The so-called “tough guys” of the world, are the dumbest. Violence of every kind, is a mark of stupidity, and if you disagree, stop and think about it. Violent people are never smart. They merely substitute toughness, muscle, foul-language, or guns, for brains and intellect. It requires no intelligence, to curse and swear. It requires no intelligence, to be physically fit or muscle-bound. It requires no intelligence, to hold a gun to someone’s head. It requires no intelligence, to rob a business. Intelligence is required, to conceive, start, operate, and make a business successful, not to rob it. It requires intelligence, to drive a car sensibly, care for it, or even restore an old one, but no intelligence is required, to take its muffler off, or mindlessly destroying it by hot rodding or driving it in a violent manner.
The violent people in the world, seem to know that they are inferior, and freely try to overcome this by sheer force. loudness, and violence. In my ideal society, there would be no force or violence of any kind. Think about how wonderfully, non-violence works. Any commercial transaction of any kind, is non-violent, be it the purchase of a home, car or chewing gum. The willing buyer, meets voluntarily with a willing seller, and they complete their transaction with no violence of any kind. Romance, sex, love, and friendship, are accomplished without violence.
All of life’s actions, are accomplished without violence by willing participants. When violence enters any of life’s pictures, trouble ensues automatically. If a person desires something, but doesn’t have the funds to purchase it, violence erupts if they insist on having it. Robbery, burglary, rape, wars, and any kind of force, is violence perpetrated upon innocents.
Crime is violence. There are two kinds of crime. Victimless, and a crime with a victim. Burglary, fraud, robbery, and rape, are examples of crimes that have victims. Those crimes should be punished. Victimless crime examples, are gambling, prostitution, smoking, and drug ingestion. These are called ‘victimless,’ because a person does these things to him or herself, not to some innocent person. Victimless crimes, should not be ‘crimes,’ unless they harm someone else. As an example, if a person kills himself with drugs, that is his fault, and harms himself, not anyone else.
Today, hundreds of thousands of ‘overdoses,’ kill youths. It is their own faults, but sellers of drugs to the young, being law-breakers, must be severely punished, or in my opinion, promptly executed without trial.
If victimless crimes were de-criminalized, and police pursued the other type of crimes, our jails and courtrooms wouldn’t be as crowded, and the real criminals might well be behind bars. If violent people were prosecuted, as opposed to society’s dimwits, who insist on harming themselves, our race would be stronger. Why protect the weak? Let them kill themselves if they want. No one would miss them.
The corner bully, even in childhood, is always the stupid one who has no brains, and attempts to substitute their lack with brawn, bluff, and fear. It is pitiful. Ask any good mechanic if force ever does the job, and he will always say, ”No.” Trying to force a part which doesn’t fit, destroys it, and fixes nothing. A good mechanic rarely uses any force at all! Force and violence, are by far, are the most destructive things known to man. Whatever form violence takes, it is always indicative of absolute stupidity.
Violent parents, breed violent offspring, and are taught to be like their parents, and the cycle is self-repeating. What is the answer? Be armed, protect yourself with gold and silver, support law enforcement, and currently, keep and move out of big cities, because they are dangerous. Other than that, beware of violent, abusive persons. They aren’t smart, and probably incapable of logic, and make poor mates or employees. Keep away!
-Don Stott, don@coloradogold.com