Social Contract:
The Series
Part 4: Imagine
by Sam Aurelius Milam III
Some
time before or during the Middle Ages, men began their efforts to convert
governments from those based on the sovereignty of the monarch to those
based on the sovereignty of the people. In historical terms, this
process isn't very far advanced. While most governments in the world
today make a pretense of acknowledging the sovereignty of their people,
none of them behave as if it is actually true. They display their
various constitutions, and broadcast the rhetoric of human rights, but
rigidly maintain their geographical boundaries, and forcibly control the
people within those boundaries.
An
example of this inconsistency can be found in the State of California,
where the sovereignty of the people is acknowledged.
"All people are by nature free
and independent and have inalienable rights ...."
— from the Constitution of the State of
California
Article 1, Section 1
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Most
state constitutions have some such verbiage. However, it is completely
ignored by the actual operation of government at the local level.
Consider Black's definition of a municipal corporation.
".... A body corporate consisting
of the inhabitants of a designated area created by the legislature
with
or without the consent of such inhabitants ...."
— from Black's article municipal corporation
<emphasis added>
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Some
of the apparatus of governments has thus undergone a change which is not
reflected by the functions of governments. This is why elections,
which allegedly exert the will of the people, have so little real effect
on the actions of governments. Present governments continue to exercise
the ancient powers of the despot, disguised by the recent apparatus of
the Social Contract.
If
the Doctrine of Social Contract is to be considered valid, then we must
learn a radically different world view, and a fundamentally different understanding
of the relationship between governments and people, and of the relationships
between and among individuals. Governments continue to behave the
way they do because people have not yet learned to understand the Doctrine
of Social Contract, their obligations under it, or their ability to legitimately
forego those obligations. Today, the struggle toward understanding
continues, as men dispute old notions, trying to imagine a better world.
We're in a long transition, at the end of which, if it's completed, our
descendents will be free and sovereign adults. Along the way, there
will be a lot of government to overcome, and a lot of human nature to somehow
accommodate. The end isn't yet in sight, and may be centuries away.
Meanwhile, to sustain us in the struggle, we have the legacy of the past,
the strength of our convictions, and the example of the dreamers.
We also have the dream.![10x5 Page Background GIF Image](../../Images/10x5_Page_Background.gif)
"Imagine there's no
countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll joins us
And the world will live as one"
![15x5 Page Background GIF Image](../../Images/15x5_Page_Background.gif) —
John Lennon (1940-1980) |
Excrement
Occurs
by Sam Aurelius Milam III
The
Communications Decency Act of 1995 (SB314 and HR1004) will, if passed,
establish criminal penalties for any transmission of images or text which
is deemed obscene, lewd, or harassing.1
The puritans, of course, will decide which words indicate such content.
Yet, if they can prevent our children from seeing smut like ...
ass, assoil, bag, ball cock, balled, balling, ballroom, bitch, boob,
booboisie, booby hatch, booby trap, box, broad, buns, bush, bust, butt,
cock, cock-a-hoop, cock-a-leekie, cockpit, copula, dong, drive shaft, fairy,
gay, head, hump, knocker, lay, muff, nuts, organ, piece, prick, pricker,
pricket, pussytoes, queer, screw, screwball, screw cap, screwdriver, screw
eye, screw jack, screw log, sexduction, sexennial, sextet, sextile, shittah,
shittimwood, snatch, tail, tailpiece, tit, titman, tittup, virginal, virgin
wool |
...
the words in the box, then they will have passed a good law. Right?
Wrong. For each of the words in the box, a perfectly legitimate meaning
is shown in the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language.
Furthermore, for every word that's forbidden because of its meaning, there
will arise a synonym. See for example the title of this article,
which isn't "Shit Happens". Or is it? That's the problem.
The arrogant morons who want to dictate our morality to us can't even tell
which words are the bad ones. While these idiots are justified in
trying to persuade us to be decent, passing a law isn't persuasion.
It's despotism and censorship, however holy the motive. Just because
a thing is bad doesn't necessarily mean that it should also be illegal.
If
we want to keep our freedoms of expression, we must accept a grim fact.
While the use of the sword should always be justified by the pen, it is
equally true that the use of the pen must sometimes be defended by the
sword. When necessary, violence in the defense of liberty is a virtue.![10x5 Page Background GIF Image](../../Images/10x5_Page_Background.gif)
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Libertarian Party News, May 1995,
Vol. 10, No. 5, Legislation, page 8 |
Personals
(for our amusement by Dante DeAmicis)
SW |
M, 35, Into self defense, target shooting, hunting,
home security. Looking for overeducated liberal who will marry me
for my house then constantly berate me for being a "gun nut". Help
me keep my bad attitude. |
SW |
M, 26, Techie Type. Would like to merge
files with serious woman hacker (either of them). Must be able to
talk for hours comparing and critiquing all major commercial software programs.
Respond to my on-line address, leave your on-line address. |
SW |
M, 32, Professional. Want to meet emotionally
unstable woman who wants to do nothing except have kids and get fat watching
soap operas while I bust my ass 60 hours per week. Then after taking
me to the cleaners in a divorce, force me to subsidize her anti-daddy thought
control to my kids. April fool, I'm getting a "mail order" bride. |
SB |
M, 20, Body builder. I want a widowed white
woman whose husband saved lots of money while working himself into an early
grave. Now its time to party party party. |
DW |
F, 29, (more or less) Interested in travel, dining
out, and the finer things in life. Call if you're financially secure
professional, ambitious, successful, generous, and so on, and want commitment
and kids. The rest of you losers don't bother. |
Buck Hunter Shoots Off His Mouth
Dear Buck
My girlfriend is so sexually demanding that I can't keep up with her.
What can I do to reduce her interest a little?
— Worn Out
Dear Worn Out
Marry her.
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