Then I saw what was wrong with the world, I saw what destroyed men and nations, and where the battle for life had to be fought. I saw that the enemy was an inverted morality—and that my sanction was its only power. I saw that evil was impotent—that evil was the irrational, the blind, the anti-real—and that the only weapon of its triumph was the willingness of the good to serve it. Just as the parasites around me were proclaiming their helpless dependence on my mind and were expecting me voluntarily to accept a slavery they had no power to enforce, just as they were counting on my self-immolation to provide them with the means of their plan—so throughout the world and throughout men’s history, in every version and form, from the extortions of loafing relatives to the atrocities of collectivized countries, it is the good, the able, the men of reason, who act as their own destroyers, who transfuse to evil the blood of their virtue and let evil transmit to them the poison of destruction, thus gaining for evil the power of survival, and for their own values—the impotence of death. I saw that there comes a point, in the defeat of any man of virtue, when his own consent is needed for evil to win—and that no manner of injury done to him by others can succeed if he chooses to withhold his consent. I saw that I could put an end to your outrages by pronouncing a single word in my mind. I pronounced it. The word was “No.”
How well did just saying no work against the drug problem? I think the American people are suffering a spiritual malady, we have become a hedonistic society and have pushed God aside. There is no fixing what we have allowed this government to become, the tree needs to be watered.
Have you read Atlas Shrugged?
The word is”No.
Who took the time today to contact every damn senator and tell them to override Cooper’s veto of Senate bill 49 -- NC Parents Rights Bill? I did.
And yet you didn’t take the time to review the bill in question, or did you just expect the legalese to benefit you b/c of the title?
We call uninformed people like that ‘boot lickers’, as you expect a group of professional sophist (BAR members) to look after your best interest. Those who cannot create, will only destroy. What have you ever created in your lifetime? Children don’t count, that’s a form of complacency inducing automation. ie it doesn’t absolve you from the consequences of bad decisions.
Sincerely hope you find the knowledge you need, before you capitulate everyone else’s natural right to rear their children.
Good article!
I had a similar experience recently with an auto insurance claim… follow with me here, I swear there is a parallel!
As with every industry, car insurance and repair is suffering staffing. Deer hit my car, 2 weeks to get into shop, 1 week to repair (da fuq?!). Get insurance on it, paperwork is rolling, shop says see you in 2 weeks on Monday. Friday before shop calls, insurance STILL hasn’t authorized repair (they have to review repair claim to approve parts, etc.), and I’m going to lose my slot (aka 2 more weeks).
I’ll make a phone call!
Call my local agent, she tries to tell me to call the 800 number.
No
(just that 1 word).
After the akward silence she tried again.
No
I called them 2 weeks ago and they haven’t done their job. You work for them, not me, I’m the customer. YOU are going to call the support center and get them to do their job, because thats YOUR job. My job was to cut the check on the 1st of the month to pay my premium and I did that, now you do your job!
An hour later the shop called and the repair was all cleared for Monday.
Last year, I would have called the 800 number… no more. BFYTW.