Thursday, April 5, 2012

Read Brandon Smith's "Slave Mentality"

"Understanding the Slave Mentality" by Brandon Smith at Alt-Market.com

It is a fairly long piece, but it getting quite a bit of play at various sites so everyone may have read it already.  But if anyone happens to stumble by, follow the link.

I am particularly in agreement with Smith's comments on the obsession with the law.  I am a law-abiding citizen.  The Constitution is the law of the land.  It has never been repealed.  Certain aspects of it -- the Fourth Amendment comes to mind -- have been effectively abrogated by bad judicial support of the ever-expanding police powers under the War on Drugs and the War on Terror -- but it is still the law if it were taken seriously.  At some point, I have a hope that we will return to that foundation, perhaps under the duress of economic necessity. 

Certain laws or rulings can be ignored without being violated, you might say.  Abortion is a good example.  As long as abortions are voluntary, my job is to pray for women and to do everything I reasonably can to oppose abortion because I believe it is wrong.  As long as that is the case, killing abortion doctors, bombing clinics, and other violent actions are wrong.  However, should the day ever come that abortion becomes mandatory and an oppressive government forces women to kill their babies -- perhaps as a means of population control or in response to "climate change", all bets are off.  Then the murder of the innocent becomes a cause for stronger opposition and even violence if necessary. 

If the government tells us that we cannot burn Korans, we should disobey.  If the government says we cannot own, possess or carry firearms or other weapons, we should disobey.  If the government says, we cannot defend ourselves or our families from thugs and criminals, whether independent or government-sanctioned, I will disobey.  Every tyrant, whether elected or enthroned under the divine right of kings, has issued edicts, laws, rules, etc., that are oppressive and in violation of the basic human right to freedom and liberty.

We cannot be expected to go along with every ridiculous law or regulation simply because it is "law".  We cannot depend on the interpretation of the Supreme Court, either.  Many laws are "illegal" to anyone with even modicum of common sense or any understanding of the Constitution and Bill of Rights.  As the Second Amendment supporters say, what part of "shall not be infringed" do you not understand?

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