Zossima's Dream
‘We are all animals!’ shirked the goat, ‘And in the animal kingdom under God, law is survival of the fittest!’
His tail prompted by the slogan, flapped to the side and met with a slap upon his hide; a quite dangerous proposal but to the speed of a gadfly.
‘The more money that government has, the more power it has to sequester the peace…’
And Zossima knew at once that he was hearing a defense of government.
‘Government must control the resources that man has grown dependent upon most…even if to acquire them would requite the use of violence, and even if man is in a temporal state averse to its use.’
‘Speak the mind easy goat.’ Zossima said taking a step back, so as this newly created space between the two of them would be relinquished to what such a thought might demand.
The goat’s purr filled the void immediately, ‘Even peace activists contemplate a peace requisite of violence -or all their actions aghast…’ the encroachment intended to ease the sting from the intended wound.
For the goat knew his dagger well, and how it would affect Zossima.
He feared having said too much and bowed his head in triumph, slight with his hoof he tread into the grass, ‘If life were the choice of a lesser or greater evil, then by all implications, to preserve the nation in the name of ‘national security,’ violence would be permissible -and contrary to public opinion- demanded by natural law.’
His composure returned almost completely and anew to compliment his altered fragile disposition,
‘Even if we have to suspend democracy.’
‘And even if we have no other reason for to lie to the people.’
‘And even if, when doing so, many of them will die.’
‘Because it is our duty as good citizens to must oblige.’
His tail prompted by the slogan, flapped to the side and met with a slap upon his hide; a quite dangerous proposal but to the speed of a gadfly.
‘The more money that government has, the more power it has to sequester the peace…’
And Zossima knew at once that he was hearing a defense of government.
‘Government must control the resources that man has grown dependent upon most…even if to acquire them would requite the use of violence, and even if man is in a temporal state averse to its use.’
‘Speak the mind easy goat.’ Zossima said taking a step back, so as this newly created space between the two of them would be relinquished to what such a thought might demand.
The goat’s purr filled the void immediately, ‘Even peace activists contemplate a peace requisite of violence -or all their actions aghast…’ the encroachment intended to ease the sting from the intended wound.
For the goat knew his dagger well, and how it would affect Zossima.
He feared having said too much and bowed his head in triumph, slight with his hoof he tread into the grass, ‘If life were the choice of a lesser or greater evil, then by all implications, to preserve the nation in the name of ‘national security,’ violence would be permissible -and contrary to public opinion- demanded by natural law.’
His composure returned almost completely and anew to compliment his altered fragile disposition,
‘Even if we have to suspend democracy.’
‘And even if we have no other reason for to lie to the people.’
‘And even if, when doing so, many of them will die.’
‘Because it is our duty as good citizens to must oblige.’
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