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Freedom Before Religion

I declare today That my body is my body. No government entity, private citizen, Or business public or private Has any rights Or permission to use, Abuse, Regulate, Deregulate, Confiscate Obliterate, My body. Law makers and religious shakers I petition no takers. My appendages are mine I choose their destiny I choose their function Their purpose I choose. I enter no contract I obay no edict My flesh is mine I enter in consensual unions Without compromise Without permission From the state From the clergy From any finger pointer or tongue wager. I declare today From a starting point of now Until my end That my body is my body I will defend my flesh My growth My every carbon From those who wish to dominate Regulate Seek to enlist the state I am not a part of any collective thought Nor am I unionized by fear That wilfully drives to steer Anything that can be bought By sanction, or divinity, or code. I declare today, all days That my body is not yours No one shall limit My abuse or use or purpose I will not obey I so declare today.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2017




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Date: 10/21/2024 6:01:00 PM
Until you sneeze and then your body has attacked mine and must be destroyed. ~ Civilization implies an unwritten contract that you agree to, else, you return to the Barbarians. "Society", in "Quality Metaphysics" (see Robert Pirsig ~ "Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance"), is a higher evolutionary strata than Your Individual Biology, who's Collective Values must then take precedence when there is a conflict between the two. There's a difference between "Liberty" and "License". Thanks for your sensitive and intelligent work. R. W.
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Date: 9/24/2024 12:48:00 AM
[ EDIT: SP. "I will not OBEY"]
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Date: 7/9/2017 6:34:00 AM
Amen.
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