People generally don't want to die. Forcing them to do so anyway sounds like domination to me--however brief. And control can also mean...
Haha, yeah. Well that's definitely the way I approach music--there's stuff I like and stuff I don't and songs that I think go well together in a...
Absolutely not. You do what you've got to do to survive. But that doesn't mean that everything you do automatically lines up with your chosen...
Yeah, banks have always struck me as a scam. Bunch of people standing around going "Yeah, just let us hold your money for you, we promise to give...
Yeah, sorry if I lost my cool a bit there. Comes with living in a town where 'probable cause' means "two cops walk into a bar, hose down the whole...
@Vulture: No offense taken, it makes me cringe too--and I'm having to live it. Squatting is a young, able-bodied person's game, and I haven't been...
I used to go bankless, up till about 7 years ago when I did some traveling and needed an account so I could still access my money and pay my rent...
Well you're certainly right that there's a much wider gap now between the military might of the state and the average citizen--though they've...
Musically speaking? Genres have alway been a little hard for me to wrap my head around. For the most part they feel like arbitrary labels cooked...
I get where you're coming from, but I can't agree. Bombings and assassinations are the epitome of violent coercion, which is exactly what anarchy...
Oh it's as old as dirt. The state's whole con is that things would go completely to shit without them in charge, so obviously anyone who opposes...
Oh definitely. Although Libertarianism kinda throws me for a loop too. From what I've read, the term started out as just another word for...
Yeah, I totally get that. Sometimes you've got to fight just to get some breathing room, or to get others clued in to what's going on. Going off...
Hey, no problem man. I suspect everyone here understands how life can throw you for a loop sometimes. And I hear you about being isolated, if...
There's a lot of hate propaganda directed toward anarchists. If you listen to how the word is used by politicians and the media, 'anarchy' is...
It looks pretty good, and I think it's really cool that you're doing this--but you might need to aim your efforts a little higher up the chain. To...
I'm less worried about the hypocrisy, and more worried about how many government watch lists I might be on. I get enough crap from the government...
Nah, I've gone by a few other usernames over the years but that isn't one of them. Not bad though, sounds like it'd make a good stage name.
I'm simultaneously hesitant to watch or like something political on a site operated by Google, and possessed of the sinking conviction that Google...
Yeah it's always more effective when you can turn the state's rhetoric against itself. Kids in the U.S. are brainwashed with nationalist...
Cool, thanks for the info. I've always had an interest in historical stuff like that. Seems Paine had some interesting notions with regards to the...
Definitely a gamer. It's one of my major vices, and I know it. Not that I think gaming itself is inhierently bad or anything, I just recognize...
Would explain all that very anarchist-sounding language in the constitution and the declaration of independence. Always leaves me puzzled how the...
Well, I can't speak for anyone else's experience, but sometimes I think that because my views are so opposed to the mainstream, I've gotten used...
Hey Nick. Been debating what to say here. I don't pretend to know exactly what you're going through, but I've been in situations that sound a lot...
By all means, go ahead. I figure the main point of a thread like this is to share the 'verbal toolbox' we've developed so others can make use of...
Honestly? I'd probably just walk off. Or lose my temper and get into an argument. Or both. Someone who calls you out on the street like that is...
Violence is oppression, mate. If you attack the cop all you're doing is acting like a cop yourself--trying to 'police the police' with violence...
Awesome! Congrats on the upgrade, and thanks for keeping this place around long enough for slow learners like me to find it. :lmao:
There's something to be said for avoidance, too. Just because someone uses force against you, or would if they got the chance, doesn't mean your...
Welcome to the club. :good:
Same reason the bus always shows up the moment you leave the stop to take a piss. ;)
I'd be on more, but I've been having some computer problems and the site's been down a couple of times. Personally I think the forum structure is...
Ever heard of KMFDM? They've been doing electronic/industrial music with an anarcho-punk bent for over 30 years now. :smokecig:
Songs that have a great build up, but then take a left turn and kill the energy partway through. Songs that are nothing but a great buildup,...
Well, I've already expressed my views on violence and anarchism elsewhere on this forum. To sum up: I find the two concepts fundamentally...
The problem with violence is that it's anti-anarchist. Violence is a tool of domination. No matter what political goals you espouse, using force...
Maybe not an exact quote, but: "If you don't think people can be trusted to govern themselves, what makes you think they can be trusted to govern...
Hey thanks. This was a really good resource that I actually forgot about--lost a lot of bookmarks back in the day. Nifty to have the link again.
Sarcastic? Sure. Witty? That might be stretching it. My main problem with the Sex Pistols is that they perpetuated all the bad stereotypes about...
Nifty resource. Makes me wish I was younger.
Hey thanks for the link! I'll have to give that a read when I have the chance. Personally, I have to agree that animals are not universally...
Very nice. Good to see punks not dead in Britain. \m/
That being punk means having a neon mohawk and wearing a spiked leather jacket. That being punk means being a dick. That being punk means sucking...
There used to be a really great local punk scene out here (Central Coast California) a decade or so ago. If there still is, I don't know about it....
Hell, half the stuff that was "Crazy Tin-Foil Hat Wearing Hobo Talk" when I was growing up is public knowledge now: Cops/NSA listening in on...
Heh, sounds like a plan. I know I shouldn't be that concerned about quality anyway, but the wife and I both have a major perfectionist streak and...
Not yet. We've got a number of songs at varying levels of completion and a "covers to learn" list that's longer than my arm, but to be honest the...
The seeds were definitely there for a long time, but I never really knew what punk or anarchy was growing up. Society wages a pretty good smear...
Man, I hear ya. I moved out to the coast the last year of highschool and this area... ...well, one of my friends once described it as: "A piece...
