On 10/23/11 3:22 PM, Chuck Grimes wrote:
> Why?
>
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>
> Some apology is in order.
>
> However, reading through these explanations just pissed me off. This
> whatever it is, is quickly devolving into something resembling sectarian
> bullshit of yore. It's something I really have no interest in at all.
>
> Why, because I fight this kind of fight nearly everyday, as I propose
> and figure out actions and somebody from nowhere objects on the basis of
> this or that. It's been going on for six fucking months. Meanwhile
> nothing was getting done. Finally, Friday we had a meeting that got
> somewhere.
>
> Example. I researched a line of cleaning products that were
> hypoallergenic, or claimed to be because the scent-lady in the org,
> objected to what I used in the past. We are supposed to be all
> inclusive. I looked up a hospital line, and that was found wanting...
>
> In a long ago face to face confrontation over this issue, I told the
> woman, You bring in what you want me to use, and I will clean your
> chair. She turned around and left in a huff. She never came back. Much
> later I looked up what sectarian scent-people prefer. White distilled
> vingar. Fine bring it in and I'll use it.
>
> Political movements attract a certain kind of person who whether they
> know it or not are obstructionists by character. OWS has evidently
> collected quite a few. You'all better gain some handle on these people
> or you are doomed.
>
> BTW consensus is itself a demand, and is precisely the sort of tyranny
> that Bookchin was writing about
>
>
> CG
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