SwitChar

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SwitChar
This user is an anarchist and a socialist. Property is theft! Anarchy is order! No gods, no masters!
Born	31 March, 1988 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation	Writer Graphic designer Activist
Nationality	Human
Genre	Fiction: Cyberpunk, dystopia, political fiction, social science fiction Non-fiction:Children's treatises and agitprop
Subject	Anarchism, anti-capitalism, direct action, self-management

SwitChar is a Wikipedian and angry young man. He is an adult male student and writer who has been considered a punk, goth, nerd, geek, hippie, or any combination thereof, as well as "pinko," "Commie," "leftist," "stupid fucking anarchist," "commu-bigoted fucktard" and "faggot". He lives in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. He is an anarchist (libertarian socialist), and holds most of his political views and other beliefs very strongly. He enjoys reading, philosophising, trying to change the world, listening to music (see here), contributing to Wikipedia and conversing via internet forums. This page will refer to him in the first person below.

Links

Topics of interest or knowledge

• Punk rock
• Alternative rock
• Anarchism
• Marxism
• Communism
• Physics
• Biology
• Evolution
• Taxonomy
• Etymology
• Lexicology
• Debate
• Revolution
• Religion
• Pseudoscience
• Art
• Graphic design
  • See my gallery and my userboxes

Other stuff

• My sandbox
• Talk to me
• List of anarchists, a work in progress.
• Some funny stuff
• Wikimedia Commons page
• Opinion disclaimer, as seen above. Please use!
• Content disclaimer, similar. Please use!

Tastes of Wikipedians pages:

• Like music? see the Soundtrack of Wikipedians
• Like films? see the Wikipedian Cinema
• Like books? see the Wikipedian Bookshelf
• Like comics? see the Wikipedian Comics
• Like games? see the Wikipedian Gamebox
• Like food? see the Wikipedian Kitchen
• Are you quotable? read the Wikipedian Notebook
• Like plays? see the Wikipedian Theatre
• Like TV? sign up to Cable Wikipedia

Wikipedia history

I first encountered Wikipedia sometime in mid-2005 on a Google search. I do not remember what I was searching for, but I found a very early version of the article on Green Day, which at that point was short and full of red links. I registered on Wikipedia on December 10, 2005 in order to create articles on characters in a series of alternative indie comics. I didn't know at that time, but it was a blatant violation of notability, and possibly a conflict of interest too, as I personally knew the creative team and had been loosely involved myself (I didn't create an article on my character, Zapatista-Man). I accidentally started seriously editing after only a few days, mostly arguing on talk pages and copyediting at first. I first created a userpage on April 13, 2006. I'm now involved in a wide variety of articles, pertaining to my interests and studies.

Contributions

Main page: Special:Contributions/SwitChar

I created the article Funkcore and the List of nontheists. I am considering creating an article on Libertarian (word) and am currently working on recreating a list of anarchists here. I have contributed the most to Rage Against the Machine, The Nightwatchman, Batarang, Punk subculture, Punk fashion, Emo (slang), Anarcho-punk, the List of atheists, Alternative metal and Funk metal.

Grammar and linguistic preferences

I am a recovering grammar nazi. I am a writer and, at current, a student of editing; subsequently, such activities are natural to me. If copyediting is needed, I will more than likely be able to help.

əThis user is a Grammar Nazi.

OEDThis user uses Oxford spelling.

AUThis user speaks Australian English.

AIM-AbleThis user understands AIM talk perfectly well, but does not seriously use it. Ever.

“,;:’This user is a punctuation stickler.

. TheThis user does not put two spaces after a full stop.

,This user fixes comma-splices; they are annoying.

A, B, and
A and BThis user prefers to use the serial comma only when its omission can be confusing.

its & it'sThis user understands the difference between its and it's. So should you.

’s	This user agrees with Bob the Angry Flower concerning incorrect usage of apostrophes.[1]

x; y	This user is addicted to semicolons; (s)he uses them frequently.

your
you'reThis user thinks that if your grammar is incorrect, then you're in need of help.

they	This user promotes the use of singular they.

snukThis user says snuck.

to¦goThis user chooses to sometimes use split infinitives.

byThe passive voice may be used by this user.

... in.Ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which this user will not put.

mankindThis user supports the use of gender-neutral language.

to
too
twoThis user thinks that too many people have no idea how to use words that they should have learned in grade two.

who(m)

This user advocates the use of whom wherever proper, but does not insist upon it.

which & thatThis user knows how to use which and that correctly.

if & whetherThis user knows how to use "if" and "whether" correctly.

less & fewerThis user understands the difference between less & fewer.

their / there / they're

This user knows they're out there, those people who confuse words pronounced /ðeə(r)/, and their edits are infuriating.

Vandalism

This page has been vandalised twice:

• This happened after people on Talk:Punk fashion took things a little too seriously. 216.7.127.6 (talk · contribs)
• No idea what this was about. 201.7.85.252 (talk · contribs)

Awards

		The Original Barnstar
		I award you, Switch, a barnstar for being a valuable, productive, and helpful contributor to wikipedia. --Ubiq 03:20, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Music

Main page: User:SwitChar/Music

My tastes include primarily post-punk and punk rock as well as other related genres. I like anything from The Damned to Dead Boys to Descendents to Dead Kennedys to Discharge to Doom to Devo. I also enjoy funk, particularly Zapp, Parliament/Funkadelic and the go go band Trouble Funk. To a lesser extent, I also enjoy reggae, dub music and ska, epsecially 2 tone, and heavy metal, primarily fist-wave bands like Black Sabbath, but also Motörhead and slow, heavy doom metal bands like Pentagram and Saint Vitus. I am also a fan, in a boader sense, of alternative rock and alternative metal. I enjoy free jazz, hip hop, industrial music, rock and roll, soul, and almost anything else as long as it's good. A short list of favourite bands includes The Clash, Rage Against the Machine, Crass, Joy Division, The Smiths, Gang of Four, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Interpol.

