Comments on: What is the opposite of “property”? http://blog.ninapaley.com/2009/11/20/what-is-the-opposite-of-property/ Formerly America's Best-Loved Unknown Cartoonist, now independently animating a feature film, "Sita Sings the Blues." Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:55:48 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: rick http://blog.ninapaley.com/2009/11/20/what-is-the-opposite-of-property/comment-page-1/#comment-38603 rick Sat, 12 Dec 2009 19:06:04 +0000 http://blog.ninapaley.com/2009/11/20/what-is-the-opposite-of-property/#comment-38603 puberty puberty

]]> By: brad http://blog.ninapaley.com/2009/11/20/what-is-the-opposite-of-property/comment-page-1/#comment-38592 brad Sat, 12 Dec 2009 03:43:15 +0000 http://blog.ninapaley.com/2009/11/20/what-is-the-opposite-of-property/#comment-38592 non-chattels non-chattels

]]> By: Thomas Jefferson http://blog.ninapaley.com/2009/11/20/what-is-the-opposite-of-property/comment-page-1/#comment-38425 Thomas Jefferson Wed, 02 Dec 2009 04:03:25 +0000 http://blog.ninapaley.com/2009/11/20/what-is-the-opposite-of-property/#comment-38425 HAPPINESS HAPPINESS

]]> By: Nina Paley http://blog.ninapaley.com/2009/11/20/what-is-the-opposite-of-property/comment-page-1/#comment-38364 Nina Paley Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:54:03 +0000 http://blog.ninapaley.com/2009/11/20/what-is-the-opposite-of-property/#comment-38364 Aaaarrrggghh. But I love it. :-) Aaaarrrggghh. But I love it. :-)

]]> By: andy http://blog.ninapaley.com/2009/11/20/what-is-the-opposite-of-property/comment-page-1/#comment-38363 andy Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:16:42 +0000 http://blog.ninapaley.com/2009/11/20/what-is-the-opposite-of-property/#comment-38363 herbal tea. (As in the old joke - why do anarchists only drink herbal tea? Because proper tea is theft.) herbal tea.

(As in the old joke – why do anarchists only drink herbal tea?
Because proper tea is theft.)

]]> By: lorax http://blog.ninapaley.com/2009/11/20/what-is-the-opposite-of-property/comment-page-1/#comment-38362 lorax Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:34:48 +0000 http://blog.ninapaley.com/2009/11/20/what-is-the-opposite-of-property/#comment-38362 the commons the commons

]]> By: JanC http://blog.ninapaley.com/2009/11/20/what-is-the-opposite-of-property/comment-page-1/#comment-38347 JanC Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:23:09 +0000 http://blog.ninapaley.com/2009/11/20/what-is-the-opposite-of-property/#comment-38347 public domain public domain

]]> By: Scott http://blog.ninapaley.com/2009/11/20/what-is-the-opposite-of-property/comment-page-1/#comment-38324 Scott Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:49:50 +0000 http://blog.ninapaley.com/2009/11/20/what-is-the-opposite-of-property/#comment-38324 pro-ugly? pro-ugly?

]]> By: Scott Ellington http://blog.ninapaley.com/2009/11/20/what-is-the-opposite-of-property/comment-page-1/#comment-38315 Scott Ellington Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:14:50 +0000 http://blog.ninapaley.com/2009/11/20/what-is-the-opposite-of-property/#comment-38315 <i>Culture</i> is the opposite of <i>property</i>, which Webster once defined as <i>That which is proper to anything; a characteristic quality of a thing</i>. The thing of it is that Culture is activity, like cultivation, like work. It isn't a dead or inanimate thing, a noun or a comodity. Culture is people doing what nobody can own. Culture is im-property, impropriety and value that someone will always attempt to appropriate as his own. Culture is the opposite of property, which Webster once defined as That which is proper to anything; a characteristic quality of a thing.
The thing of it is that Culture is activity, like cultivation, like work. It isn’t a dead or inanimate thing, a noun or a comodity. Culture is people doing what nobody can own.
Culture is im-property, impropriety and value that someone will always attempt to appropriate as his own.

]]> By: Brenda http://blog.ninapaley.com/2009/11/20/what-is-the-opposite-of-property/comment-page-1/#comment-38293 Brenda Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:27:07 +0000 http://blog.ninapaley.com/2009/11/20/what-is-the-opposite-of-property/#comment-38293 hmmmm.... NOTPERTY? hmmmm…. NOTPERTY?

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