[Noisebridge-discuss] [intellectual claptrap] Toward a theory of utilization

[Tony Longshanks LeTigre]

*We hold as a precept that the Law of Use trumps property (w)rights. The
Law of Use states that things (resources, space, useful objects of all
sorts) should be utilized, rather than hoarded or sitting useless gathering
dust. It furthermore states that things hoarded & gathering dust may be
seized & used for legitimate reasons by those who need them, without any
violent act of aggression being committed. This would of course not apply,
or would apply less, to items of primarily sentimental (personal) value &
especially to items that ARE currently being used legitimately by their
owners or current possessors. If this seems like common sense, we agree
with you; we only wish Common Sense were more common these days.*
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A l'il excerpt from something I've been working on. The word 'law' is
problematic, but we haven't figured out what to replace it with yet. 'Rule'
is just as bad...? We could reverse it to waL or Wal. Or coin the new word
"lawk," pronounced the same as lock. Or "theorel" (theoretical + law). Or
"lege" (pronounced the same as liege) as a sort of back-formation from the
adjective 'legal." I kind of like lege, as a noun for a rule of behavior
that is not a law as it exists (theoretically) in an anarcho-pacifist
culture without a state or criminal justice system in the form we now know
it. The adjective form of lege might be 'legic.' Something that did not
follow could be termed 'alegic' (as opposed to 'illegal' in current
mainstream reality). Makes it more like an allergy than a crime, which
seems like a promising direction—toward compassion rather than punishment.

Tangential:
<I have zero tolerance for people with no compassion.>
< > = irony quotes
Is satire a subset of irony? What about sarcasm? Venn diagrams, algebraic
equations, to elucidate, please. A numberpoem to preserve in amber our
brave new (embryonic, pre-owned, gently used) wisdom. Send for the court
mathpoet....

+11+
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*Things change so quickly—& not nearly enough; I have no time to feel sad
about what never happened.*
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