Anyone here, deep in their heart, an Anarchist?

[marasinghe]

42. if i say 'yes', will i still be an anarchist?

on a slightly different note, i would think that every form of authority - from autocracy through to supposed anarchy - must always be questioned; & discarded when it does not meet one's personal standards of logic & ethics.

there's a discourse (the Kalama Sutta) attributed to the Buddha, along the following lines:

'.... Don't let youself be led by reports, by legends, by traditions, by scripture, by logical conjecture, by inference, by analogies, by agreement through a preponderance of views, by probability, or even by the teachings of a person accepted to be a good teacher by common consensus.

When you know for yourself, by practical experience, that certain qualities - are skillful; are blameless; are praised by the wise; and, when adopted & carried out, lead to the welfare & happiness of all living things — only then should you accept & practice those qualities, for yourself ....'.

what he was basically saying was: always question authority.

my ideas on authority follow those same lines; which might in itself, be a contradiction in terms; but works for me.