Kindly Uncle Nitnorth's Rant du Visite

From: elton Fri May  2 00:44:15 1997
To: (*deleted*)
Subject: Re:  The net/net of the messages

I may have more to say on the rest of the most recent message tomorrow,
but for right now there's just one point I'd like to make...

>2: Once you are not constrained, you need to give yourself license to do
>what you want.  "As long as it harms none, do what you will." and all that.

The Wiccan Rede, "An it harm none, do as ye will," are in sum some of the
stupidest words ever spoken, and the most dangerous.  They set a geas on
their practitioner never to do anything either bold or daring -- it isn't
possible to do such things in a way that no one gets hurt.

A phrase from the Book of the Law:  "I spit on your crapulous creeds."

There is no law beyond Do What Thou Wilt.  (And some day, when we have
established a bit more philosophical basis, I'll explain the hidden sense
of those words -- you'll want to remind me of them occasionally.)  The
thing is, once you have discovered your will, do it; and be damned to
consequences.  Particularly, the ones who lack the sense to stay out of
your way are of no consequence.

How are you going to decide where to stop in discovering what harms none?
Will you be a vegetarian, and wear only plastic or plant fiber clothing?
If not, think of all those poor cows you're killing!  But if so, what then
of the butcher or rancher, suddenly starved out of livelihood by what you're
doing?  Feh!

The moral of the story is, have a bit of sense about what creeds you espouse.
And while you're at it, beware of feel-good religions!

                        -- Elton

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