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Re: Morality and dogmatic politics never mix
Posted by: Ashley Lavelle ( Australia ) on February 14, 1997 at 05:23:17:
In Reply to: Morality and dogmatic politics never mix posted by Simon Palbera on February 13, 1997 at 19:35:19:
: It is simply wrong-headed of you to blindly support a crime under the excuse of a political act. I will support the workers over the ruling class where it is justified. We are not looking at any kind of despotic atrocity here, simply someone stealing a piece of chicken for a friend. No mention of starvation, oppression, or any mitigating circumstances. It was theft, is theft, and shall be theft. Simon, it appears that you have erected your own "smokescreen" for your own purposes. As for the Stalinist jibe, that hardly merits a response it is so off-track. You have consistently accused me of perceiving the employees act as a political one. I challenge you to find any of my postings which say such. I will repeat once more what my position is on this particular issue. The employee stole the chicken mcnugget to give it to his friend, to eat himself, just for the fun of it, whatever. It is clear he did not steal it to bring down the MCDonald's empire and the global capitalist system with it. Therefore, IT WAS NOT A POLITICAL ACT. But again anyone who hates MCDonald's, the capitalist system, or defends the underdog in most if not all cases, will agree that one does not take sides with McDonald's (I'd like to hear McSpotlight's official position on this). This is where you and I are poles apart. But the so-called "dogmatism" aside, tell us your opinion of the origin of the law against "theft" and why you support the interests of private property. Is McDonalds' clearing of million of acres of rainforest for catte-grazing considered theft in your opinion? If you do strive for any decent sort of society as it appears you do, then reformism will remain your never-ending obstacle.
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