[Users] Intellectual Violence - article from Think Or Be Eaten-By Ang

[Hanif Kruger]

don't forget those pills, hay.  smirks.
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> No, it's all I want to take the time to say. And yes, I will have a
> lovely day, because soldiers are fighting for the freedom for me to
> enjoy it thank you. Now. I have to go do something worthwhile and get
> packed for Air Force Aux training.
>
> On 04/07/2008, Hanif Kruger <grr at kwagga.com> wrote:
>> Is that all you can say?  Wow, what an intelligent response.
>>
>> Have a lovely day further.
>>
>> Hanif Kruger
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Davis,Alexandria SM CAP 119 ND/WG ANG CDT SQ"
>> <alexdavis at honorguardbugler.com>
>> To: <users at zonebbs.com>
>> Sent: Friday, July 04, 2008 8:50 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Users] Intellectual Violence - article from Think Or Be 
>> Eaten-
>> By Ang
>>
>>
>>> Bunch of liberals.
>>>
>>> On 04/07/2008, Hanif Kruger <grr at kwagga.com> wrote:
>>>> Something I've learned over the last few years is that there really is
>>>> such
>>>> a thing as evil in this world. True, sheer evil.
>>>>
>>>> I've also learned that all evil is perpetrated by force; and that can 
>>>> be
>>>> physical violence or it can be intellectual violence, i.e. by deceit 
>>>> and
>>>> deception.
>>>> Lies. Lies are every bit as much a form of violence as guns, clubs and
>>>> bombs
>>>> because just like physical violence, lies are used to violate someone
>>>> else's
>>>> free will and free choice.
>>>>
>>>> The reality is that the violence of lies is infinitely more common than
>>>> physical violence. There's just no contest there. Lies are the single
>>>> most
>>>> prevalent form of violence in our country today, and that intellectual
>>>> violence is taking a serious toll.
>>>>
>>>> What is violence and why is violence used? It is used as a means to an
>>>> end.
>>>> More specifically it is the quickest way to get what you want from
>>>> somebody
>>>> else. You can either just shoot someone and take what you want or you 
>>>> can
>>>> lie them out of what they have that you want, either way, you achieve 
>>>> the
>>>> goal of getting what you want from somebody else. Lying is the means to
>>>> perpetrate a robbery or theft. Just like a mugging in a dark alley,
>>>> individuals and
>>>> nations alike are violently attacked with the aim of destroying the 
>>>> true
>>>> owners of something to take what they own for yourself.
>>>>
>>>> The mere threat of using violence against somebody is often enough to 
>>>> get
>>>> them to hand over the desired things. It works well because everybody
>>>> knows
>>>> what
>>>> violence is and nobody wants to be violated, which is exactly what
>>>> violence
>>>> is. It is violating another person. It's using whatever superior tools 
>>>> or
>>>> strength or advantages you posses to harm, or threaten to harm another
>>>> with
>>>> the aim of taking something that belongs to them and that you have no
>>>> right
>>>> to take. It means over riding the free will and free choice of another
>>>> person and to force your own will on them, so that you can have it your
>>>> way.
>>>> And that's just
>>>> wrong.
>>>>
>>>> Depriving others of the God given right of having free choice over 
>>>> their
>>>> own
>>>> lives, bodies and property is the very definition of what we think of 
>>>> as
>>>> crime. That is the DNA behind all crime, that's the reason that we even
>>>> have
>>>> the concept of crime. Forcefully depriving another of their free will 
>>>> is
>>>> what all
>>>> crime is. It violates a person in the most serious, egregious ways. 
>>>> It's
>>>> an
>>>> insult that goes very deep into the psyche of any victim of violence,
>>>> physical
>>>> or intellectual.
>>>>
>>>> Victims of violence do feel violated. They feel the terror of
>>>> powerlessness
>>>> over their own lives. They feel the horrible loss of control over their
>>>> own
>>>> fate. The overwhelming insult of not having any choice in matters
>>>> regarding
>>>> their own life and best interests. They are reduced to irrelevance
>>>> because
>>>> of the appetites and will of their attackers.
