I wrote the Anarchist Cookbook in 1969. Now I see its premise as flawed

Re:I wrote the Anarchist Cookbook in 1969. Now I see its pre... by Symmetry on Thursday December 19, 2013 @03:40PM (#6937692)

I think you can reasonably claim to be a pacifist if you think that violence is unacceptable in broad categories that most people find it acceptable in, even if you still support it in some situations. For example, wanting to abolish the military but not the police.

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Re:I wrote the Anarchist Cookbook in 1969. Now I see its pre... by Crito on Thursday December 19, 2013 @04:11PM (#6937908)

I think it would depend on exactly what you mean by "abolish the military". Are we talking "abolish standing militaries, but leave ourselves open to the possibility of raising one in the future if Ganghis Khan rises from his forgotten grave"?

In my personal opinion, abolishing standing militaries while leaving ourselves open to raising an army if the (perhaps unlikely) need arises is, while probably not a common attitude, still just a standard non-pacifist position. I am more than open to abolishing standing armies, but I do not consider myself to be a pacifist.

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