SwitChar is taking a long
wikibreak and will be back on Wikipedia eventually.
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
Other stuff
Tastes of Wikipedians pages:
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
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.
AIM -Able This user understands
AIM talk perfectly well, but does not seriously use it. Ever.
. The This user does not put
two spaces after a full stop.
A, B, and A and B This user prefers to use the
serial comma only when its omission can be confusing.
its & it's This user understands the difference between
its and
it's . So should you.
x; y
This user is addicted to
semicolons ; (s)he uses them frequently.
your you're This user thinks that if your grammar is incorrect, then you're in need of help.
snuk This user says
snuck .
to too two This 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.
if & whether This user knows how to use "if " and "whether " correctly.
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:
Awards
The Original Barnstar
I award you,
Swi tch , a
barnstar for being a valuable, productive, and helpful contributor to wikipedia. --
Ubiq 03:20, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
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 supports
antifa in combating
fascism in both word and action.
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 is a strong supporter of the
LGBT community , and sees nothing wrong with being
queer .
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.
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 .
Released into public domain
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