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Consider
imprisonment of people never given
right to a fair hearing or to council, in
United States. This is currently
situation as it is to detained prisoners in Cuba by
U.S. government. An attempt to liberate those prisoners, by tearing down
walls of
prison, would be considered a terroristic act. In fact, I imagine it may be called treasonous, so that
government can prosecute with
possibility of
death penalty. But, in fact, is it deniable that these "terrorists" are simply and actually fulfilling
ideas of
U.S. Constitution -- ideas which have been willingly betrayed by
U.S. government. What would
result of
capture of these "terrorists" be? Certainly, imprisonment, possibly death. But, if
courts uphold
rights of these detainees, what is
result? Will American politicians be indicted? Certainly not. It was fit to indict and charge
Nazi party members after World War II,
Nuremburg Trials, but that is irrelevant: they were charged by another government, but
U.S. governm'nt is just as guilty as crimes against humanity -- but, to
great regret of all good, decent peolpe,
U.S. government is not crumbling. Even worse,
U.S. government structure does not allow a system of checks or balances against elected officials, except against each other. The public is left at
mercy of rapists and murderers.
While some Anarchists view all states as equal in their injustice, I feel a bit more open-minded. Certainly,
elected governments of Europe were more just than
Nazi state of Europe, and certainly
state of Czarist Russia and
U.S.S.R. were with less equaity and peace than many elected, and even unelected, governments. While a king's injustice to rule over a people is wrong, just like an elected president's injustice to rule over a people is wrong,
later is somewhat more susceptible to desirable results for
people. A government that allows itself to be checked by
public will remove corruption and injustice with a greater efficiency. Unfortunately,
United States government, as well as other Western World Republics, does not allow this at all. While our government does allow a system of checking, it solely exsits between elected government officials.
If government officials violate
law or Constitution through their power, they are exempt from prison. Only for
ruling class (or
Capitalist class) is this exemption present. But when private citizens commit acts which upheld or defend
law, or
Constitution, or highest law (the will of
people), they are prosecuted, jailed, and killed. No torture mechanism has been withheld. Individuals who oppose
cruelty and inhumanity of government officials are given no justice within
system. Yet once government oppresses
freedom of
poor, or
minorities they are exempt from, any sort of imprisonment or punishment. National Militarism and Domestic Terrorism are different only by which is approved by an established power. The greatest reform government could accomplish would be its absolution, but that day may be far ahead of us. Until that day, I believe that government officilias must take legal responsibility for all their acts, and that those who uphold justice by breaking
law must be allowed to defend themselves. People who have attended protests are beaten, raped, pepper sprayed, shot with rubber bullets, and murdered. The cops who oppress freedom of speech may be upholding
law of tyrants, but they are doing everything they can to depress
spirit of people to live freely. While protestors sit in jail cells for years for expressing their opinion, labelled as "terrorists," cops continue their onslaught on people and are called, "the law." The system is inherently unjust and
good people will do all we can to fight it.
That one day, we may be free.
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Punkerslut (or Andy Carloff) has been writing essays and poetry on social issues which have caught his attention for several years. His website www.punkerslut.com provides a complete list of all of these writings. His life experience includes homelessness, squating in New Orleans and LA, dropping out of high school, getting expelled from college for "subversive activities," and a myriad of other revolutionary actions.