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Critical Thinking is Mandatory in the Quest for Enlightenment

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As I scrolled through my Facebook memories, I discovered the following artwork here, being shared by the page, “Voluntaryism is Freedom,” which I originally posted to my own wall in June of 2016, and decidedly re-shared it, while adding a commentary…

“Statism: The brilliant idea that we give a small group of people the right to kidnap, steal from, and kill us, so that we can be ‘protected’ from people who kidnap, steal from, and kill us.”

My Commentary: Critical thinking is mandatory in the quest for enlightenment.

(note: though I previously shared a slightly different version of this artwork in April of 2014, within my post, “The Ridiculous Logic of Statism,” I still felt compelled to offer up an alternative commentary when I saw it again, due to the inspiring nature of these words)

But, Without Government, Who Would Outlaw Charity, While Claiming the Need to Extort the Masses in Order to “Take Care of” the Poor?

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I originally posted the following information and commentary onto my Facebook wall…

Virgil Vaduva stands outside of Xenia City Hall in Ohio with a ticket he received for "panhandling" in his effort to raise money for charity

Virgil Vaduva stands outside of Xenia City Hall in Ohio with a ticket he received for “panhandling” in his effort to raise money for charity

Man Sentenced To 30 Days In Jail For Raising $42 Donated To Homeless Charity:
http://countercurrentnews.com/2015/03/man-sentenced-to-30-days-in-jail-for-raising-42-donated-to-homeless-charity/

(M. David) Last Thursday, March 26th, reporters from Counter Current News, Alternative Media Syndicate, The Anti Media, The Fifth Column, The Greene County Herald, Truth Voice and Cop Block all filled the court room in Xenia, Ohio to witness one of the most bizarre things in the history of the American legal system: a man being convicted of the “crime” of raising money for charity.

Virgil Vaduva is a reporter for the Greene County Herald. He is known throughout Greene County for his tireless activism on several fronts, including fighting for the rights of the poor and homeless. Tuesday, March the 31st, Virgil was sentenced for his “crime” of “panhandling” for the poor. What was the sentence? Judge Murray handed down the maximum sentence of 30 days in jail. He even added extra “punishment” of 100 hours of community service, to be carried out within 90 days.

(Read entire article here…)

My Commentary: But, without government, who would outlaw charity, while claiming the need to extort the masses in order to “take care of” the poor (AKA harass, fine, abduct, imprison)?

To Begin on the Path Towards Peace, Recognize One of the Most Basic Tenets of Morality

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As I scrolled through my Facebook news feed, I discovered the following artwork here, being shared by the page, “End the Drug War,” and originally posted it to my own wall, along with commentary…

"More police have died enforcing laws prohibiting personal liberties, than for any other reason. People don't understand why cops are being killed, but there are more laws prohibiting civil liberties now than ever before. If you want fewer dead cops and fewer dead citizens at the hands of cops, you better make freedom your business."

“More police have died enforcing laws prohibiting personal liberties, than for any other reason. People don’t understand why cops are being killed, but there are more laws prohibiting civil liberties now than ever before. If you want fewer dead cops and fewer dead citizens at the hands of cops, you better make freedom your business.”

My Commentary: No Victim, No Crime! Please MAKE IT YOUR BUSINESS to understand this basic tenet of morality! Otherwise, the “legal” system you are forced to pay for will continue to violate, abuse, kidnap and imprison the innocent and peaceful in the name of “safety,” “the greater good,” and other such empty, meaningless tripe.