Blogs by D.C. Quillan Stone

Sunday, December 31, 2017

HUMAN ABILITY to REASON, HUMAN RIGHT to CONSENT - Proem & Poem No. 73

Most likely to be published early 2018, my 10th book currently entitled; 100 Proems & Poems on the HUMAN ABILITY to REASON, HUMAN RIGHT to CONSENT & Other Neglected Matters. The following will probably be included upon further editing, and front cover below merely a working version....

PROEM & POEM No. 73 - Patriotism: Principle, Propaganda or Psychosis / 2nd Reprise

Void of principle thus riddled with propaganda, Patriotism infects the mind with an intellectual psychosis, in parallel incites instinct and inflames emotion to fervor and euphoria, soon preferring even embracing promulgated impressions, perceptions and outright deceptions over past actualities and present realities. This process could be some form of coercive brainwashing or prodding. However, fully engaged is the ability to reason thus comparing, concluding, choosing and consenting to this over that in one moment or that over this the subsequent moment (see No. 8), in this case, Patriotism’s alleged benefits over other considerations. It could be said Patriotism impairs the person to fully reason, just as it is said for psychosis. Therefore persons of both conditions are reasoning while impaired by a “defective or lost contact with reality.”

Patriotism is never without injurious objectives, always targeting lives, liberties and/or properties by the use of force executed by patriots. Patriotism is also never without propaganda, always schooling and training patriots to accept and justify the use of force. Ultimately, all are injured in various degrees, by the disrespect and disregard of the Peculiar Human Ability to Reason, inseparably the Singular Human Right to Consent or Not Consent.

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From myopic to psychotic then intended patriotic hexes
Complex further by poli-oral sex with oracles and rexes
Such apexes by duplexes to simplex per executive orders
Erected disorder of collected loners exuding social odors

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Come let us Reason. Peace is always a Choice.

Saturday, December 30, 2017

HUMAN ABILITY to REASON, HUMAN RIGHT to CONSENT - Proem & Poem No. 72

PROEM & POEM No. 72 - Patriotism: Principle, Propaganda or Psychosis / 1st Reprise

First and foremost, Patriotism or nationalism is without principle, that is to say precisely, without logic thus ethic. Other than unquestioned allegiance to country, flag, government and war(s), there involve no other consistency defining it; inapplicable across borders for vilipended are those on opposite side of borders. Dismissing even demonizing another country’s patriotism becomes quite easy when one’s own patriotism pairs with one’s own (true) religion thus antireligious. Among Christians in United States (as one example among countries), propaganda over political podiums and clerical pulpits have so melded allegiance and faith, a psychosis formed into theological perversions of appalling levels, as exemplified in the following quote (easily found online). “Only two defining forces have ever offered to die for you. Jesus Christ and the American Soldier. One died for your soul. The other died for your freedom.”

While not as arrogantly bombastic, other countries rally similarly per misguided notions like God and king, power to the people, freedom by blood, liberty, independence, social justice, or more subtly, considering their own patriotism or nationalism as superiorly fair, equal, moral, humane, etc. Yet by these seemingly lofty notions, underlined by excessive political power therefore government force, the Singular Human Right to Consent or Not Consent is unavoidably, imperiously disregarded, hence inseparably the Peculiar Human Ability to Reason barbarously disrespected.

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The holy boldly donned; luminous robes of fond patriotism

Actuality via government prisms, jack-booting every schism

Doublespeak outspoken, potent the means, stolen the slogans

Seers’ omens, peers’ poems, duly noting the effete brogans

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Come let us Reason. Peace is always a Choice.

Friday, December 29, 2017

HUMAN ABILITY to REASON, HUMAN RIGHT to CONSENT - Proem & Poem No. 71

PROEM & POEM No. 71 - Patriotism: Principle, Propaganda or Psychosis

Patriotism (see No. 5), the oddest of Isms, is always rooted in lofty rhetoric, forming arbitrary notions even whimsical fantasies, inciting passions for reverence of country, flag, government and war(s). Often involving folklore or myth entwined with selected actualities, embellishing further over time, and so goes the country’s founding and subsequent histories. This alluring blend of fact and fiction are revised and retold again and again within publicly funded classrooms, political convention halls and colluding newsrooms, emboldening self-absorbed notorieties and celebrities, benighted artists and writers/poets, empathetically misguided clergies and psychologists as well others. Convenient and deviant, the political goals are nothing less than obedience, devotion and allegiance to government’s call for obligation socially and duty militarily. The expectation and exchange is for power, requiring the sacrifice of the individual’s property and liberty at least, at most the individual’s life.

Interestingly in contrast to this strange fervor, the very same dynamics (schemes) are judged as propaganda in combating, competing even coexisting countries, and rightly so however biased. Such is the inherent nature of patriotism, prejudicially determining while tendentiously self-unaware, therefore intentionally or unintentionally disrespecting and disregarding the Peculiar Human Ability to Reason, inseparably the Singular Human Right to Consent or Not Consent of others thereupon undermining their own unknowingly.

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By chariots of lights or flames, so-call liberty thus came

Endowed by maidens with swords liken nymphs to maim

Coveting blood-fame as goddesses per claimed allegiance

Voluptuously, unsustainably, unashamed the indulgence

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Come let us Reason. Peace is always a Choice.

Thursday, December 28, 2017

HUMAN ABILITY to REASON, HUMAN RIGHT to CONSENT - Proem & Poem No. 70

PROEM & POEM No. 70 - Individualism versus Aforementioned Isms / Reprise

Concerning the selected vocabulary for the previous three installments, it could be asked why the redundancy. Applying logic thus ethic across numerous issues and scenarios, require nothing more than redundant or consistent language save the mere replacement of critiqued targets’ referencing nouns. The repetitiveness emphasizes the one unwavering principle thus prevailing point among the prior three proems and poems as well the entire collection, that is to say, to respect and regard the Peculiar Human Ability to Reason, inseparably the Singular Human Right to Consent or Not Consent.

