Freedom matters
REVIEW OF INCIDENT:
Victim driving a motorcycle gets stopped by police at a driving under the influence check point. Police ask him if he has been drinking and the victim says that he does not answer questions. Police tell the victim to pull over to the side area. The victim pulls over to the side. They ask the victim again if he has been drinking and he says that he does not answer questions. Police demand his identification and victim gives them his I.D. After that the police let the victim leave without him answering any of there questions.
MY ANALYSIS:
Some people would say that the motorcycle guy should have just said he was not drinking and let the cops do there job but those people are missing the big picture.
It is important to stop small violations to our freedom before the criminals become bold enough to commit big violations to our freedom. If it becomes common for people to violate our rights, it would be like we lost our rights. To remain free we have to defend our rights.
Robbery - is the crime of taking or attempting to take anything of value by force or threat of force or by putting the victim in fear. DUI check points real purpose is to stop you and try to find some reason to give you a ticket to get your money or to tow your car and make you pay a lot of money to get it back. So basically your being robbed by the police.
Harassment - behavior which appears to be disturbing or threatening. People have the right to drive down the road without being harassed by men with guns. If you refuse to stop for the police at a DUI check point they will chase you down and assault you and may even kill you.
If you did not commit a crime then no one has the right to stop you against your will. A crime is an act harmful to another person or a violation of your rights. So as long as you did not harm anyone or violate anyone's rights then you have committed no crime, so no one should harass you.
We have the right to liberty - We can do what we want, as long as we do not violate the rights of others. The police should not force us to stop against our will when we have not committed a crime because they are violating our right to liberty.
We also have the right to privacy. No one has the right to stop us in the middle of the street if we did nothing wrong demanding I.D. from us.
All interactions between people should be voluntary. Police with guns stopping people in the middle of the street is wrong unless they committed a real crime or violated someones rights.
All people are created equal. So if it is wrong for me and my friends to stand in the middle of the street with guns stopping cars demanding to see I.D. and trying to rob people then it is also wrong for government employees to do the same thing. All people are equal therefore we all have the same rights. So if something is wrong for me to do it is also wrong for government to do.
COGNITIVE DISSONANCE:
Sometimes people hold a core belief that is very strong. When they are presented with the evidence that works against that belief, the new evidence cannot be accepted. It would create a feeling that is extremely uncomfortable, called cognitive dissonance. And because it is so important to protect the core belief, they will rationalize, ignore and even deny anything that does not fit with the core belief. - Frantz Fanon
THEFT AND ROBBERY:
Is it wrong if someone takes your money or property without your permission or consent (Theft)?
Is it wrong if someone is taking or attempting to take your money or property by force, threat of force, or by putting the victim in fear (Robbery)?
If something is wrong for a individual to do, should it also be wrong for the government to do?
Is it fair to say, wrong is wrong, no matter who does it?
YOUR THE VICTIM OF A ROBBERY!!!
Should it make a difference what color the robbers skin is?
Should it make a difference if the robbers are employed or unemployed?
Should it make a difference if the robbers are employed by the government?
Is it fair to say, wrong is wrong, no matter who does it?
DOES ANYONE HAVE THE RIGHT TO ROB YOU:
Can you delegate to another human being a right that you do not have?
Can two people delegate a right to a human being that neither of them have?
Can seven million people delegate a right to a human being that none of them have?
Can someone delegate the right to steal my money to government?
Can seven million people delegate to government the right to steal my money?
Can anyone in government have a right that I do not have?
HARASSMENT:
Harassment - behavior which appears to be disturbing or threatening.
Is it wrong when someone harasses an innocent person?
If something is wrong for a individual to do, should it also be wrong for the government to do?
Is it fair to say, wrong is wrong, no matter who does it?
VICTIMLESS CRIMES:
Every time government enforces a law without a victim, the person getting arrested is the victim. If there is no victim, there is no crime. When governments punish someone for a victimless crime, they also punish society by forcing them to pay for it. If we support victimless crime laws, we are just as responsible as if we had hired someone to rob or kidnap on our behalf.
GOVERNMENT IS:
Government is control by force. The authority claimed by governments is unique because it is considered a license to use force against peaceful people. People claim it is acceptable for government to do things that an individual would never be allowed to do. This is why governments come up with special words to obscure what they are really doing. War is mass murder. Law enforcement is violence. Taxation is theft. Inflation is theft. Civil forfeiture is theft. Even when government gives money to someone in need it must first steal that money from someone else. No one has the right to control others by force, even if they claim to have the majority behind them.
