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- | There Ain't No Justice |
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- - You Ain't My Mother, Uncle Sam! -
- by Ulycees
-
- For my own personal safety? Why thank you for caring, but I
- dont think that I need you looking out for me. Who is "You"? You ask. "You"
- are those law making people. The people that are higher in all knowledge
- than the rest of "Us". They are the people that are setting the moral
- standards in this great, twisted country of ours. Don't get me wrong, I
- love this country, I wouldn't want to live anywhere else. Besides, I think
- it's kind of entertaining to see the next flash of brilliance that the
- government will spew forth. Now, my topic...
-
- There are certain law making bodies out there that think
- they have to take care of us. These are the people that pass laws for "Our
- Own Personal Safety". Ok, I'll agree, it's kind of nice of them to be
- thinking about me, but lets face it, I HATE to be told what to do.
-
- Lets start with the subject that made me think of this text
- file, the seatbelt law. Here's a good one. Me, I always where my seatbelt.
- If I'm going to the store, or if I'm going on a long trip, the seatbelt is
- always on. To me, they make me feel a little bit safer. Knowing that if I
- do get into an accident, I might actually survive. But, why should I be
- forced to where one? Other automotive laws I can understand. Speeding for
- example. Speeding might put your life in danger, but it also puts the
- people around you in danger. Who is to say that you wont loose control and
- slide into someone elses car. But a seatbelt? What could happen? You get
- into a head on collision, fly out your windshield and decapitate the person
- in the car infront of you? I doubt that... The only person that could get
- harmed from not wearing a seat belt is myself. Therefore, I don't think I
- should be forced to wear one. It should be your own choice, not some person
- with a "Better Standard of Living" than the rest of us. But, unfortunatly,
- thats not the way it works. The state believes that they have to tell us to
- wear one because it will make our lives so much safer.
-
- After pondering that on the way to the Post Office (I was
- wearing my seat belt on the ride there of course), I started to think about
- other things. Real abstract things. "Hey, what was I gonna watch tonite?"..
- "Oh yeah... Something about some guy video taping going over the falls in a
- barrel on I-Witness Videos".. Then I thought to myself, "Hey wait.. Isn't
- that illegal?" Whoa, there they go again. If for some assinine reason, you
- felt like going over Niagra Falls in a barrel, you couldn't! Not legally
- anyways. You better make sure you do it descretly and not attract alot of
- attention beforehand. Why can't we do it? I guess that the law makers feel
- that you would hurt yourself... Or die even. But whats it there buisness?
- Maybe by the time I am 80, I will say "Wow, Ive done alot in my life. I
- think I'll top it off by going over the falls". Whoa stop! Thats a no no!
- But that question keeps nagging me! WHY? Why can't I do it? The only thing
- that I can figure out is, they don't want to waste the time to fish me out.
- Fine! Then don't! I didn't want your permission in the first place! Maybe
- they think that we are polluting? Well, ok, I guess they got me on that
- one. Pfft!!!
-
- Then from that, I was thinking about death. And that
- "Right of Life/Death" thing came up in my mind. Do you know, that if you
- want to die, most people won't let you? Unless, of course, you have a real
- understanding friend that will help you die, then on the other hand, he may
- just be a real asshole. But, look at it this way. If you try to kill
- yourself, and lets say... You mess it up. Even though you wanted to die,
- people are still going to try to save you. Even if doctors come to the
- scene and see a note that says "I hate life, Im killing myself.. Please let
- me die in peace".. The doctors will not say "Well, he wants to die.. Pack
- it up ... Call the Meat Wagon.." They are going to do their best to save
- you. Then, you get into the hospital. You are on life support. The only
- thing that you can do is utter a few syllables. But you can say one
- sentance real well: "Take me off life support. I don't want to live". Guess
- what they are going to say "Oh don't be silly.. ". Or in some cases, if
- your a real vegetable, they may even ask your family. Well, I have a real
- close family, but if I wanted to die, I would atleast expect them to grant
- that wish for me. Even the Church has something to say about it! "What? He
- killed himself? Christian he is not! You will not be buried in OUR grave
- yard.." Hypocrits.. Jesus was the man... He could have gotten himself off
- the cross right? Guess he wanted to die... But thats another story...
-
- My point is, why should some selected group with set
- standards be able to dictate to the rest of us, what we should do. The
- governement really does think that the country is filled with a bunch of
- idiots that can not help themselves. They believe that if they don't tell
- us what to do, we will actually hurt ourselves.
-
- "No Swimming.. There are squals from the off shore huricane
- that are making a severe undertoe.. You could get pulled out to sea"
- "Thats Ok.. I'll take my chances"
- "No you won't, it's the law"
- "Ahh"
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