normally plans or reflects about in advance). It is sorta like crossing the street, but you usually cross the street because you have a destination, and a likely route to get you there.
In other words, you have no real justification. It just makes you feel righteous.
Doug