Comments on: The clown suit defense, and the excuses of symbols http://www.nostate.com/37/the-clown-suit-defense-and-the-excuses-of-symbols/ ACCESS ALL AREAS Sun, 21 Mar 2010 04:31:46 +0200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Anarchy: You’re Soaking In It http://www.nostate.com/37/the-clown-suit-defense-and-the-excuses-of-symbols/comment-page-1/#comment-3774 Anarchy: You’re Soaking In It Thu, 08 Oct 2009 04:57:19 +0000 http://www.nostate.com/?p=37#comment-3774 [...] I don’t grant special privileges to some gangs over others just because they call themselves government. However, I notice what people in these gangs do and I work around them whenever possible. Sometimes, I pretend to go along with them until I’m in a safer place. I notice the actions of each individual, regardless of whether they’re wearing a costume or badge. [...] [...] I don’t grant special privileges to some gangs over others just because they call themselves government. However, I notice what people in these gangs do and I work around them whenever possible. Sometimes, I pretend to go along with them until I’m in a safer place. I notice the actions of each individual, regardless of whether they’re wearing a costume or badge. [...]

]]> By: Mike Gogulski http://www.nostate.com/37/the-clown-suit-defense-and-the-excuses-of-symbols/comment-page-1/#comment-3341 Mike Gogulski Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:29:38 +0000 http://www.nostate.com/?p=37#comment-3341 Ouch, Chuck. My world was creepy enough without that dimension thrown in. Ouch, Chuck. My world was creepy enough without that dimension thrown in.

]]> By: Chuck Johnson http://www.nostate.com/37/the-clown-suit-defense-and-the-excuses-of-symbols/comment-page-1/#comment-3340 Chuck Johnson Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:27:05 +0000 http://www.nostate.com/?p=37#comment-3340 Serial killer John Wayne Gacy who raped, tortured, and killed 30 young men and boys between the ages of 14 to 21 in the 1970's said this: "A clown can get away with murder." Serial killer John Wayne Gacy who raped, tortured, and killed 30 young men and boys between the ages of 14 to 21 in the 1970’s said this:

“A clown can get away with murder.”

]]> By: Anarchy: You’re Soaking in it. -Liberty Snippet http://www.nostate.com/37/the-clown-suit-defense-and-the-excuses-of-symbols/comment-page-1/#comment-3085 Anarchy: You’re Soaking in it. -Liberty Snippet Sat, 22 Aug 2009 15:59:52 +0000 http://www.nostate.com/?p=37#comment-3085 [...] I don’t grant special privileges to some gangs over others just because they call themselves government. However, I notice what people in these gangs do and I work around them whenever possible. Sometimes, I pretend to go along with them until I’m in a safer place. I notice the actions of each individual, regardless of whether they’re wearing a costume or badge. [...] [...] I don’t grant special privileges to some gangs over others just because they call themselves government. However, I notice what people in these gangs do and I work around them whenever possible. Sometimes, I pretend to go along with them until I’m in a safer place. I notice the actions of each individual, regardless of whether they’re wearing a costume or badge. [...]

]]> By: Liberty Camp question: Are you a criminal? | nostate.com http://www.nostate.com/37/the-clown-suit-defense-and-the-excuses-of-symbols/comment-page-1/#comment-2783 Liberty Camp question: Are you a criminal? | nostate.com Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:01:09 +0000 http://www.nostate.com/?p=37#comment-2783 [...] (which I presented in abbreviated form in several sessions anyway), and the linked “Clown suit defense” articles. Vaguely related stuff: Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and [...] [...] (which I presented in abbreviated form in several sessions anyway), and the linked “Clown suit defense” articles. Vaguely related stuff: Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and [...]

]]> By: Chris http://www.nostate.com/37/the-clown-suit-defense-and-the-excuses-of-symbols/comment-page-1/#comment-2761 Chris Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:39:58 +0000 http://www.nostate.com/?p=37#comment-2761 I read this last year and re-read it today. This struck me today: "But, when you ask yourself, deeply, honestly, in that still place that is the center of your universe, whether or not the clown suit makes any difference, what is your answer?" Yes the clown suit makes all the difference. I purposefully avoid clown suit wearers! I read this last year and re-read it today.
This struck me today:

“But, when you ask yourself, deeply, honestly, in that still place that is the center of your universe, whether or not the clown suit makes any difference, what is your answer?”

Yes the clown suit makes all the difference. I purposefully avoid clown suit wearers!

]]> By: Change I Can Decieve In http://www.nostate.com/37/the-clown-suit-defense-and-the-excuses-of-symbols/comment-page-1/#comment-2740 Change I Can Decieve In Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:52:07 +0000 http://www.nostate.com/?p=37#comment-2740 This is one of the funniest and most insightful things I have ever read; a brilliant absurdism for the absurd War On Autodetermination and Other Tales of The State Knowing Best. This is one of the funniest and most insightful things I have ever read; a brilliant absurdism for the absurd War On Autodetermination and Other Tales of The State Knowing Best.

]]> By: The penalty is always death | nostate.com http://www.nostate.com/37/the-clown-suit-defense-and-the-excuses-of-symbols/comment-page-1/#comment-1573 The penalty is always death | nostate.com Sat, 20 Dec 2008 00:15:46 +0000 http://www.nostate.com/?p=37#comment-1573 [...] week later, a group of armed men wearing clown suits appear at Bob’s door and say they are there to arrest Bob and take him before the judge. Bob [...] [...] week later, a group of armed men wearing clown suits appear at Bob’s door and say they are there to arrest Bob and take him before the judge. Bob [...]

]]> By: no third solution » Blog Archive » Comments on Comments #32 http://www.nostate.com/37/the-clown-suit-defense-and-the-excuses-of-symbols/comment-page-1/#comment-1488 no third solution » Blog Archive » Comments on Comments #32 Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:51:28 +0000 http://www.nostate.com/?p=37#comment-1488 [...] Here’s the disconnect: If a man is non-violently resisting his taxes, and another man or group of men decide to violently seize his person or his property (i.e., with guns and without his permission) and in order to forestall this seizure the previously non-violent resister becomes violent, and he is ultimately killed for trying to preserve his own life, which he was doing in a non-violent, non-threatening, and non-confrontational manner until some jackboots decided he owed them some money, well, he got his due, and he “wasn’t shot for [tax resistance].” Ray, it seems, sees absolutely nothing wrong with The Clown Suit Defense. [...] [...] Here’s the disconnect: If a man is non-violently resisting his taxes, and another man or group of men decide to violently seize his person or his property (i.e., with guns and without his permission) and in order to forestall this seizure the previously non-violent resister becomes violent, and he is ultimately killed for trying to preserve his own life, which he was doing in a non-violent, non-threatening, and non-confrontational manner until some jackboots decided he owed them some money, well, he got his due, and he “wasn’t shot for [tax resistance].” Ray, it seems, sees absolutely nothing wrong with The Clown Suit Defense. [...]

]]> By: Toms River, NJ-area taxpayers billed $350,000 for botched drug raid | nostate.com http://www.nostate.com/37/the-clown-suit-defense-and-the-excuses-of-symbols/comment-page-1/#comment-1155 Toms River, NJ-area taxpayers billed $350,000 for botched drug raid | nostate.com Wed, 29 Oct 2008 21:08:37 +0000 http://www.nostate.com/?p=37#comment-1155 [...] another isolated incident… and what better way for the clown suits to avoid culpability than just stealing more of the slaves’citizenry’s money to buy off [...] [...] another isolated incident… and what better way for the clown suits to avoid culpability than just stealing more of the slaves’citizenry’s money to buy off [...]

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