King Arthur: I am your king!
Woman: Well I didn't vote for you!
King Arthur: You don't vote for kings.
Woman: Well how'd you become king then?
Angelic music plays...
King Arthur: The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite, held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water, signifying by divine providence that I, Arthur, was to carry Excalibur. That is why I am your king!
Dennis: Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government! Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony!
King Arthur: Be quiet!
Dennis: You can't expect to wield supreme excutive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you.
King Arthur: Shut up!
Dennis: I mean if I went 'round saying I was an emperor just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away.
King Arthur: Shut up! Will you shut up!
Dennis: Ah! Now we see the violence inherent in the system.
King Arthur: Will you shut up!
Dennis: See the violence inherent in the system! Help! Help! I'm being repressed!
I know. I know. The character in Monty Python and the Holy Grail was an anarcho-syndicalist. And this an anarcho-capitalist blog. Sue me. Just make sure it is in a legitimate court system. You may be waiting a long time…
I created this blog to be entertaining, to sharpen my writing, to help organize my thoughts, to point out the absurdity of structuring society on violence, and, possibly, generate some income.
As I look out at the current political landscape I am both frightened and encouraged. Throughout my life I have been told I live in a free country. That America is a classless society, a republic and that our government is limited. A civilization based on laws not of men.
I could continue to slave away and maintain cognitive dissonance, but it is not my style. I ask too many questions. Yes, like Dennis, we are being repressed!
I am encouraged because I believe we are going through another reformation. Similar to the Gutenberg Press, which allowed for greater access to information, the internet is giving everyone a platform. The gatekeepers are still there, but there are no more walls. Laugh at them, mock them, and just walk around them.
Woman: Well I didn't vote for you!
King Arthur: You don't vote for kings.
Woman: Well how'd you become king then?
Angelic music plays...
King Arthur: The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite, held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water, signifying by divine providence that I, Arthur, was to carry Excalibur. That is why I am your king!
Dennis: Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government! Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony!
King Arthur: Be quiet!
Dennis: You can't expect to wield supreme excutive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you.
King Arthur: Shut up!
Dennis: I mean if I went 'round saying I was an emperor just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away.
King Arthur: Shut up! Will you shut up!
Dennis: Ah! Now we see the violence inherent in the system.
King Arthur: Will you shut up!
Dennis: See the violence inherent in the system! Help! Help! I'm being repressed!
I know. I know. The character in Monty Python and the Holy Grail was an anarcho-syndicalist. And this an anarcho-capitalist blog. Sue me. Just make sure it is in a legitimate court system. You may be waiting a long time…
I created this blog to be entertaining, to sharpen my writing, to help organize my thoughts, to point out the absurdity of structuring society on violence, and, possibly, generate some income.
As I look out at the current political landscape I am both frightened and encouraged. Throughout my life I have been told I live in a free country. That America is a classless society, a republic and that our government is limited. A civilization based on laws not of men.
I could continue to slave away and maintain cognitive dissonance, but it is not my style. I ask too many questions. Yes, like Dennis, we are being repressed!
I am encouraged because I believe we are going through another reformation. Similar to the Gutenberg Press, which allowed for greater access to information, the internet is giving everyone a platform. The gatekeepers are still there, but there are no more walls. Laugh at them, mock them, and just walk around them.
always wondered why "gate keeper" type People felt that everyone would just walk blindly in to the Ocean with them.......the way I see it Died so I did not have a answer to a "gate keeper".....so there for I do not! I could understand why some feel they need a GK though....being blind that is. I on the other hand try and give them sight so being in the "care" of a GK no longer feels safe to them...
ReplyDeleteLaura, your post makes me think of the Allegory of the Cave. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegory_of_the_Cave
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