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ANTI_GOVERNMENT
Age: 16
Location: TX
Joined On: Jan 06, 2006
Occupation: Punkrocker!
Website: www.myspace.com/emblemtx
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my name is josh, im 15, my hobbies involve playing bass, playing guitar, playing drums, working out, and talking with people about politics. dont worry im not as stupid as i look, i can actually hold an intellagent conversation for more than an hour. i play bass/vocals in a punk band called "A Bad Idea" you should go check us out....... www.purevolume.com/abadideaatx or... www.myspace.com/averybadidea anyway.... if you have any questions, send me something.
Statist Dating
............................Statist Dating, by Stefan Molyneux.................
So this afternoon, when my son comes home from school, hes carrying a cat-cage. He throws his books on the kitchen table and flashes me a smile, heading to the fridge.
"Hey son," I ask, "Whered you get the cat?"
"Oh" he says, opening the fridge door, "its my dates."
"Your dates?"
He takes a swig of milk. "Yeah. For the prom tomorrow."
"Ohhh-k. Why do you have her cat?"
"Uhh, well, for insurance."
"What? What do you mean?"
"Well Im not sure shes going to show."
"What happened? What did she say when you asked her?"
He rolled his eyes. "Oh, shes all: its sooo totally inappropriate. She wasnt into it at all."
I shook my head slightly, trying to make sense of my son. "So you took her cat? Because she said no?"
"Uh, Dad, no, what do you think I am, crazy?"
"Uhhh, no But you do have her cat."
"Well sure! She said she didnt want to go to the prom with me, and I told her that she did, but she just didnt know it yet, and that going to the prom with me was the right thing to do, and so I would have to make her do it if she didnt want to."
"What? What kind of Where on earth did you learn that that was a good idea?"
"From my political science class."
"Your political What? How on earth does that make sense?" I took a deep breath. "Step me through it."
He smiles. "Sure! So my political science teacher tells us we choose the government, and then the government gets to tell us what to do. Right?"
"Yeah, thats the theory I guess"
"So I asked her: hey, what if we dont like what the government tells us to do? She says, well, we have to obey the government anyway, but we can protest, or vote for someone else in a few years or whatever. And then I said: what if the government orders us to do something we really disagree with can we say no? She says, not really, you have to obey the government. Why? I ask. She says: because you have chosen the government. But if we have chosen the government, why would it need to force us to do things? Its like if I go to a store to buy an iPod, and say to the guy, I really want this iPod, heres my money, and he pulls out a gun and says: you totally have to buy this iPod, or Im going to shoot you." He shakes his head. "What kind of sense would that make? If I want to buy the iPod, no one has to force me to buy it. If I dont want to buy the iPod, isnt it kind of wrong to force me to buy it? Am I wrong, Dad?"
I sigh. Sometimes I wish my son didnt have to learn these lessons. "No, son, youre not wrong."
He smiles. "So then I said that governments, then, must be always forcing people to do what they dont want to do, or I guess stop them from doing what they do want to do. And she says that people want to do the wrong things, but that government makes them do the right things. So I asked her how people who want to do the wrong things can vote for people who will force them to do the right things? I mean, if you know enough to say to someone: force me to be good and heres my list of good things then surely youre good enough already, and dont need to be forced. And only bad people would want that job anyway!" He shakes his head. "Then she gets really angry and just says that people have to be forced to do the right thing, that there are a lot of bad people in the world, and we need governments to protect us, and so we have to obey, because the government is trying to help us, and basically it knows best. So I say: then its OK to force people to do stuff even if they dont want to. She says yes, as long as you have their best interests at heart. I started to ask her how you could possibly know that, but she cut me off and said we had to move on, and that all the other kids were bored, which I dont think was the case, cause they were all pretty wide-eyed by then."
I nod slowly. "Right. Sooo The cat?"
My son hops up on a stool. "Right, right! So, I want a date for the prom, and I ask someone in my poly-sci class, but shes all nooo, thats soooo inappropriate, but I really want her to come, cause I have her best interests at heart, so I tell her that she has to come to the prom with me, because there are lots of bad dates out there, and its my duty to protect her. She says that she doesnt need protection. I say sorry, thats not really an option. She tells me to get lost. I say that if you dont want to obey me, there will be consequences. She gets really mad and tells me to stop threatening her. I say I am not threatening her, I am just governing her, and if she doesnt obey me, Ill be forced to take her cat. She calls me a little creep and storms off."
"So thats her cat?"
"Yeah, its easy to find out where people live. And it was an outdoor cat, so I didnt have to break in or anything."
I sigh. "So when can I expect a call from the girls parents?"
He blinks in confusion. "Parents? Why would her parents call? Shes, like, ancient."
"Ancient? Youre in grade 9!"
"Sure."
"So how old is this girl?"
He pokes his finger into the cat cage. "Hi there!" He glances at me. "Oh shes not a girl, dad. Shes a woman."
"What?"
The phone rings. Numbly, I pick it up. Before I can say anything, a shrieking female voice hits my ear like an icepick.
"This is Mrs. Staten, your sons political science teacher, what on earth is going on, and where the hell is my cat?"
Anarchy
im a a anarchist. thats means i believe in no government control and that everything can and should be run by either you and your family or hired help. i dont think the idea of government is right. taking taxes from me at gun point is not right. what if i dont pay that taxes. they take my house, and everything i own... now last time i checked that was know as steaing... if i came p to you, pointed a gun in your face and said give me some money, that would be stealing right? well thats what they do. and i believe that that is wrong. i dont want anyone take take my money or stuff. so yeah if there wasnt a government there wouldnt be a police department, but there would be a privatly run police department, in which you can pay for pretection and not be forced to do so...
if you have any questions about this theory of "Anarchy," send me a message, ill answer it the best i can.
Josh
CANDYcoatedCHAOS
tell me if i\'m being to forward, but uh... I\'D HIT
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hit me back.
posted Jul 08
1dollormarxist88
anti nationalist!
posted Jun 03
the*weeping*sinner
hey wats up i havnt talked to u in a while so kk luv ya
posted May 17
Uwishuknewme
posted May 05
Flutterby16
oh my god this is gonna sound creepy but I LOVE YOU!!!
you sound just like me i dont think the government
should be able to do the stupid stuff we let them do.
im also into punk music. whos your favorite band?
posted Apr 03