RAW

The man who got me to start thinking about (i.e., stop dismissing) anarchism is apparently very sick.

Robert Anton Wilson, psychedelic discordian guru, was my introduction to the names Benjamin Tucker and Lysander Spooner.

I read everything of his I could get my hands on, including stuff that was out of print at the time (now brought back by New Falcon Publications).

As I got more seriously into the philosophical questions behind libertarianism (utilitarianism vs natural law; model agnosticism vs praxeology), I found myself less and less of a Wilsonian and more and more of a Rothbardian.

But it was Uncle Bob who got me started down this road, and I receive the news of his illness with even more sadness than I'd anticipated. If he wants to keep going, then I hope he pulls through again. If he's ready to let go, then I hope he gets to do so peacefully and painlessly, and I will mourn his passing whenever it comes. This is the message I got in email tonight:

From: admin@maybelogic.org
Date: September 7, 2006 8:40:56 PM EDT
To: eListLM
Subject: MLA eList September

Hello!
Many of you have emailed asking of Bob Wilson's health, sending kind, discordian wishes. Bob is still quite weak but he remains cheerful, without pain, and optimistic that he may recover. Here's an official RAW communique:

just to let you know
i'm still alive
and i love you all
i'll write more when i'm stronger.

olga

Tell the General, "Shit happens."
CAPTAIN RON

For kicks and to help fund his care, Bob has been hosting a garage sale on eBay. Please join in on the fun:

http://tinyurl.com/f5ftp

We are also readying our first Robert Anton Wilson audiobook of The Earth Will Shake, hoping to generate a few more greenbacks for dear Mr. Wilson and to get his words into human minds via human ears. This first audiobook should be ready for download in November, but in the meantime we are delighted to offer an exclusive preview as a sample of what's to come:

http://www.deepleafaudio.com/EWSSample.htm

Here's RAW on anarchy and minarchy, Tucker, Spooner, Tolstoy, Kropotkin, and canine liberation:

Media Files	Speaker	Date
Anarchism From TSOG [0:02:58]	Robert Anton Wilson	2002