Maybe if the industrial- war complex packed up and moved to Mars...
The starship motor is running.
Captain
At 10:04 PM +1100 3/12/01, Alison Croggon wrote:
>It would all have to start again from the beginning, since patriachy
>has shaped all our notions of power. Now that Paraguay's out for
>ideal societies, I suppose that means another planet. Or another
>galaxy? Another dimension?
>
>Myself, I think the really _radical_ solution would be a society in
>which men and women were genuinely equal, and in which notions of
>power were evolved from different premises from the ones they are
>now. It's actually quite a lateral step from where we are. But not
>- in the microcosm - impossible. It does also require re-imagining
>from the ground up.
>
>Al of the Utopias
>
>>Women should run things - the patriarchy has fucked things up good
>>and proper.
>>
>>Captain
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>>At 10:55 AM +1100 3/12/01, Printmaker wrote:
>>>I have a suggestion, just remove the testosterone factor. A
>>>_secular_ government of tertiary educated women in each of
>>>these problem areas (Afganistan, middle east, bosnia,
>>>ireland etc etc) would solve most of the problems.
>>>
>>>In case you hadn't noticed its a holy war - the 'good'
>>>christians are going to wipe out the 'evil' muslims and vice
>>>versa. I wish they would, the world would be a better place
>>>without both.
>>>
>>>Or maybe an all female buddhist govt in every country.
>>>
>>>The commandment is "Thou shalt not kill" (period)
>>>I dont think there were any exclusion causes.
>>>
>>>J
>>>
>>>"Men do work harder than women, women get it right the
>>>_first_ time"
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