Also to act as if there would be no repercussions for unethical behavior or behavior destructive to the community at large with out a police force and the court system we have now is narrow minded. Behaviors such as rape and assault can’t go unaddressed, but that doesn’t mean we need a nation-state to throw people in prison. It’s like saying we don’t want our ice-cream to melt so we should convert all our rooms to walk in freezers.

humans are just not as ideologically upholding as you might think. your example of the current chaos that exists, war, apartheid is just another example of humanity being selfish and taking what they want without consideration of anyone other than themselves. Do you really think that this “anarchist” ideal of non rulers would result in a better world in our present state of principles? I don’t think so. If there were no consequences to be held to, I question whether even if i would hesitate to eliminate 80% of the people out there because in an anarchist world at the point where humanity is today, you are like a god, and i am like one too until someone decides their being like a god wants to take down this god right here…

humans currently require order so that they can try to make some semblance towards being “human”.

an anarchist society where people develop their own morals/ethics/principled behaviors that work constructively together can only be accomplished currently by small groups of people and even then, they are still living in a non-anarchist society. only through education (and I don’t mean some institutionalized learning system) can people begin to develop their own principles.

when we are in a world where humans can all agree to act or in this case to not act on even such a thing as not harming an animal for the gain of sport, food, or clothing, that will be a time when a true anarchist society will occur because everyone will hold themselves to the same principle of valuing all life and there will be no need of rules or rulers because we will all hold ourselves accountable for our actions. at that point we can be free to truly explore our own creativity and interests that can better serve everyone and everything around us.

my question to you is, if even you can’t uphold that one principle of valuing all life yourself, then how can you expect others to act in a positive constructive manner conducive to a productive anarchist society?

You left out a few words. I think you meant: “An actor’s work IS in the realm of fiction”.
And “Our politicians clearly don’t need the encouragement to dabble in fiction”. (You had a few extra don’ts and needs in there)

Abolishing the income tax.
Auditing and ending the Federal Reserve Bank
Stopping deficit spending on undeclared preemptive wars.

I, like you, did not miss the blurb about our highest court’s recent decision to remove the limits that had been previously imposed on corporate spending towards political campaigns. I revel in the fact that those justices that did vote against this important decision all had dissenting remarks. May you read them now.

The blame should be focused on the press and their lack of condemnation upon the five justices that had the gall to protect the non-citizen over the rights of the democratic system; the founding fathers are rolling.

Keep spreading the good word Patrick – someone needs to. We cetainly cannot rely on Fox, CNBC, CNN, BBC, or any of these so-called “major” news networks that are focused on ad revenues and the highest ratings they can squeeze from the newest disaster to befall human kind. I tell them: focus your cameras and mics on the real change that is occuring through reckless decisions of men and everything else will sort out. I suppose this is too much to ask from studio execs more focused on doing work on the bottom line and not looking at what’s right.

I respect your independent mind; few Americans are able to think for themselves. I don’t worship the mainstream media; in fact, I despise the media and watch it with pure skepticism. However, there are certain people like O’Reilly that I believe have superior ability to think independently. Even if you disagree with him politically, his success speaks for itself. He’s unafraid to speak his mind – even you should appreciate that. On a side note, Coulter, Hannity, Moore and Maher are all equally destructive in my book.

My political views stem from my belief in preserving the constitution. I think the founders were some of the most intelligent thinkers we’ve ever had–period. I don’t think representative democracies are perfect, but what form is? I’m not quite sure how you view capitalism, but for me… I find comfort knowing that the free market gives me the best opportunity to succeed in whatever I choose to do. Again, I don’t think it’s perfect.

I have a sense of humor, and I take your sarcasm lightly. You don’t have to move to Afghanistan to blog negatively about the government; I said that out of passion. I think we differ in a psychological sense. For me, the glass is half empty; for you, the glass is empty… am I wrong, or is that just the nature of blogging? I know this post is irrelevant to the topic, but I had to clear some things up! Good luck, and I promise to stay relevant next post.

By the way, this miniscule “Leave a Reply” box drives me nuts!