The Three Tenets of Existential Terrorism

Words are not things or actions. They are vibrations of the air molecules or squiggles on a page. Mistaking words for reality is the mistake that puts politicians in office and sells all of the products, religions, and systems of government on the planet. Saying "Tree" is no more a tree than saying "I love you" means that someone loves you. To perceive reality as it is, one must accept that words are a vehicle for the transference of our perception of reality, not reality itself.
God is dead. I killed him (it, them, her, et al) on November 5th, 1991. Justifiable Homicide. The idea that the universe is run by some cosmic supra-hero concept of ourselves is absurd and unproven. The idea that the creator of the universe put us here in these bodies to satisfy some moral experiment is offensive. The God question; "What are we doing here?", may or may not be valid. At this time, we are here because the physical laws of the universe are not completely against our existence. Our short time of consciousness would be far better served ensuring our survival rather than posturing before some misanthropic cosmic deity.
The only government, the only rule of law, is economics. However our societies are structured, whatever religion or ethnicity, we have all decided that those with relatively more assets have better lives than those with less relative wealth. All measured value is economic value in this system.

Friday, May 10, 2013

Crime, Punishment, and the Social Contract



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The recent arrests in Cleveland and the judgement in Phoenix have brought up the issue of what to do with the most blatant violations of the social contract.  By the social contract, I mean the inherent agreement between human beings in a society that they act in a civil manner to each other.  There should be an actual contract, signed at the age of legality or adulthood.  At 18 years of age every person should sign a contract with the rest of society agreeing to act in a civil manner.  Or they could opt out, dropped off at one of the Aleutian islands with others of a similar bent to fend for themselves.  The signatories would then be obligated to abide by the contract and face the consequences of the law if they don't abide.  The most heinous violations, could, depending on the state, result in the loss of life by the offender.  But we're reluctant to do so.  Of the approximately 3125 inmate on death row, 33 were actually killed by society in 2011.  The latest examples of aberrant behavior will follow the same policy of trial, appeal, and incarceration for around a decade before the sentence is carried out.  We are so scared of executing an innocent person that we run around for, at times,  the life of prisoner trying to get the job done.  The Cleveland kidnapper, rapist, murderer and torturer could be taken out his cell this afternoon and have his life terminated.  We don't, but it wouldn't be civilized or moral.  Or would it?  To be continued   

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