Re: taboo

[Jim Devine <jdevine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ian wrote:
> Is it forbidden to forbid?

it's okay to forbid (smoking, drinking, whatever) as long as the process is
consistent with democratic sovereignty. Obviously, in practice such
sovereignty has been totally distorted and suppressed by the rule of
capital, patriarchy, and racism. Come socialism, it's hard to tell what the
vote would be about cigarettes. Hopefully, people would decide that there
are many activities (like Doug's eating of lard) which are okay for
individuals to engage in, since people will value their own freedom from
collective control.


Jim Devine jdevine@xxxxxxx &  http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine