--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Don & Sandy Duncan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 6:10 AM Subject: I'm Better Than You > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > I'm Better Than You > > Dear Subscriber, > > Why is it that so many people treat one's political affiliation as > no more significant than one's preference of ice cream flavor or > choice of hats? People talk as if "politics" is something that > polite people shouldn't bring up, because we wouldn't want to > offend someone who simply has a different political viewpoint. > After all, someone's party affiliation has nothing to do with > whether he's a good person, does it? > > OF COURSE IT DOES! > > Someone's "political" belief is nothing more than an opinion about > what type and what degree of VIOLENCE should be initiated against > everyone else. How is that NOT a moral issue? How does that NOT > reflect on whether the person is moral or immoral, good or evil? > People who supported the Nazis, or supported slavery, supported > something EVIL. Calling it "politics," and treating it like > something of no importance is looney. > > In this age of moral relativism, people like to imagine that every > opinion is "equally valid." Aside from being patently insane (is > the "opinion" that 2 + 2 = 5 as "valid" as the "opinion" that 2 + 2 > = 4?), it also serves as a great get-out-of-responsibility-free > card for all those who advocate unjust violence--which is almost > everyone. > > In fact, many can only just barely bring themselves to say that > someone who routinely robs and kills people is a bad person. > (They'd rather say he is misunderstood, or had a rough childhood.) > Well, guess what: if you steal from people and assault people, and > I don't, I'm a BETTER person than you. Yes, I know that's very > "judgmental" of me to say. Too bad. But here comes the part 99.999% > of Americans really won't like: > > If you advocate robbery via "taxation," or murder via "war," or > kidnapping via "law enforcement" of non-violent "crimes," then I'm > a BETTER person than you, because I don't. Politics is 100% about > morality. If you advocate unjust violence, as ALL Republicans and > ALL Democrats do, you are a WORSE human being than those who don't. > And the ONLY people who DON'T advocate the initiation of violence > against their neighbors at all are anarchists (voluntaryists) and > "hard core" libertarians. > > You can wear the "honest, upstanding, church-going model citizen" > badge all you want, but if, via your "vote" or your expressed > opinions, you are a proponent of the initiation of violence against > innocent people, then you are a BAD PERSON. Yes, someone ELSE will > be carrying out the evil you support, but that doesn't make you > blameless or good; it makes you evil AND a coward, for not doing it > your own dang self. > > I'm finished treating people as if they aren't responsible for the > evils committed as a direct result of their "political beliefs." If > today someone publicly admitted to being a Nazi, he would be > rightfully subjected to scorn and ostracization. Well, when > Americans admit to subscribing to the modern Nazi-lite parties > (Republican and Democrat), why should they get a pass? Why is it > OKAY for half the beer-swilling country to support the forced > imprisonment of nearly two MILLION human beings for possessing a > DIFFERENT mind-altering substance? It isn't. Why is it OKAY for > almost all of the country to advocate the extortion and robbery of > anyone who has more than they do? It isn't. And why do these people > think they have a right to advocate such evil, and a right to not > be publicly condemned for it? > > Today (6/24/08) happens to be my 40th birthday. My birthday wish is > that all those of you who understand and advocate freedom (I mean > all the way) ask some statist you know why he feels okay about > advocating that YOU be forcibly robbed every year to pay for things > you don't support--whether it's the welfare state, the military, > etc. See what he says. And see if he can look you in the eye, with > an expression of confidence and shamelessness, as he explains to > you why it's okay for him to want you forcibly controlled and > extorted. > > Sincerely, > > > Larken Rose > http://www.tyrantbook.com > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Charset: UTF8 > Note: This signature can be verified at https://www.hushtools.com/verify > Version: Hush 3.0 > > wpwEAQECAAYFAkhg8k4ACgkQGmVFo/iGj32sQwP/ffc6oTB3v9MCF6fiwoEWfmjK/AfK > FEiBIbfTv/RU+i4eajVaw8RtD23P352qoOgB4WVxmW145VH1oIr/4W+UZD4UP9XfARHo > jDUQwulyjQi7dgYYaTOwSqScCBb4zWOIrgqQoYJpFN50ll7YKEZ3YcYPpdUU+y2i7wQW > Yk7Xrms= > =j2wd > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To subscribe, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To change your email address, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with your old address in the Subject: line > To contact the list owner, send your message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > mail-list.com 1302 Waugh Dr. #438 Houston, Texas 77019 USA > > To unsubscribe, or change your email address, click here. > http://cgi.mail-list.com/u?ln=tmds&[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > This message was launched into cyberspace to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --- End forwarded message ---
