Re: Spiky

On Thu, 31 Aug 2006 16:03:46 +0100, Vinny Burgoo <hnNULh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrought:

Does "spiky" have a special meaning in crusty green anarchist circles?
This is from a page of tips on how to engage in "direct action":

Within the [affinity] group share your hopes, fears,
experiences, strengths and weaknesses. Agree on the form of the
action in advance (how willing to risk arrest, the limits of
your involvement, how non-violent, how spiky etc.)

My guess is that it's a coy euphemism for "aggressive" (or
"non-non-violent") but it could be something more innocent, I suppose.
Would any of AUE's barking moonbat crusties care to pronounce
authoritatively upon the matter?

I came across it recently and forgot to investigate properly (I got
distracted, as one does), but I did get as far as learning that it's
apparently the opposite of "fluffy" -- and seems to be spelled
"spikey" as often as not.

"Fluffy/spiky" would seem to mean roughly "hardcore"/"softcore",
"heavy"/"light" or "committed/fair-weather". (If the distinction were
applied to other groups, the Trots and the ALF might well be described
as "spiky" and New Labour and the RSPCA as "fluffy".) So, your
assumption that it means "aggressive" is probably right in this
context.

(Warning: The above, based on only the most cursory of digs, may turn
out to be total tosh.)

--
THE

"If you or I use a word inappropriately, that's an error. If a newspaper
uses a word inappropriately, that's a citation source for the dictionaries."
-- Peter Moylan
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