Re: [pf] Anarchism

At 19:07 30/10/2001 -0500, Sharon Flesher wrote:
> What about those of us who would like to have both David and Diane in our
community? And even the cranky old lady across the street ...
> But really, I like being part of a diverse community. And this
divide-up-into-like-minded-communities idea doesn't account for the
likelihood that most people do not choose their homes based on shared
ideology; I suspect that most people simply live where their families are,
or the place that offers them a particular work opportunity.
>
· Or in our case: where's best to put down roots and bring up the kids. I
had only a 4-month analysis-of-questionnaires job (for Auckland University)
to come to - nothing worth crossing the sea for. But I felt it might be a
foot-in-the-door, which it sort-of was.

· As I've said before; my wife and I were homesick for our small town in
Ghana, after we left; I could (and still can) imagine myself living in a
small town like Nsawam not far from Legon and the capital Accra; the people
there had only little, but were otherwise very similar to this family's
friends here in NZ and in London Canada.

· There are many people like us (and many on this list, including David
Appell) who choose where they live with only a secondary interest in how
much they'll get paid.


>But let's say we did achieve anarchistic communities. [the baddies leave
and] take their stinking SUVs and fast-food restaurants with them. Good
riddance! But what happens when their foul air and water starts drifting
toward my community?
>
· One model which has been working reasonably well since 1909 (Boundary
Waters) and 1985 (International Joint Commission - Great Lakes Charter) is
the amelioration of pollution in the Great Lakes, involving the states and
provinces surrounding them.

· I'm sure there are a great many other success stories - that's one _I_
have been aware of. Based on co-operation, and therefore quite compatible
with anarchy.

· It remains a big problem, in spite of some successes.

David.
David MacClement [davd @ ihug.co.nz] (remove spaces)
http://davd.tripod.com/GrRR-011026_titles.html#top
http://www.geocities.com/davd.geo/index.html#top
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