To You, Mr Government Security Surveillance Person

Joe Stack, the troubled soul who murdered via airplane, was angry towards the government which he expressed in his suicide note.

Now I fear that authorities will begin to increase surveillance on those critical of government. I believe the bar will be lowered as to what is expressed that will put someone like me on their list.

So this is to you, Mr government surveillance person. While I am critical of the system that is government, I do not hold any individual or groups of individuals within government responsible. Even if I did, I would never contemplate or support in any way any violent act or threat. In fact, I would actively discourage it.

The reason I do not hold government officials responsible for the actions of government is because it is not them that are responsible for the existence of government. It is the people outside of government that are responsible for its existence.

The government exists because the vast (and I do mean vast) majority of the people want it to exist. Many may want it reformed in one way or another, but they all want it to continue to exist.

I believe that society would run better without a coercive monopoly (which is what government is). I believe that voluntary interactions and the natural and widespread practice of buying and selling services would provide all that government does in terms of social services, and do it far more efficiently and effectively.

I also realize that my dream of a voluntary society free from government tyranny will not come in my lifetime, not even close. I am at peace with that.

Let me also firmly establish my commitment to the Non-Aggression Principle. Please look this up in Wikipedia.

I disagree with those who support the existence of government, and I do so because government is violent by nature. It is the violence of government that I am in opposition to. Taxation is coerced, coercion is violence, therefore the system that is government is a system based on violence. It is the initiation of the use of violence that I oppose, and the system of government initiates this violence through forced taxation.

Since I am in opposition to violence, it would be hypocritical to say the least for me to engage in violence to oppose violence. Witness how absurd it sounds: "I am against violence, so let's throw bricks through store windows."

I think if Joe Stack were aware of the violent nature of government he would have had a chance to see the hypocrisy of his actions. Joe, in his opposition of the tyranny of taxation, has only made it worse for peace-loving people like me in society.

So just to be very clear, Mr government surveillance person, keep an eye on me if you want. You will see that my actions and statements demonstrate me to be a person who is deeply committed to a non-violent world. I will continue to pay the taxes that are forced from me because I do not want to be thrown into a cage where I will likely and knowingly be raped.

I will comply with the commands of government because if I don't I will be aggressed upon. I fully understand the trade-off. Just about anything is better than a rape room. For me to become violent is to open the door to my own rape-room hell.

I am not so utterly foolish.

I will oppose the system of violence that is government using peaceful and lawful means.

And I will obey the coercive master because I have no choice.