Carrol Cox wrote: > There is no such thing as a tactic which is either acceptable or > unaccptable in the absttract. Tactical judgment is wholly grounded in > specific contexts and has no meaning outside of some specific context.
I think that the actions being discussed here (e.g, firebombing a bank in Greece) aren't tactics at all, since what's happening in Greece is not based on anyone's strategy. Tactics are only the more concrete expressions of a strategy (which itself is a more concrete expression of one's goals).[*] The firebombing was more of an unplanned or "spontaneous" matter, in response to the Greek people being fucked over. The question is whether or not it's a unacceptable _action_. I don't think so, but I can understand why someone would be that angry. There must be a better response. -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. [*] This does not say that all tactics are good or adequate expressions of strategy or that all strategies help attain stated goals. Making goals, strategies, and tactics consistent with each other and determined by goals is an art, not something that happens automatically. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
