arsonist vs anarchist?

Question

what's the difference?

Answer 1

Arsonist like set fires for an unlawful or improper purpose. (Pyromaniacs love fire)

Anarchist are against any type of ruling body.

Answer 2

An arsonist burns things.

An anarchist is a person who supports a system society under which there is no ruling authority (ie government).

International politics is often referred to as being 'anarchical' in structure. This is because there is no international body to force nations to comply with international agreements. Yes there is the UN but it can only provide information about treaty non-compliance - in the end it is other individual nations that use military force, and not the UN.

Ergo, an anarchist society has no government. An arsonist society is basically where everyone burns things.

Answer 3

An arsonist sets fires and an anarchist doesn't believe in government

Answer 4

An arsonist's agenda is more internal, less public until exposed as the arsonist. They can be burning things for many reasons: resentment, symbolism, money. There are many, many of these, from naive children to wounded adults, to criminals seeking insurance money.

An Anarchist has a very specific agenda and wants you to know it. There are fewer of these.

Answer 5

An arsonist is a person who illegally sets fire to property.

An anarchist is someone who thinks that there is no legitimate form of government.

An anarchist can commit the crime of arson to further his political ends.

Answer 6

arsonist burns things like a dwelling and a place of residence or public area or public building

anarchist doesn't believe in the government

Answer 7

Arson is the crime of deliberatley setting fire to property. Anarchism is the political theory that human society can exist wothout the construct of a nation-state. Anarchists are those who propose that common sense would allow human beings to form a functional stateless society and allow participants to form their own sense of morality and ethics without having morality and ethics being imposed on the individual from the group.

Answer 8

Arsonists hate anyone and light fires to prove it.

Anarchists hate the government and do whatever they can to get rid of it.

Answer 9

You don't have a dictionary? Here's one: American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language ( http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/;_ylt=AmJoofJAtwUtAKOrbT5cofyqgMMF )

ar·son (ärsn)

NOUN:

The crime of maliciously, voluntarily, and willfully setting fire to the building, buildings, or other property of another or of burning one's own property for an improper purpose, as to collect insurance.

OTHER FORMS:
arson·ist (Noun)

http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/arson


an·ar·chism (nr-kzm)

NOUN:

1. The theory or doctrine that all forms of government are oppressive and undesirable and should be abolished.
2. Active resistance and terrorism against the state, as used by some anarchists.
3. Rejection of all forms of coercive control and authority: "He was inclined to anarchism; he hated system and organization and uniformity" (Bertrand Russell).

an·ar·chist (nr-kst)

NOUN:

An advocate of or a participant in anarchism.

http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/anarchist

Hope this helps.

Answer 10

Arsonists burn things.
Anarchists hate government.