Subject: Re: (way, way OT..) OT:Re: Fwd: URGENT ACTION: email Bush NOW! (fwd)
From: Alexandra Hettergott (a.hettergott@wanadoo.fr)
Date: Tue Apr 03 2001 - 16:48:05 EDT
Matt Kober replied :
>In the present sphere of capitalist rule and power gained through
>economic supremacy, I do agree that many positive actions and
>humanitarian intervention brought about by various non - governmental
>organizations would benefit from more funding, power and visibility.
I'd however see it less (customary) black&white, though, and except
for good NGOs _only_ would also allow of some para/inter/governmental
ones ...
>What I question (...) is the very system that seems to propagate the
>concept that authority and domination are necessary to maintain our
>society.
Well, Imho that respecting the others' (and ones owns) limits is
favorable to a conflict-less together in a, however, modern, liberal
society, i.e., in favor of individual liberties as long as they don't
affect (that of) the others, but not anti-authoritarian, as "respect"
vis-a-vis co-citizens and existing (socio-ecolo-) environmental
structures, generally tends to being related to "authoritarianism",
though ...
:ah
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