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letters Awaken Your Spiritual, Mystical Side the continent that once was theirs, many nations on reservations, indefensible, with cigarettes and fi reworks for all! Ramona McCall Eugene BOOKS 0 MUSIC CRYSTALS INCENSE JEWELRY BEAUTIFUL CARDS FLAGS JOURNALS AN AMBITIOUS MISSION 1374 Willamette St. • 541-342-8348 Best DVD Rentals & Sales in Town! South Corvallis 1007 SE 3rd St (541)753-3115 7-9 Daily North Corvallis NW 29th & Grant (541)452-3115 7-9 Daily www.firstalt.coop $%HQHILW(YHQW for Water For People Presented by Water for People Eugene Chapter ter & Cascade-to-Coast subsection of American Water Works Association tion! c u a t n Sile TO THE EDITOR Sweet ett C Cheeks h eeks s Winery 27007 Briggs Hill Road, Eugene July 27, 2011 6:00-9:00 pm $20/person SXUFKDVHWLFNHWVDWWKHGRRU RUE\HPDLOLQJ HXJHQHZDWHUIRUSHRSOH#JPDLOFRP On the last day of the Oregon Country Fair 19 years ago I came to town from Florida with my family in our school bus/ RV, fi nding alleys and backyards to park, and knew this would be our home. Within a few weeks, I secured my fi rst local mural, “Tuscany,” on High Street. I have been grateful it has become a local landmark and more people than I know have taken pictures in front of it and shown it off to friends and visitors alike. So, this past Sunday, I returned to begin doing some touch-ups to freshen it up and repair some spots where nature and a few skateboarders, bicyclists and taggers had left their “contributions” to the public art event. I fi nd myself refl ecting on the past in order to look forward. I’ve grown and learned so much about myself and my place in this community, how much it has given me and what I am now prepared to give back. The event we had at Reality Kitchen in the Whiteaker neighborhood June 26 was our opportunity to invite the community to learn more about our program to support young adults with disabilities. We had a wonderful day in the Whit! We are embarking on an ambitious mission, as all nonprofi t organizations know, but the cause is right and the folks we work to support towards independent lives deserve the best we can give. This is why I offer my deepest appreciation for the compassionate community we live in; the vision, advice and kindness of many professionals and gifted volunteers, and, of course, the gracious contributions and fi nancial support of those who have and continue to help us move forward along this path. Please visit www.realitykitchen. com and fi nd out what we mean when we say “Whiteaker Be Up!” Jim Evangelista Director, Reality Kitchen ZLQHWDVWLQJDQGOLJKWVQDFNV ZLOOEHSURYLGHGEXWZH HQFRXUDJH\RXWREULQJDSLFQLF 100% of proceeds currently fund water and ndd wastewater projects around the world www.waterforpeople.org 6 JULY 21, 2011 EUGENE WEEKLY In the West we are indoctrinated to equate anarchy with chaotic violence, and even those who call themselves anarchists perpetuate this myth. Modern anarchists oppose all forms of authority in hopes of bringing down the state and giving us all the pleasure of living in a post- Apocalyptic nightmare world governed by survival of the fi ttest. This is not anarchy; this is seventh grade antisocial behavior. True anarchy is not disorganized; it is infi nitely better organized than representative democracy. It is not something that erupts spontaneously in a power vacuum, it was meticulously elucidated by giants like Reclus and Kropotkin, any one of them more intelligent than the Founding Fathers combined. Anarchy does not mean no government; it means no central government. Where in democracy you are a vote and in socialism you are a worker, anarchy is the radical notion you are a human being with immeasurable intrinsic value. Anarchy requires personal respon- sibility and collective discipline to take control of all functions of the state at the local level to where the state is no longer necessary — including those police today’s pseudo-anarchists delight in fi ghting, as physical safety and security are basic human rights. There is no greater threat to the centralized state than for ordinary people to realize how powerful they truly are when they become better organized and more self-reliant. Although true anarchy has never existed in the modern world, there is no doubt it is the form of organization humans were meant to live in all along. Warren Weisman Eugene LETTERS POLICY: We welcome letters on all topics and will print as many as space allows, with priority given to timely local issues. Please limit length to 200 words, keep submissions to once a month, and include your address and phone number for our files. E-mail to letters@eugeneweekly.com fax to 484-4044, or mail to 1251 Lincoln, Eugene 97401. Lively Organic Farm We’re Finally Open! Join us Tuesday July 26th at our 28th & Friendly St. location along with Hay Bayles Farm and the Salmon People 11 am - 5 pm ic b n y Only s u m e v Li Left Tur TRUE ANARCHY Our Farm Stand will open Saturday July 30th 10am - 5pm 600 River Loop #2 | 541-461-2737 (3 miles North of Beltline off River Rd.) See us Every Saturday at The Lane County Farmers Market along with Hay Bayles Farm 9 am - 4 pm hear ye, hear ye !! LEGAL NOTICES place your legal notices in the Eugene Weekly FAST, EFFICIENT SERVICE call Jayme 541.484.0519 ext 10 e: legals@eugeneweekly.com FAX: 541.484.4044 Eugene Weekly qualifi es for posting legal ads WWW.EUGENEWEEKLY.COM • BLOGS.EUGENEWEEKLY.COM