>>>>
>>>> Being made to feel irrelevant is probably the most damaging experience
>>>> that
>>>> any human being can go through. It's the worst feeling in the world to
>>>> suddenly become nothing and no one as far as some dominating, violent
>>>> others
>>>> are concerned. To be deprived of the obligatory recognition of your
>>>> sentience and inherent right to be treated as an equal to other human
>>>> beings
>>>> is to feel one's own life being negated, as if it had no meaning,
>>>> importance
>>>> or significance. There is no greater insult and no greater harm that 
>>>> can
>>>> be
>>>> perpetrated on another.
>>>>
>>>> To become nothing more than the extension of another man's will is to
>>>> become
>>>> a slave or an object, and we are not slaves or objects. We are equals
>>>> with
>>>> the same human rights in this world, and we all deserve to retain our
>>>> dignity and sovereignty at all times. No one has a right to take those
>>>> things from us. When they do take those things they defy known reality
>>>> and
>>>> relegate us to a realm of confused suffering, and permanent damage that
>>>> cannot be undone or recompensed.
>>>>
>>>> The only way anyone can make you feel that way is by violating you,
>>>> depriving you of your dignity and personal sovereignty, and this is why
>>>> the
>>>> concept
>>>> of simple respect for others is such an important thing. It's a huge
>>>> thing.
>>>> In fact I'd have to say it's the biggest thing there is.
>>>>
>>>> In a decent world we would all agree to respect the others in our lives
>>>> and
>>>> all over the world. We would comprehend the simple fact that those 
>>>> others
>>>>
>>>> do
>>>> not owe us anything. They don't owe us their prosperity or their lives.
>>>> They
>>>> don't owe us their property or their rights. They are not in any way
>>>> obligated to do as we desire so that we may feel happy.
>>>>
>>>> The only people who think the opposite is true are the people in this
>>>> world
>>>> who are truly evil. They are the criminals who commit all the worst
>>>> crimes
>>>> in this world. Although those crimes can take many forms the bottom 
>>>> line
>>>> is
>>>> that it's always the same crime being committed, the crime of depriving
>>>> another of their free will and their right to determine their own fate
>>>> and
>>>> their own life choices, whether or not anyone else happens to like 
>>>> those
>>>> choices. It's just not our call to make for anyone else.
>>>>
>>>> That's where we run into problems because there are a great many 
>>>> people,
>>>> people who think of themselves as upright, good people, religious 
>>>> people
>>>> even, who will not agree that everyone has the same right to self
>>>> determination in this world. Right off the bat, that attitude is
>>>> criminal.
>>>>
>>>> The Liar's Toolbox
>>>>
>>>> Today there is much killing of innocents happening in the name of the
>>>> good
>>>> guys vs. the bad guys, but what is never called to account is who 
>>>> defines
>>>> good and bad. Without exception it is never a simple case of good guys
>>>> versus bad guys; it is in fact a case of aggressors calling the others
>>>> bad
>>>> because those others are not doing what is desired by the aggressor. 
>>>> They
>>>> are the legal owners of lands and resources the aggressor covets, they
>>>> exist
>>>> in the way of the aggressors and in blatant contradiction to false 
>>>> claims
>>>>
>>>> to
>>>> ownership of the land and its resources. The others who have what the
>>>> aggressors want are always automatically the bad guys, and that's 
>>>> nothing
>>>> but a big fat lie. It's hypocrisy. And that's always attached to lies.
>>>> Hypocrisy is one of the main tools in the liar's toolbox.
>>>>
>>>> Hypocrisy is when we believe we deserve to have free will but we refuse
>>>> to
>>>> extend the same human right to others. This is a very important tool in
>>>> the
>>>> Liar's toolbox. It is used to try to justify violence against others 
>>>> with
>>>> all manner of lies and excuses, like religious differences, racial
>>>> differences, any kind of differences will be used to try to justify
>>>> perpetrating violence against others when we want what belongs to them.
