tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-268099099981586721.post1940161383579901307..comments2023-09-01T03:50:01.667-07:00Comments on Indiscriminate Dust: Property, Violence and AnarchismPhilboyd Studgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10926397147880047519noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-268099099981586721.post-52721695774565401962012-05-26T13:07:50.914-07:002012-05-26T13:07:50.914-07:00Working on a novel manuscript, eh? Tell us more!Working on a novel manuscript, eh? Tell us more!Ivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11358133259010270165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-268099099981586721.post-15933792333124443082012-05-26T04:50:36.511-07:002012-05-26T04:50:36.511-07:00Hi Philboyd,
My view is your question puts the ca...Hi Philboyd,<br /><br />My view is your question puts the cart before the horse.<br /><br />In protest-minded circles, the question of violence is important and I don't mean to demean it.<br /><br />Still, the question misses the point because it's out of context.<br /><br />Say, for example, there's a protest march calling attention to corporate greed and some rowdies in the march (be they real rowdies or plants by the authorities) bust shop windows.<br /><br />Whether the property damage is considered "violence" is a red herring. The proper question is whether the property damage is justifiable under the circumstances.<br /><br />In this instance most people will agree that it's not justified.<br /><br />Then, same example, but add riot cops tear-gassing the crowd and some crowd members take up bricks and hurl them at the cops. Shop windows get broken in the melee.<br /><br />Once again the question isn't whether it's violence, but whether it's justified.<br /><br />In this circumstance it's much more justified, but people will differ on the issue of justification depending on their political views.the pied cow bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07227942344107357027noreply@blogger.com