tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post7332290558744341502..comments2024-02-28T20:56:23.768-06:00Comments on Sipsey Street Irregulars: "If each of us carried a gun . . "Dutchman6http://www.blogger.com/profile/09935420042995679958noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-9510078109044663272008-12-09T12:53:00.000-06:002008-12-09T12:53:00.000-06:00Great article. It exposes many of the myths propa...Great article. It exposes many of the myths propagated about the private ownership of weapons. One thing that caught my attention was the use of the term "anarchist". The sections preceding and after its use describe "armed assault", "blow up the president" and "commit a robbery". A relationship between those actions and anarchism is implied by how it was written. As each action is a direct violation of the "ZAP" principle (a Libertarian principle) and requires coercion, no anarchist would perpetrate such acts without violating the underpinnings of anarchism, thus disqualifying him/herself from being an anarchist. I would not rely on your readers to clarify this for themselves (though i would hope that they would), and would assume you did not intend to misrepresent anarchists to your readers. <BR/>Thanks and keep writing!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-2222310733172962672008-12-09T12:51:00.000-06:002008-12-09T12:51:00.000-06:00Great article. It exposes many of the myths propa...Great article. It exposes many of the myths propagated about the private ownership of weapons. One thing that caught my attention was the use of the term "anarchist". The sections preceding and after its use describe "armed assault", "blow up the president" and "commit a robbery". A relationship between those actions and anarchism is implied by how it was written. As each action is a direct violation of the "ZAP" principle (a Libertarian principle) and requires coercion, no anarchist would perpetrate such acts without violating the underpinnings of anarchism, thus disqualifying him/herself from being an anarchist. I would not rely on your readers to clarify this for themselves (though i would hope that they would), and would assume you did not intend to misrepresent anarchists to your readers. <BR/>Thanks and keep writing!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com