Influences

Though I do not subscribe to dogma, I have been politically, personally and philosophically influenced by many streams of thought, including:

Anarchism – Anti-authoritarianism – Anti-fascism – Anti-racism – Atheism – Collectivism – Dada – Deep Ecology – Existentialism – Freethought – Hacktivism – Individualism – Marxism – Militancy – Pacifism – Rebellion – Sedition

People

People who have influenced me philosphically or politically, or who are just generally awesome, include:

Alan Moore – Bill Hicks – Carl Einstein – Crass – Emiliano Zapata – Emma Goldman – Frantz Fanon – George Carlin – George Orwell – Henry Rollins – Howard Zinn – Immanuel Kant – Jean-Paul Sartre – Jello Biafra – Karl Marx – Leo Tolstoy – Malcolm X – Noam Chomsky – Oscar Wilde – Peter Kropotkin – Philip K. Dick – Terry Pratchett

Politics and beliefs

Me at a glance: This user is a real anarchist. This user is bisexual, not confused. According to The Political Compass this user is: Economic Left (−9.38) and Social Libertarian (−9.49) INTP This user has an INTP or Architect personality according to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and Keirsey Temperament Sorter. This user is an atheist. This user supports the Zapatista Army of National Liberation and "terrorists" the world over. This user supports antifa in combating fascism in both word and action. This user thinks GNU copyleft and libre software are great ways of promoting a gift economy and anarchist economics. This user is interested in conspiracy theories but thinks lizards, UFOs and antisemitic theories are disinformation. This user supports illegal immigrants and the right to travel freely upon the planet we share. (S)he strongly opposes mandatory detention for refugees. This male user supports feminism. This user is against imperialism. This user believes in a zero-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. This user understands biological evolution. This user believes if voting changed anything, it would be made illegal. This user wonders how this can be a free country when everything is for sale. Oh shit! This user thinks profanity does not exist. (S)he believes that such words are the same as any other words and should be treated as such. This user supports the legalisation of all recreational drug use under a harm reduction scheme. This user believes the death penalty should never be enacted by the state. This user is a Citizen of the World. This user is a strong supporter of the LGBT community, and sees nothing wrong with being queer. This user opposes gun control for civilians but supports gun control for the military and police forces and thinks gun ownership by anyone is a Bad Thing. This user enjoys post-punk. This user believes race does not exist except as an oppressive social construct and will oppose racism by any means necessary. EAC This user is not a member of the Evil Atheist Conspiracy, because it doesn't exist, and even if it did, (s)he wouldn't be, of course not. Good news, everyone! This user is a fan of Futurama. Peace, Love and Rock 'n' Roll, brothers. Retort to the argument that "Anarchy would never work because it would just degenerate into chaos": Nonsense. It has been historically documented that several anarchist societies have existed, and that the current system of bourgeois democracy was opposed by Plato for exactly the reason you object to anarchism. The argument is patent nonsense. The Qur'an might be "violent", but it's nothing compared to that Bible in your jacket pocket. Racism is really stupid. This is not opinion; it is fact. "Just and Righteous" people do not offer up their daughters to be raped by a violent mob. I mean, this isn't brain surgery. Portmanteaus are cool. Evil Capitalists decided to fuck with nature, and now hundreds of thousands of people have died needlessly to an incurable disease. Jesus was an anarcho-communist. Jesus was also a pacifist. Jesus made it clear he didn't like the rich. The Israelites were also polytheistic, by the way. I have witnessed police brutality, but I have not been a victim of it. NEVAR 4GET September 11! On September 11, 1973, the quasi-fascist Augusto Pinochet led a coup, backed by the United States, and overthrew the democratically-elected socialist government, instituting a military dictatorship and banning a number of leftist political parties, murdering or disappearing thousands of suspected dissidents, founding a concentration camp that held 40,000 prisoners, and beginning a regime of state terrorism, torture and detention of activists. Pinochet was freed by the fascist-friendly Margaret Thatcher in 2000, but was forced to face trial in 2005 - sadly, he died before he could be punished for his crimes. Let's bring the rest of the people responsible for the atrocities committed to justice! The world would be a better place if Oscar Wilde had recorded a rock album. Intelligent design is about as valid as Young Earth creationism, which is about as valid as astrology, which is about as valid as phrenology, which is not very valid at all. My Chemical Romance, The Used, Thursday, Fall Out Boy, From First to Last, Hawthorne Heights, Funeral for a Friend, Taking Back Sunday, Story of the Year, Thrice, Underoath, et cetera are not emo, but they are trendy, insipid, mindless, shallow, pretentious tripe, and I hate them. Redcution of prisoners' rights; almost complete abolition of personal rights; instructions to "Shoot to Kill" given to police; right to criticise the government severely curtailed. Shit, I'm living in a police state. You can add racist immigration laws to that, too. I support anarchism without adjectives. "Anarcho"-capitalists are just capitalist "libertarians" trying to sound cool.

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