LAW ENFORCEMENT:
Law enforcement is paid with the money that is stolen from you in the form of taxes, fines, and civil forfeiture. The relationship between law enforcement and the people is really like the relationship between a criminal and his victim. Criminals do not respect there victims. If they have no respect for you they also have no respect for your individual rights and this is why they have no problem violating your individual rights. It is a crime to violate your individual rights. A person who violates your individual rights is a criminal.
Our government has been stealing from us and disarming us and it will only get worse as time goes on. Over time government will lose more and more respect for the people and we will be in greater danger and the people will be less able to defend themselves. People wonder why law enforcement acts the way they act. They are enforcers for a criminal organization. How would you expect them to act?
WRONG IS WRONG, NO MATTER WHO DOES IT:
People have the irrational belief that government is allowed to do things that you can't. So the resistance in peoples minds is turned off and they think government authority is OK, logical, and reasonable. But if people would examine the cause and effect of what is really happening. They would say it is logical to resist someone who wants to harm you, steal from you, threaten you, or violate your rights.
No matter how government employees are selected they are only human beings and they have no rights or claims that are higher then those of any other human. No one has the right to harm you, steal from you, threaten you, or violate your rights. We can not give people any rights that we do not have ourselves. Government should never be able to do anything you can't do. If something is wrong for you to do, it should also be wrong for government to do. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it.
THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE:
The great government lie is that it exists for the good of its victims. To obscure the truth, governments go to great lengths with propaganda intended to change the way we think and thus how we act. The greatest measure of what governments are capable of with propaganda is how much they have convinced us to identify with them so that anyone who challenges their power is seen as an enemy of the people. The most potent weapon in the hand of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.
A government that violates your rights and commits theft, extortion, and violence, is a criminal organization. Once people realize that. They can rid themselves of the belief that they have an obligation to obey government. Then you can have free people who can decide for themselves what they can do.
PRINCIPLES OF FREEDOM:
1 - All people are created equal.
2 - All people have individual rights.
3 - All interactions between people should be voluntary.
NO ONE HAS THE RIGHT:
1 - No one has the right to harm you.
2 - No one has the right to threaten you.
3 - No one has the right to steal from you.
4 - No one has the right to violate your rights.
INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS:
1 - The right to liberty - We can do what we want, as long as we do not violate the rights of others.
2 - The right to self-defense - We can defend ourselves, our property, and our individual rights.
3 - The right to own and carry weapons - So we have the ability to defend ourselves, our property, and our rights.
4 - The right to self-ownership - We own ourselves. No one can claim even partial ownership over you without violating your rights.
5 - The right to free speech - We can communicate our opinions and ideas without fear of government retaliation or censorship.
6 - The right to privacy - No one has the right to violate our privacy.
Any law that violates our rights is null and void. Anyone that violates our rights is a criminal.
FREEDOM:
Freedom is the ability to exercise your will within your individual rights without the threat of force from anyone else.
If somebody is forcing their will on us, clearly, we are not free. A violation of freedom is an attack on a person by harming them, stealing from them, threatening them, or violating there individual rights. Freedom is not just an ideal state of society, but a moral code for respecting the individual rights of others.
Because you own yourself, it is wrong for someone to initiate force against you or your property. Acceptance of this simple fact is the foundation of a free and peaceful society. This universal nonaggression principle applies to everyone, and it is therefore wrong for someone to harm you, steal from you, threaten you, or violate your individual rights.
LIBERTY IS NOT A BATTLE:
Liberty is not a battle that requires the conversion of others in order to win.
Liberty is won when you accept the fact that you own yourself, that you have individual rights, and no one has the right to violate your rights.
When you accept that you are liberated.
THE REVOLUTION CONTINUES:
The Declaration of Independence condemned authoritarian power and empowered the individual. It argued that all people were created equal. That all people have individual rights. That our individual rights can not be taken away from us. That the main purpose of government was to help secure our individual rights. That government power came from the consent of the governed. That government could not tax us without our consent. When government violates our individual rights it becomes our duty to take away the governments right to govern.
But the revolution is not over. As long as some people claim the right to rule and others claim the right to be free, the revolution will continue. Final victory comes when people embrace the principles of true equality, non-aggression, self-ownership, and voluntarism. That is when people will truly be ready to be free.
THE FIGHT FOR FREEDOM NEVER ENDS:
Freedom is a fragile thing and is never more than one generation away from extinction.
It is not ours by inheritance; it must be fought for and defended constantly by each generation.
- Ronald Reagan
TYRANNY:
When governments fear the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and
bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.
- Thomas Jefferson
THE PRICE OF FREEDOM:
It is important to stop small violations to our freedom before the criminals become bold enough to commit big violations to our freedom.
If it becomes common for criminals to violate our rights, it would be like we have no rights.
To remain free we have to defend our rights. That is the price of freedom.
