It all ends with puppy-killing SWAT teams

By | August 17, 2011

As you may have noticed, Penn Jillette has an opinion piece on CNN that talks about why he is a libertarian. It’s all over my Facebook feed, so it’s resonating with peopleUncle pointed out that Jillette used the phrase “government is force”, which is a rare thing to see in an MSM piece.

Here is the what he said:

There is great joy in helping people, but no joy in doing it at gunpoint.
People try to argue that government isn’t really force. You believe that? Try not paying your taxes…. When they come to get you for not paying your taxes, try not going to court. Guns will be drawn. Government is force — literally, not figuratively.

I would like politicians and bureaucrats to acknowledge this: Every law, rule, and regulation made by the government ends in puppy killing SWAT Teams. Every dime that is spent in our name was taken at gunpoint.

I want them to understand that every action they take has this statement as a footnote: “This is important enough that my grandmother should be killed if she does not abide.”

The rhetoric might be a little over the top, but that doesn’t mean it’s not true. Take the story of Rawesome Foods, who were raided twice in one year by full-ninja swat teams for such horrible crimes as “improper egg temperatures.” I mean really what could possibly justify that?

It seems ridiculous that this could happen, right? Well, all it takes is one word: No.
As an example, I’ll use my city’s recent doubling of property taxes to fund such necessities as computerized timing mechanisms for public baseball fields. Here is how it goes:

Government: We need to double your taxes so that umpires don’t forget to turn off the ballfield lights after games are over.

Citizen: No.

Government: Um….but we need it.

Citizen: No.

Government: Well, it doesn’t matter what you think. You have to pay it anyway.

Citizen: No.

Government: [Later] I see you didn’t pay the new tax rate. Here’s your updated bill with penalties and interest.

Citizen: No.

Government: Okay, fine. See you in court!

Citizen: No.

Government: What? BUT YOU HAVE TO GO!

Citizen: No.

Government: Fine. We waved a magic wand and took ownership of your house. You have to get out.

Citizen: No.

Government: [Press Release] SWAT was deployed today and killed a barricaded suspect. Multiple attempts to negotiate were rejected, so SWAT had to move in. The suspect resisted arrest and was shot 37 times. We waited a couple of hours and then found out he was dead.

Pick any issue, and that’t how this will end. From speeding tickets to multiple murder, the only way to ensure a civilized society is with brutality. If a violation doesn’t end that way, then what’s the point? I mean, if I can just say no until you go away, then why have the rule in the first place?

19 thoughts on “It all ends with puppy-killing SWAT teams

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  2. Pyrotek85

    You left out the part where they sprinkle some crack on your corpse.

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  3. Sam

    With all due respect, I wouldn’t trust Penn Gillette if he said that rain was wet; he, and his ilk, are too hateful to be taken seriously.

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  4. dan

    I have friends in ‘the Christian left’ who don’t understand why I object to governmental food programs and such. This is precisely why. When I decide who gets my charity, it is charity. When the government decides, it is force.

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  5. Someday

    It will always go down like that until enough people refuse to take it – then…

    Citizen:No.

    Press Release: ABC Agency SWAT was deployed today. As agents were preparing to arrest a suspect, they were attacked by over 100 armed citizens possibly led by military veterans. All agents involved were killed or captured. All agency equipment was destroyed and their weapons are missing…

    Or

    National Guard troops assigned to assist ABC Agency in conducting house-to-house searches for weapons mutinied today. Enlisted personnel first claimed that their orders were illegal and Unconstitutional. Then they killed several officers and government agents and return seized weapons to their owners.

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  8. Someday

    The Christian Left is just the Left. A quick reading of the 10th Commandment reveals them.

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  9. MrSatyre

    @ Sam: Please explain “…he,and his ilk,are too hateful to be taken seriously.”

    What is his ilk (illusionists, comedians, libertarians, what?) and what about them is hateful? Why should they be taken no less seriously than you or anyone else?

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  10. RC

    Don’t be too quick to kill the officers in the comment above. Their oath is to the constitution and nothing and nobody else. Don’t be too sure they won’t be leading the mutiny if things go too sideways.

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  11. Linoge

    “Government is force.”

    Getting those three words into the mainstream will do us more good than all the protests and rallies put together.

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