I hate to repeat myself in conversations. My ego wants to assure me that what I say, in the fun way I like to say it, is entirely understandable to anyone with even a mild I.Q. and a willingness to listen... but my brain is building a helluva case to the contrary. That being typed, I would like to say here that my goal in this is not to educate anyone, but to learn for my own purposes... despite my somewhat preechy presentation.
I have spent a lot of time and energy developing these ideas I have. Right or ultimately wrong, I can assure you that you probably won't be able to dissuade me from believing as I do, though you CAN help me work out the details of my presentation or even add to my conceptio of reality by bringing up concepts I have yet to fully work out... as long as whatever you bring to the table doesn't conflict with the general flow of what I've already set in stone.
Proceeding from that point, I will re-state my fondest desire for someone, anyone, to prove me wrong completely. I am so open to all challenges on this that I even respond to the "UR TEH GAY" segment of our cuddly little internet peanut-gallery. To make good on this pledge, I will now engage Kiki on his stirring and somewhat legible scrawlings entered previously in this thread...
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Originally Posted by Kulturkampf
Government is powerful because of Faith -- faith in pieces of paper representing actual value, faith in ideals that keep us as united and protected.
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Buddy, you ARE teh gay. Seriously. What you are describing is religion, not government. Faith, by definition, is a lack of understanding. You just said that government is not supposed to be understandable. I've got a lot of cotton that needs to be picked... Why don't you just go get at it, boy? Don't make me break out the whip!
Don't worry though... as long as you keep your nose on my grindstone I will make sure you have adequate food, reasonable shelter and enough clothing on to hide your dumb ass from my sight. I will also make sure no one can hurt you more than I will. You will be able to believe you suffer each day for your own greater safety. I will make sure of it, and that you will.
You do know that the rhetoric with which you have chosen to represent yourself is that of a slave, don't you? When you are humming a melody in the crotch of a governmental official, the only promises you can take to the bank right then are that you have a dick in your mouth, regardless of whatever rights you were told would be stripped from whichever "freedom expressor" pissed you off to the point you sought to limit using the power of your "oral abilities."
Did you get that? Well, respond regardless of your ability to comprehend things... Isn't that what you're here for?