>>>> Where ever there is hypocrisy there is lying going on and the sad 
>>>> reality
>>>> will be that a lot of good people will have bought in to those lies and
>>>> will
>>>> be an opposing force to the truth. They will not be able to see their 
>>>> own
>>>> hypocrisy. Hypocrisy is a serious, dangerous sin and it's one we should
>>>> add
>>>> to the list of things we want to find
>>>> in ourselves and do away with.
>>>>
>>>> Another item in the Liar's Toolbox is indifference. Sometimes called
>>>> depraved indifference the meaning is simple enough to gather. When we 
>>>> are
>>>> indifferent to the suffering of others we are committing a crime of
>>>> violence
>>>> against them. When big corporations or governments take steps in their
>>>> own
>>>> self interests that result in harm being done to others, directly or
>>>> indirectly, they know it. That they proceed anyway makes it criminal.
>>>>
>>>> Failing to notice or consider that our actions harm others is not an
>>>> excuse
>>>> and it cannot be justified. Saying they just didn't know, or worse,
>>>> framing
>>>> and promoting illicit depraved concepts like "collateral damage" is no
>>>> excuse either. There is no such thing as lives that don't matter.
>>>>
>>>> No matter what claims are being made to justify violence in the name of
>>>> self
>>>> interest, there is no justification. When we are led to believe 
>>>> otherwise
>>>> that in itself is a crime being perpetrated on all of us. We are being
>>>> insulted every bit as much as their innocent victims. The message is 
>>>> that
>>>> others don't matter in the name of their personal goals and desires, 
>>>> and
>>>> that's invalid on its face. Others always matter and life always 
>>>> matters
>>>> more than any ideology or game plan. More than any government's desire
>>>> for
>>>> power and prestige, more than any corporation's greed and psychotic 
>>>> lust
>>>> for
>>>> endless expansion. Those things in fact and in reality are worthless up
>>>> against human life and well being. Pretending otherwise is always and
>>>> only a
>>>> lie.
>>>>
>>>> It's Not Just About Stuff
>>>>
>>>> We're encouraged to believe that crime is all about property and
>>>> ownership
>>>> rights, and that there can be no crimes without property or life being
>>>> involved but that's only seeing the peel and missing the entire banana
>>>> beneath it. Every dishonest contract, every con job, every petty theft,
>>>> every rape or act of child molestation, every bogus war we're led into
>>>> based
>>>> on lies, is always about depriving people of something that's 
>>>> rightfully
>>>> and
>>>> only theirs. That can be property, rights, dignity, life or limb, 
>>>> freedom
>>>>
>>>> of
>>>> choice, or even the information needed to make the best decisions. 
>>>> Again,
>>>> all of that boils down to overriding the free will of others. These are
>>>> all
>>>> forms of violence, ways of violating the human birthright to have free
>>>> will
>>>> and freedom of choice in all things pertaining to our own lives, 
>>>> persons,
>>>> and property.
>>>>
>>>> Violence used at any other time than in literal, imminent self defense
>>>> from
>>>> a violent attacker is criminal. It is unnecessary and unjustified. Yet 
>>>> it
>>>>
>>>> is
>>>> prevalent and it is everywhere, from behind the closed doors of private
>>>> homes to out in the open in the streets, the kinds of violence of wars
>>>> and
>>>> political unrest. Take Africa for example and the carnage going on 
>>>> there.
>>>> It's all completely unjustified, it's criminal, people are getting hurt
>>>> and
>>>> dying and there is no end in sight. No good comes of this way of 
>>>> getting
>>>> what you want at the expense of others without the consent of all
>>>> involved.
