| Tuesday, April 12, 2005 |
| Yea, though I walk |
I am thinking about getting a light surgically implanted under my skin,
possibly in my head, something nice, not too garish.
I want it to be a symbol to everyone in sight that I am an anarchist. In my
dealings with people from day to day, this would help them understand my
role in our interactions. I would not ask them to do anything that they
did not want to do,
I want them to know that if they do not want to wait on me in a timely
and polite fashion, then they are well within their rights to do just as they
wish and I will not hold it against them. I am sure that there are a lot of
people who would not enjoy dealing with an anarchist and the literal
incandescence about me would tell them all that they needed to know, as
far as they were concerned. It would also help me to decide which
businesses I would like to patronize. What I would be asking people to do is
to look at a particular aspect of myself and make whatever conclusions
about my nature that they would. I would ask them to discriminate against
me.
I would ask them to decide for themselves what is important. I do not, as a
rule, tend to rouse the rabble. I have grown weary of putting on a face for
people I do not care about and the contrary is also true.
This light, it could be seen by the police as a threat. They could see my
mark and prepare themselves to do me ill. At the same time, if I were riding
my bike, and wanted to cross an intersection against the traffic control,
there would be no consequences, except those I have chosen for myself. I
would not cross if it were not sensible to do so, and I would not ask the
other people on the road to give me any quarter. I think that there is a
misconception about what it means to be an anarchist.
The only thing that the action of having a light surgically implanted in my
head would allow me to do, is act in the same way that I do now, but give
everyone else the opportunity to know what is headed their way. I am
responsible for my own actions and I realize that by placing a mark on
myself which could not be misinterpreted, could have it’s own set
consequences. All the groups, with epithets I do not care to list, would all
have their own itinerary for how to interact with me, and I also realize that
they would all not have my best interests in mind.
If I came to harm while being honest to myself, then I feel that that is a
compromise easier to make than the one I currently make daily. Another
important feature of my new dermal adornment would be a switch to turn it
off. This would be a one time only switch. If I found myself in a situation
from which I could not extricate myself without the help of others, I could
turn off the light forever, and become a member of your
society.
possibly in my head, something nice, not too garish.
I want it to be a symbol to everyone in sight that I am an anarchist. In my
dealings with people from day to day, this would help them understand my
role in our interactions. I would not ask them to do anything that they
did not want to do,
I want them to know that if they do not want to wait on me in a timely
and polite fashion, then they are well within their rights to do just as they
wish and I will not hold it against them. I am sure that there are a lot of
people who would not enjoy dealing with an anarchist and the literal
incandescence about me would tell them all that they needed to know, as
far as they were concerned. It would also help me to decide which
businesses I would like to patronize. What I would be asking people to do is
to look at a particular aspect of myself and make whatever conclusions
about my nature that they would. I would ask them to discriminate against
me.
I would ask them to decide for themselves what is important. I do not, as a
rule, tend to rouse the rabble. I have grown weary of putting on a face for
people I do not care about and the contrary is also true.
This light, it could be seen by the police as a threat. They could see my
mark and prepare themselves to do me ill. At the same time, if I were riding
my bike, and wanted to cross an intersection against the traffic control,
there would be no consequences, except those I have chosen for myself. I
would not cross if it were not sensible to do so, and I would not ask the
other people on the road to give me any quarter. I think that there is a
misconception about what it means to be an anarchist.
The only thing that the action of having a light surgically implanted in my
head would allow me to do, is act in the same way that I do now, but give
everyone else the opportunity to know what is headed their way. I am
responsible for my own actions and I realize that by placing a mark on
myself which could not be misinterpreted, could have it’s own set
consequences. All the groups, with epithets I do not care to list, would all
have their own itinerary for how to interact with me, and I also realize that
they would all not have my best interests in mind.
If I came to harm while being honest to myself, then I feel that that is a
compromise easier to make than the one I currently make daily. Another
important feature of my new dermal adornment would be a switch to turn it
off. This would be a one time only switch. If I found myself in a situation
from which I could not extricate myself without the help of others, I could
turn off the light forever, and become a member of your
society.
I could no longer complain about how
fucked up it is.
I would have to work toward its betterment
Maybe I should switch it off now
fucked up it is.
I would have to work toward its betterment
Maybe I should switch it off now