Comments on: Honduras: Zelaya Agonistes http://c4ss.org/content/717 building awareness of the market anarchist alternative Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:26:35 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: planetaryjim http://c4ss.org/content/717/comment-page-1#comment-602 planetaryjim Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:55:45 +0000 http://c4ss.org/?p=717#comment-602 Tom, you write very well in this essay. I agree with the conclusions you draw. You say, "Force exerted within 'the system,' as well as the equal and opposite reactions to that force, will not change the amount of energy in, or the direction or velocity of, the system itself." I'm not sure that using the language of conservation of momentum or the language of conservation of energy is your best approach here. I think, instead, you might say that while a single man may attempt to bend the system to his will, what actually gets bent is the man. Tom, you write very well in this essay. I agree with the conclusions you draw.

You say, “Force exerted within ‘the system,’ as well as the equal and opposite reactions to that force, will not change the amount of energy in, or the direction or velocity of, the system itself.”

I’m not sure that using the language of conservation of momentum or the language of conservation of energy is your best approach here.

I think, instead, you might say that while a single man may attempt to bend the system to his will, what actually gets bent is the man.

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