>>>>
>>>> There is no need to fund and instigate the social crisis there, which 
>>>> is
>>>> what is being done by powerful, wealthy corporations and their 
>>>> copartners
>>>>
>>>> in
>>>> governments. It is being done to consume the rich resources of that 
>>>> land
>>>> for
>>>> the benefit of those who already have more than enough, so that they 
>>>> can
>>>> have even more for themselves. Greed is not good. It is just another
>>>> weapon
>>>> in the liars toolbox. Greed is always fed with the blood of innocent
>>>> people
>>>> and it is a crime.
>>>>
>>>> Depriving others of what's rightfully theirs is what it always boils 
>>>> down
>>>>
>>>> to
>>>> and that's why violence beyond literal, imminent self defense from a
>>>> violent
>>>> attacker is always criminal. It can not be tolerated. Not any more. Not
>>>> in
>>>> the 21st Century. It is long past time for humanity with its
>>>> consciousness
>>>> raised and its improved access to education to make the necessary
>>>> spiritual/emotional/doctrinal adjustments to go along with that 
>>>> increased
>>>> knowledge and awareness. Meaning, it's time for us to change for the
>>>> better.
>>>>
>>>> It's time for us now to take responsibility, which is what must be done
>>>> when
>>>> we become world aware and educated. To posses and use knowledge without
>>>> responsibility is an unforgivable failure. It's also self-defeating
>>>> because
>>>> it enables that which is not true to dominate us.
>>>>
>>>> Honesty isn't just the best public policy, it's the only public policy
>>>> because dishonesty is literally a criminal act. It's an act of violence
>>>> because it violates the peoples right to exercise their free will. It
>>>> undermines our ability to make intelligent, meaningful choices for
>>>> ourselves
>>>> by giving us
>>>> false information and forcing false perspectives on us that will lead 
>>>> us
>>>> to
>>>> draw conclusions based on that false information. The public will then 
>>>> be
>>>> infinitely more likely to agree to whatever the liar or liars want.
>>>> That's
>>>> every bit as violent as holding a gun to our heads, it's just not
>>>> recognized
>>>> as such, and that's no accident. It's so obvious as to be painful, yet
>>>> how
>>>> many of us have ever made the connection? They're taking what they want
>>>> by
>>>> force and we can't even see it anymore, we expect no less.
>>>>
>>>> We tend to think of violence only in terms of physical things, blood,
>>>> bullet
>>>> wounds, physical harm. But being lied to can do equal damage to our 
>>>> minds
>>>> and souls, and can and does cause terrible harm and injury to the
>>>> collective
>>>> consciousness of mankind.
>>>>
>>>> We're living in a society which, at this moment in time, is being
>>>> controlled
>>>> and dominated by people who have no respect for others. By people who 
>>>> by
>>>> the
>>>> very nature of how they think and act are criminals. There's no wiggle
>>>> room
>>>> here, it's quite simple when you stop to remember that the essence of
>>>> crime
>>>> is depriving others of their free will and their right to act in their
>>>> own
>>>> best interests. Those who dominate our reality right now are master
>>>> liars,
>>>> and
>>>> the damage they are perpetrating has no historical equivalent in this
>>>> country. The destruction they're wreaking is total and we're only
>>>> beginning
>>>> to see the tip of the iceberg. By the time they're done there won't be
>>>> much
>>>> left standing, and a whole lot of people are going to suffer, and a 
>>>> whole
>>>> lot of people are going to die. You tell me what's not criminal about
>>>> that.
>>>> Everything about it is criminal.
>>>>
>>>> These controllers have managed to get a dominant foothold into every
>>>> major
>>>> aspect of society. The justice system, the departments of government, 
>>>> the
>>>> church, public and higher education have all been infiltrated and are 
>>>> in
>>>> the
>>>> process of being ideologically raped. They own and control the media 
>>>> and
>>>> they do this with the specific purpose of being able to withhold the
>>>> truth
>>>> about themselves and what they do, what they want and how they're 
>>>> getting
>>>> what they want,
>>>> from the public. You can't even buy TV time today if you have a 
>>>> different
>>>> perspective than the one they want to dominate the public consciousness
>>>> with. They can't afford the truth going out to the people because they
>>>> know
>>>> the people would never agree to go along with them. Therefore, they
>>>> either
>>>> have to shoot us all, which simply isn't possible, or they have to
>>>> violate
>>>> our consciousness with an endless stream of lies to make us want to go
>>>> along
>>>> with them. And they're experts at this. And we pay them to do it and 
>>>> they
>>>> use our money to do it to us.
