"Laws
are the crystallization of community prejudices." - Ayn Rand
"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely
exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be
better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The
robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be
satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without
end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." - C.S.
Lewis
King Arthur's creation of the Round Table
was an ambitious step in people's endeavor to create a just world. Quickly
however he put himself in an untenable position because a law that he created
went against human nature. The law stated that infidelity was a crime
punishable by death. As grand as his intentions were, he was dictating a
prejudice that he felt would never affect him personally. Here is the historic
rub. As good as he was, King Arthur was a moral busybody. His best friend, Sir
Lancelot fell in love with his wife Guinevere. The problem was not Sir Lancelot
and Guinevere, the problem was the ill-conceived law. Should King Arthur burn
his wife at the stake and kill Sir Lancelot because his two most beloved
friends fell in love with each other. Love's process is not understood nor is
it manageable. Insurmountable drama has been created in our world based on the
faulty overreaching of omnipotent moral busybodies trying to control elements
that cannot be controlled? How well did US prohibition work? All prohibition accomplished
was to allow, even promote, the success of gangsters at the cost and peril of US citizens.
I personally loved everything about the
construction business that I perfected, for me, for 35 years. It became time
for me to abandon my love when I realized that federal terrorists were
everywhere. These (OSHA & EPA) terrorists could subjectively take
everything that I had worked a lifetime for, whenever they chose to. I have
personally known some of their victims. When the "probable" risk in
business overwhelms the "possible" rewards from that business, the prudent man will no longer offer that service.
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