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| User: | broken_anthem (3525082) Don't you dare call me a liberal
and don't call me a conservative either! |
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| Name: | Ex-Dead Teenager | |
| Website: | The Christian Radical blog | |
| Location: | Mongoose Factory, is not a state of being in, Antarctica | |
| Bio: | Hi there, my name is Chris and I'm a 24 year old Catholic I'm a writer, musician, activist and a member of the Catholic Worker movement. Politically I am an anarchist I don't like the term liberal because largely political and economic liberalism have been at the root of as much of the worlds problems as conservatism. I see anarchism and pacifism as being natural extensions of my Christian faith. As a Christian I can not condone any act of violence wether it is the physical violence of war or the intelectual violence of racism, sexism, or the economic violence of poverty. I see the government largely as a tool used to enforce violence on individuals and groups who do not agree with the aims of the state. It has also been my observation that Christianity and politics by nature can not mix well. in the best of circumstances a Christian in politics will be forced to compromise her beliefs or morals or be forced to function inside of a system which does not share those same morals or ethics. At the worst the mixture of faith and politics will result in the eventual creation of a theocracy and the destruction of any last vestiges of civil society. of course these beliefs set me at odds with a good many people both within my religion and within the activist comunities that I am a part of but that's ok, everyone's got their own bag, this is mine. Some good books on Christianity and Anarchism: "Anarchy and Christianity" by Jaques Ellul "The Kingdom of God is Within You" by Lev Tolstoy "Mutual Aid" by Peter Kropotkin the writings of Dorothy Day "Where are the heroes and the saints, who keep a clear vision of man's greatest gift, his freedom, to oppose not only the dictatorship of the proletariat, but also the dictatorship of the benevolent state, which takes possession of the family, and of the indigent, and claims our young for war?" -Dorothy Day. "Now my friends, I am opposed to the system of society in which we live today, not because I lack the natural equipment to do for myself but because I am not satisfied to make myself comfortable knowing that there are thousands of my fellow men who suffer for the barest necessities of life. We were taught under the old ethic that man's business on this earth was to look out for himself. That was the ethic of the jungle; the ethic of the wild beast. Take care of yourself, no matter what may become of your fellow man. Thousands of years ago the question was asked; Am I my brother's keeper? That question has never yet been answered in a way that is satisfactory to civilized society. Yes, I am my brother's keeper. I am under a moral obligation to him that is inspired, not by any maudlin sentimentality but by the higher duty I owe myself. What would you think me if I were capable of seating myself at a table and gorging myself with food and saw about me the children of my fellow beings starving to death?" -Eugene V. Debs. {this blog will remain inactive, it comes from a different part of my life so don't expect any new material here. if you are interested in reading my current blog you can, it's at www.wasp-water.blogspot.com --C.R.} | |
| Memories:: | 26 entries | |
| Interests: | 149: activism, against me, allen ginsburg, analena, anarcho pacifism, anthrax, aphex twin, apiculture, arab strap, arlo guthrie, arthurian legends, attack plan r, autechre, basalota mikael, bat for lashes, bezoars, bill bissett, blind lemon jefferson, bmx, boards of canada, burroughs, cassiocore, cat power, catholic worker, catholicism, christopher lee, circuit bending, civil dissobedience, collectivism, crass, critical mass, current93, dario argento, david lynch, dbs, demo, dennis lee, derek jarman, desolation sound, devendra banhart, diy, documentaries, doukhobors, dresden dolls, electro clash, eric's trip, eugene ionesco, eugene v. debs, eurotrash, faith no more, fear factory, fellowship of reconciliation, film, francis e. dec, free schools, freeganism, get your war on, ginger ale, ginger beer, goodnight streetlight, guerrilla gardening, haida gwaii, hakim bey, hawkwind, hugh le caine, hunter s. thompson, idm, incunabula, ingmar bergman, jaques ellul, jean cocteau, jeff buckley, jesusradicals.com, joan of arc, journalism, left spine down, leonard cohen, lev tolstoy, liberation theology, longboarding, mango juice, martin luther king, mc 900ft jesus, mecca normal, mediacore, moose factory, nature, negativland, neil gaiman, new model army, nick drake, noh theatre, noisecore, non-violent resistance, north, nuclear disarmament, octopus, oil refineries, oldschool nintendo, pacific cinematheque, papua new guinea, paris, pax christi, peak oil, permaculture, philip berrigan, piebald, poison girls, precarity, public enemy, quebecois french, red light sting, resplendent, richard brautigan, rites of spring, saint augustine, saint_john_of_the_cross, scarygoround, schizophrenia, secret mommy, silver mount zion, stan rogers, stopwar.ca, sxe, tape recorders, the after now, the arcade fire, the barbary coast, the blues, the fall, the fire show, the residents, the winks, theodore saskatche wan, touring bikes, transmetropolitan, twin peaks, typewriters, ubuntu, vancouver, vincent price, voluntary poverty, wall of voodoo, war resisters, wasting electricity, william blake, woody guthrie, writing, zines | |
| Schools: | Elbow Park Elementary School - Calgary, AB, Canada (1984 - 1985) William Ried Elementary - Calgary, AB, Canada (1987 - 1991) Calgary French School - Calgary, AB, Canada (1991 - 1993) West Island College - Calgary, AB, Canada (1993 - 1994) Upper Canada College - Toronto, ON, Canada (1994 - 1996) South Delta Secondary School - Delta, BC, Canada (1996 - 1997) Greater Vancouver Distance Education School - Vancouver, BC, Canada (1997 - 1998) St. Johns Secondary - Vancouver, BC, Canada (1997 - 1998) City School - Vancouver, BC, Canada (1998) Langley Fine Arts School - Langley, BC, Canada (1998 - 1999) Gulf Island Film and Television School - Galiano, BC, Canada (1998 - 2000) Total Education School - Vancouver, BC, Canada (1999 - 2000) Langara College - Vancouver, BC, Canada (2002 - 2004) Naropa University - Boulder, CO (2003) Vancouver Community College - Vancouver, BC, Canada (2005 - present) | |
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| Mutual Friends: | 39: antipholus, cantstoptharock, child_of_nod, dinkbags, djwilson, dreaming_trees, dump_truck, eclipsedeyes, elbowd, eric_james, false_lashes, iliveinidiocy, ill_esha, increaser, jimmy_the_mod, kevtheranger, kklasha, marcuslondon, missconstrue, mockinggreylock, mtcrackhouse, naru_mourir, nevergirl, nickthewookie, ogre_beef, perpetualone, psyrena, rhykan, saggio, saralilprincess, speakforme, taym, theradkiddish, tomato5point0, trufflepig, v3g4n, virescere, waterstrider, whereisjoy | |
| Also Friend of: | 4: altzen, noisecorecords, popesnarky, wordmaker | |
| Member of: | 34: 8bit_nes, _zine_writers, a_better_world, anarcho_folk, bc_indie, bcnwmusicians, bcpunk, beekeeping, brautigan, charismatics, christianhippie, dangerboards, folk_club, freakouts, goldencockerel, guerrilla_art, hiswordislove, humanmajority, intl_bk_xchange, mutual_aid, needagoodlaity, radicals, readabook, seamlessgarment, sugar_revolt, the_body_breaks, the_brail_radio, ubuntu_users, unpopular_music, vancityactivism, vancouver_indie, whoneedsgears, world__wide, x_erics_trip_x | |
| Account type: | Basic Account | |
