Friday, February 27, 2004
Migrant birds and people
If we look at the most recent history of global mankind, we might be reminded of a phenomenon we know from our history books in school, namely the migration of peoples from the 4th to the 6th centuries of our era with its "official" start in the year 375 (though it actually had started already centuries before our era).
Today's migrations, mainly our Western governments and our armchair politicians are so upset about (while they shouldn't be so squeamish, considering that present immigrants do not use weapons like the ones before did: the weapons are now only in the hands of the underlings, henchmen and stooges of the usurped power of established governments of the "invaded" countries!), and the ones ending antiquity would not have existed then and would not exist now if the concepts of exterritorialism and panarchism had been or were now part of our common philosophical and institutional assets.
While birds move to the places best for them without asking any authority for permission, humans have lost their natural right to do so, enslaved by those among them who feel that they have more rights than the others. Equal freedom for all would be the solution. To almost all problems.
Just think of the fact that before World War I you could freely travel and settle in whole Europe and even beyond without needing a passport. These immigrants to the United States apparently did not need one either (where would they have got it from?!). Or how would you explain that they were asked their name, which was written down by an officer in a spelling according to how well a German or French name was understood by him from just hearing it, pronounced by someone who spoke a different language?
I mention this, without being able to research and report more precise details right now, because it shows how erroneous is the assumption propagated by our rulers that (thanks to them of course) "there is no stopping the progress". I rather think that there are two parallel lines of evolution, and by no means automatic like some law of nature, one "progressive", one "conservative", which one is the good one depends on each case and single issue. The friends and enemies of liberty are present all the time. And in that constant, but unequal, battle the friends have the better ideas, while the enemies have the technology (be it weapons or Goebbels type propaganda) that their huge stolen money can buy. The last word is happily not yet said though.
To get back to our main topic, I suggest that you read as an appetizer the Appeal to establish a COSMOPOLITAN UNION by Werner Ackermann at http://www.butterbach.net/cosmos_e.htm, accessible also from the Table of contents of this site.
Then let me proudly present the most enlightening, logical, ethical and compassionate essay on the subject of immigration:
By Ken Schoolland
You will find it together with several other essays by Ken Schoolland on the same subject (in English, French and Spanish) on my Op-Ed page, where they are online starting today.
Posted by Christian Butterbach @ 10:29 AM GMT+1 [Link]
Monday, February 23, 2004
Photograph of Lux Lucre (Kerry Pearson)
Up till now you could not see a picture of Kerry on my sites. The various tributes to him on two of my sites only contained links to pictures on other sites. I am very glad that Alan Robert Weiss, the author of this superb photo, gave me permission to reproduce it here. It will likely also be contained in a forthcoming tribute to Kerry on a DVD.
Posted by Christian Butterbach @ 10:33 AM GMT+1 [Link]
Thursday, February 19, 2004
Posthumous work by Lux Lucre (Kerry Pearson)
Well, the work is an animeld, and Kerry contributed the word, while Alison Frane did the drawing. Here is what she says about it:- "Here's a cute one from, and in memory of it's creator, Kerry Pearson, aka Lux Lucre. It's a two-letter change, but that's allowed, and it's gonna go so well with next week's... Thanks for everything, Lux!"
This seems to me to be a clandestine concealed homage to the porcupines of the Free State Project. Alison may not have known, but I think that Kerry had this project on his mind when he got the idea for this animeld. So, let us fry a few federals in that pan... ;-)
Posted by Christian Butterbach @ 08:15 AM GMT+1 [Link]
Friday, February 13, 2004
Territorial Terror, Territorial Lunacy
Man fined ten grand for going to church
"A resident in this remote northern Maine outpost along the Quebec
border says he is being fined $10,000 for doing something he has
done most his life: Going to church. Richard Albert, 52, said the
U.S. Bureau of Customs and Border Protection recently notified him
that he faces two $5,000 fines for twice crossing from Quebec into
Maine on a Sunday when the local border crossing station is closed.
Albert's home is 30 yards on the Maine side of the border, right
beside the U.S. Customs office. But the church is on the Canadian
side of the border, which means he has to cross the boundary
illegally to attend church services. Albert, a U.S. citizen, said he has
been crossing the U.S.-Canada border at his own discretion for
more than 40 years." (02/12/04)
http://www.sierratimes.com/04/02/12/ap_church.htm
[from Sierra Times and Rational Review News Digest]
Posted by Christian Butterbach @ 11:24 AM GMT+1 [Link]
