From: Olga Bourlin (fauxever@sprynet.com)
Date: Tue Jul 29 2003 - 20:42:58 MDT
From: "Phil Osborn" <philosborn2001@yahoo.com>
> One serious but unaddressed problem with building a
> "free state" in today's world is that the existing
> states will not let you.
You've pointed out some serious problems. There are also - I'm not sure
what to call them - maybe ... impractical problems?
When I first came to live in Seattle I lived not far from the original "Love
Family," who *all* lived in one of the most architecturally ugly buildings
I've ever seen. They were like a blast from the past - when buffaloes
roamed and the sky was not cloudy all day (I mean, they dressed up like
"pioneers," you know?). I used to observe their children - the young ones
seemed happy enough (in the special way that young ones being naturally
curious can be), but the adolescents looked sad, restless, stunted, out of
place ... they looked like they wanted *out.*
Why am I comparing (irony of ironies) a free state to a cult? Because I
keep coming up with all sorts of impracticalities (and many of the them are
identical).
Mama, what if your children don't want to grow up to be cowboys? Papa,
how'r you gonna keep them down on the free state after they've seen
Pareeeeeee ...? What if your sister falls in love with an outsider? (Say,
are you even going to let outsiders *in*?)
Maybe I've just not hung out with gun aficionados enough to understand the
benefits of a free state, so pardon if my ignorance is showing. But, in
trying to sew the troublesome strands together to make it whole, all I come
up with is ... our dear little albeit imperfect democracy that has made
great strides in (irony or ironies) the democratic process since its
inception, and especially in the last few decades. From the perspective of
the year 2003 the 1950s - holy Happy Days! - look like the Dark Ages.
I don't think a free state is ever going to work, boys ... not unless
something drastic happens, e.g., like if we blew ourselves back to the
Stone Age. Too impractical, I say (not to mention a few other worrisome
thoughts crossing my alleged mind from time to time).
Olga
Olga
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