From:	Steven A. Tinner bluewizard@*****.com
Subject:	Why Neo-Anarchists make NO sense! (Was - Re: Neo-Anarchists?)
Date:	Wed, 14 Jul 1999 00:58:00 -0400

>Neo-Anarchist's Guide to North America, p.9:
>"Neo-Anarchists believe in one overriding principle: that no
>individual has the right to coerce another to yield to his desires.
>Neo-Anarchists believe that unanimous consent, freely and willingly
>given, is the only just way to govern any society or group of
>individuals."
<SNIP>
>Actually they dislike anyone interfering with someone's right to make
>a choice, on any level.

The above should readily illustrate why the Neo-A's NEVER made any sense for
use in the SR books.
I'm not saying that they don't fit in the SR world - they do.
In that context, they are a believable and realistic response to growing and
prevalent megacorp control and coercion.

As for using them as guides for Shadowrunners ... well, I can't really see
runners as being "non-coercive"
Oh yeah, maybe some of them are, there's bound to be a few good-guys out
there after all.
But by and large Shadowrunners are just another form of coercion, and most
often, they are applying that coercion in favor of one mega corp or another.

I liked the Neo-A's, but I can't see them being any more fond of Joe
Shadowrunner than of Mr. Johnson.

Overall, the Neo-A's were a neat concept that were being used in a manner
that didn;t fit their own internal logic.

Steven A. Tinner
bluewizard@*****.com
http://listen.to/tinner
"I will not yield to evil, unless she's cute."