Okay. I've calmed down enough that I am willing to continue yesterday's rant on why -- for your own safety and freedom -- you should never, never talk to the police or seek out a government agent. I cannot sufficiently repeat: the government is your enemy and the greatest threat to civil society. It wants your money and your reflexive obedience -- period. It will not hesitate to destroy you for resisting the rendering of either. The safest policy to follow is to be as private as possible and stay out of 'the system.' To the extent you can, live your life as though the State does not exist. Don't be stupid about it -- e.g. refusing to pay property taxes when you know the refusal will lead to an unwanted 'eviction' -- but don't offer up a damned thing. Don't be deceived by the smiling social worker, the helpful police officer, the pleasant tax assessor...their job, the very reason they are at your door, is to impose laws that violate your rights.

Unhappily...and I hate to write the following words...following this policy means cancelling out some of the best instincts within you as a matter of self-protection. I give a personal example and a news item to explain what I'm talking about.

On the personal side: my husband is the best man I know. He volunteers his time (and generously so) to several charities where his expertise in computers and other electronics is highly valued -- as it should be. Some of the charities wish him to work with children and I adamantly argued with him to never, never do so. The slightest misstep on his part -- whether in word or action (indeed, the slightest misinterpretation or outright lie) -- re: "harming a child" or even being suspected of harming a child could be legally and financially devastating to us. In the absence of the State, my main concern about my husband and children would be that he is the sort who would endanger his own life to save a drowning child. That's the sort of human being who now refuses to deal with children because of the threat to his own welfare and to mine that any such encounter could constitute.

As for the news item....I recommend reading a commentary entitled "Be careful who you help" by Bob Smith at the No Force No Fraud website. A summary:


I hate like hell to say it but be careful of helping anyone in distress, be careful of helping your neighbor because you are introducing a wild card into your own safety and welfare. God I hate to write these words. But that's what the State does. It punishes the best instincts within you and turns decent people into callous ones simply because it is dangerous to care.

Have I mentioned how much I hate the State? It not only imposes cruel and savage punishment on those who wish to simply live their lives, it also requires that you harden your heart to those in need. It punishes decency and, so, destroys the essential fabric that enables society to function in health and prosperty: good will.