>>>>
>>>> Every aspect of how they operate is an insult and a violation of the
>>>> public's right to choose in their own behalf. We can no longer make
>>>> appropriate choices because we no longer have access to all of the
>>>> information, to truth, or to all of the sides to any story. All we will
>>>> ever
>>>> hear again as long as the media laws stay the same is only what they 
>>>> want
>>>>
>>>> us
>>>> to hear.
>>>>
>>>> We have only to look around us to gauge the numbers of innocent people
>>>> dying
>>>> both here and abroad to get an accurate idea of just how much evil has
>>>> managed to insinuate itself into our minds and lives. We have only to
>>>> witness the metamorphosis of ordinary men who once upheld our laws to
>>>> protect us, into militarized, soulless, dishonest inhuman robot killers
>>>> and
>>>> thugs to recognize that evil is transforming our society from its very
>>>> roots
>>>> and defining principles into its exact mirror opposite. We are being
>>>> turned
>>>> into everything we claim to hate and would risk our lives to fight
>>>> against,
>>>> and we no longer seem capable
>>>> of recognizing it.
>>>>
>>>> Our laws are quickly being changed from things that protect our God 
>>>> given
>>>> right to exercise our free will without encumbrance from power and
>>>> privilege, into things which give all permission to power and privilege
>>>> to
>>>> encumber us and prevent us from living in freedom. The lie is that it 
>>>> is
>>>> being done to secure us, but we are not secure. We could never be kept
>>>> safe
>>>> by anyone, and especially not by a government so obsessed with secrecy,
>>>> so
>>>> disdainful of
>>>> being bound by the laws that bind the rest of us, and so unconcerned 
>>>> with
>>>> our core principles of protecting every individual from violence and
>>>> interference
>>>> by the government into their private lives. This government represents
>>>> everything we once fought to be free of, and then some.
>>>>
>>>> They use every form of violence and force conceivable, and have many
>>>> others
>>>> being developed, most of which are further insults to freedom and free
>>>> will.
>>>> All of them have the intended goal of depriving us of even more 
>>>> freedom,
>>>> of
>>>> our right to speak openly about what we see happening, of our hope and
>>>> expectation that justice will be done and that they will be made to 
>>>> stop.
>>>> Now that they are making the rules they will not stop. We are drowning 
>>>> in
>>>>
>>>> a
>>>> sea of lies.
>>>>
>>>> When lies dominate us then evil dominates our society. We are willingly
>>>> or
>>>> unwillingly forced to be complicit in the actions that evil desires to
>>>> carry
>>>> out. And it will always desire to perpetrate the greatest possible 
>>>> evils
>>>> it
>>>> can get away with. It spells the destruction of centuries of hard work
>>>> and
>>>> struggle specifically to stop, control and prevent evil from taking 
>>>> over
>>>> our
>>>> government, our country and our private lives. When lies are so common
>>>> they
>>>> become what feels normal and rational to us, we are certainly lost and
>>>> it's
>>>> only a matter of time before we'll have to pay the price of our 
>>>> ignorance
>>>> and inability to discern something as simple as right from wrong.
>>>>
>>>> We are all victims of intellectual violence, and knowing right from 
>>>> wrong
>>>> will always be the first thing to go, and the last thing we'll ever
>>>> recognize. Until it's far too late.
>>>>
>>>> source - http://ThinkOrBeEaten.Blogspot.com
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>>
>>>> Hanif Kruger
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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