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Fight the MAN  I recently found out that part of Bush's "No Child Left Behind" program is a rule that every high school that receives funding must turn in a list of names and phone numbers of all well bodied students to a military recruiter, that they might solicit the service of graduating high schoolers. Schools are allowed to let students opt out of this list, but they are not required to let the students know about it. Leave my child alone! Here's a link for more info. I'm also thinking about resurrecting the infamous "Flyer Project" and doing a little counter-recruitment at some local high schools. If anyone would be interested, please let me know. Peace Current mood:  angry.Current music: War...What is it good for?. As a so-called Christian anarchist, I feel it necessary to explain why I am not happy with the lawlessness in New Orleans. Over the past week, many have said, "Well...are you happy now, Derek? They have anarchy now!" I would like to respond to their attitude. Christian anarchists, in general, are not against the existence of government. This is the biggest difference we have with secular anarchists and nihilists. They want the government to be dissolved completely. This is something that we CA's agree should and will only happen when Christ returns in his "fullness." Most of us (though not all) recognize that government has its role (its God-given role!) in human society. Romans 13 seems to make this clear. God has infact ordained government to keep some sort of control over the sinful world, so that we don't have complete chaos (anarchy). However, the Christian anarchist believes that other Christians have no place in government. We believe that Christians are forever doomed (or blessed as we would say) to be a subjected people. This is derived from the theology that Christ presents in the Sermon on the Mount, starting with the Beatitudes (Blessed are the poor, the meek and so on). We believe that it is actually better for Christians to be weak rather than powerful. The temporary pain of weakness is far greater than the eternal damage that power can do to one's soul. The situation in New Orleans has indeed shown how thin the veneer of civilization is. Many truly believe that civilization has caused us to be a more moral people. But Katrina has shown us that all civilization does is control. Once the controls are removed, all bets are off and people are free to act according to their base desires. So you see, no actual transformation of the heart takes place in civilization; it is just that civilization uses social pressure as a control over our actions. That being said, i would like to again say that the situation in New Orleans is quite disagreeable and I pray for order to be restored there soon. I do not approve of the violence and looting and anyone who does is not accurately representing the Christian anarchist position. Derek Invalid video URL. Music Videos provided by Music Video Codes
I just wanted to let everyone know that I am picking up and moving to MySpace.com....you can find me at www.myspace.com/fighttheman237. I'll keep posting here for awhile...but i expect all of you to jam on myspace as well since it is far superior to livejournal. Anyway...just thought i'd let you know Well ladies and gentlemen, we've hit a new milestone in our civilization, gas is now over $3 a gallon! I guess the hurrican took out some refineries and and some drilling platforms, and that explains the hike (sort of). It'll prolly just be temporary, but still....i found an old gas receipt of mine from last October....$1.49!! I think we're gonna see some changes in how we live now. How long did we really think we could go on using the world's oil like this with a general sense of reckless abandonement? I mean, do you have any idea how much oil we use? Sure, all cars run on it. But did you know that plastics are made from it as well. How much plastic do you have in your house? They add it to the tar they put on our roads. Bulldozers and other building machinery runs on it. It's in paint! About 1/4 of all homes are heated with it! I don't know if we're heading into another recession, or depression, or even if it's Mad Max time...but i do know that our society and our civilization must change if we are to survive. Current mood:  anxious.
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