Wednesday, December 23, 2015

Belief, Fact, and Fiction.


Lately there seems to be a contradiction in terms.
Let me explain.
Some things are facts, some are beliefs, some are just plain old fiction.
An example of a "View" or a "Belief" is that many of my friends and relatives, as well as a large population of the Earth believe that a god created the Earth, the other planets, man, and cute little puppies.
Great. The First Amendment says you can do that, and no action can be taken against you unless you try and force it on others, or make it the law of the land.

 An example of a Fact is that Yellow Baboons are found in South-Central and Eastern Africa. This is proven because many researchers and biologists have spent hours studying them and documenting the information. There's no need for a government to approve or certify this action, but a department of some sort of said government certifies it in some way, and it is widely accepted as truth with a lot of documentation to back it up.
People can go out and tell people in private and public all they want about those baboons and, as long as they do it peacefully, the First Amendment says that is ok.

An Example of Plain Old Fiction is pulling something out of your ass and trying to make it the law of the land. People get scared because idiots do stupid shit. That's human nature. People fear two things the most; things that threaten their livelihood, and things they don't or cant understand. Idiots grab a gun, and shoot people. Politicians and Ass-Wipes from every corner of the country immediately claim that taking all the guns out of the hands of the populace would cure that right away. That's the first fiction. It's also against the Constitution. Amendment Two states "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." It was so important that the Founding Fathers placed it number two right under speech and religious freedom. The second fiction I speak of here is that people still believe that this right can be voted away and that the USA will still be the same country. It wouldn't be. The USA would at that point become a totalitarian state. Patriots like me (no, not the "patriots" that just do whatever their told, those are sheep) would fight the government down to the last knife or club, and die rather than succumb to life without any freedom. This is not my View, or my Belief. It is Fact.