More often ignored, still there is a lesson to be learned. Exceptions of course introduce inconsistencies thus complexities, often facilitating more of the same. To go further, principles may seem clear initially, however exceptions’ inconsistencies and complexities will foster the redefinition and reapplication of the former, while rewriting supporting fact and/or history, discarding empiricism in part or whole in practice, gradually blurring and eventually erasing from minds the founding logic as well ethic.

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Celebrities spiel on like clarions of histories and sciences

While clarities reel then keel per bureaucratic compliances

Historians’ rewrite the facts and scientists slight to detract

Deemed shrewd, stacked in queue, the schemes to redact

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Come let us Reason. Peace is always a Choice.

Feedback on my current book project

As I receive some feedback on my current book project, I find the responses quite interesting. Whether persons are extremely right, extremely left or extremely moderate, all feel personally critiqued by my propositions, and they should for I equally critique the entire political spectrum as commonly measured by the ill formulated linear scale (i.e. right versus left, and everything else in between). What is troubling for those of these equally critiqued political views, is my use of the same logical thus ethical principle by which to judge consistently regardless of political party or platform. To exemplify....

By the same critique I judge Mr. Bush and Mr. Trump as monstrous warmongers thrashing about the world without regard to national sovereignty and less regard to individual life, liberty and property, I equally judge Mr. Obama as a monstrous warmonger thrashing about the world without regard to national sovereignty and less regard to individual life, liberty and property.

By the same critique I judge Mr. Obama as an economic, socialistic as well militaristic interventionist using primarily Fascistic (and/or Crony) as well Communistic means, I equally judge Mr. Bush and Mr. Trump as economic, socialistic as well militaristic interventionists using primarily Fascistic (and/or Crony) as well Communistic means.

By the same critique I judge Mr. Bush and Mr. Trump as detrimentally nationalistic in rhetoric and resulting policy with intended or unintended racist or biased implications, I equally judge Mr. Obama as detrimentally nationalistic in rhetoric and policy with intended or unintended racist or biased implications.

... and so on for merely name any politician and policy. Simply, United States is a society without principle. So it should not be surprising if one surveyed and analyzed logically, the various political postures would be rightly deemed as mere collections of arbitrary preferences, sentiments and schemes. And yes, I am speaking to the left, right, center, conservative, liberal, moderate, moralist, Christian or religious, Republican, Democrat as well any 3rd party even the Neo-Libertarian (contrary to the Misesian classical liberal or libertarian).

Come let us Reason. Peace is always a Choice.

Saturday, December 23, 2017

HUMAN ABILITY to REASON, HUMAN RIGHT to CONSENT - Proem & Poem No. 69

PROEM & POEM No. 69 - Individualism versus Patriotic Absolutism

To be steadfast and stalwart in a preferred allegiance, nationalism or patriotism as expressed and exercised individually, conversationally, philosophically, academically even debatably is not the same logically nor ethically when steadfast and stalwart in a preferred allegiance, nationalism or patriotism then exhorted and exerted politically, governmentally, legislatively, legally thus forcefully upon the whole society.

The former is conducted within the context of agreeable mutuality or unanimity, followed by actions of cooperation among the consenting, prerequisite of course the respect and regard for each person’s Peculiar Human Ability to Reason, inseparably the Singular Human Right to Consent or Not Consent, hence quite ethical the Voluntarily driven Individualism.

In contrast, the latter is conducted within the context of presumption, followed by actions of force upon the consenting and dissenting alike, prerequisite of course the disrespect and disregard for each person’s Peculiar Human Ability to Reason, inseparably the Singular Human Right to Consent or Not Consent, hence quite unethical the allegiantly, nationally or Patriotically driven Absolutism.

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O say can they see, the Neo-Kahn’s shining knights a-trolling
What so loudly brutish, assailing upon horrid twilights unfolding
Bauds coveting, drones lauding, per former imperial lodestars
Hence the duly departed, lands newly charted, aft’ each gory spar

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Come let us Reason. Peace is always a Choice.

Wednesday, December 20, 2017

HUMAN ABILITY to REASON, HUMAN RIGHT to CONSENT - Proem & Poem No. 68

PROEM & POEM No. 68 - Individualism versus Moral Absolutism

To be steadfast and stalwart in a preferred morality as expressed and exercised individually, conversationally, philosophically, academically even debatably is not the same logically nor ethically when steadfast and stalwart in a preferred morality then exhorted and exerted politically, governmentally, legislatively, legally thus forcefully upon the whole society.

The former is conducted within the context of agreeable mutuality or unanimity, followed by actions of cooperation among the consenting, prerequisite of course the respect and regard for each person’s Peculiar Human Ability to Reason, inseparably the Singular Human Right to Consent or Not Consent, hence quite ethical the Voluntarily driven Individualism.

In contrast, the latter is conducted within the context of presumption, followed by actions of force upon the consenting and dissenting alike, prerequisite of course the disrespect and disregard for each person’s Peculiar Human Ability to Reason, inseparably the Singular Human Right to Consent or Not Consent, hence quite unethical the Morally driven Absolutism.

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Bricks and sticks, known to fix while prone to trick

Per bureaucratic jesters, festered by body politic

Lured then bestirred further by covetous murmurs

Perverted by academic charmers strutting as nurturers

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Come let us Reason. Peace is always a Choice.