David Lozes Posted March 3, 2014 Posted March 3, 2014 (edited) Hello You Happeners-By, My name is David. I live in California's East San Francisco Bay Area, and I am enthusiastic about personal freedom, ability, and achievement (also: fashion, coffee, and fitness). I found FDR in 2008 by way of 'True News 11-14: Statism is Dead' linked from the then Libertarian, pro-Ron Paul site reddit. At the time I was on my way to enforce good behavior in others as a law enforcement officer. I was naive enough to believe that police were high status exemplars of virtue, and that filling their ranks with peace-minded, informed individuals would be enough to preserve citizens' liberty. The more I read of abuses of authority, the more I understood the State's immoral nature. It is a haven of evil. Moreover, I learned that I could not point a gun at another in any serious way. - - - I want to put forth a false-self construct here, I really do. I am not ready to be vulnerable. I think I need to get into therapy. - David EDIT: I just listened to the Wednesday 26 Feb '14 call-in show. A caller named 'Dave' who has also been listening since ~2008 had a discussion with Stef. Please understand that I am not that Dave. Edited March 4, 2014 by David Alan
Guest Paul D Posted April 17, 2014 Posted April 17, 2014 It's great to meet you David! I, too, live in the San Francisco bay area, and you're story sounds similar to mine. When I discovered Stefan in 2011 via "The Story of Your Enslavement", I had just graduated high school and was about to join the military, but I had my doubts and ended up not joining, which I look back on and I'm glad I decided not to. And you're right about the immorality of pointing guns at others. That reminds me of a story I read back in middle school titled: "The Wind and the Sun." "THE WIND and the Sun were disputing which was the stronger. Suddenly they saw a traveller coming down the road, and the Sun said: “I see a way to decide our dispute. Whichever of us can cause that traveller to take off his cloak shall be regarded as the stronger You begin.” So the Sun retired behind a cloud, and the Wind began to blow as hard as it could upon the traveller. But the harder he blew the more closely did the traveller wrap his cloak round him, till at last the Wind had to give up in despair. Then the Sun came out and shone in all his glory upon the traveller, who soon found it too hot to walk with his cloak on." Here is the link to that story: http://www.bartleby.com/17/1/60.html Anyways, I understand how difficult the path towards self-knowledge and healing is, and how scary it can be to be put yourself out there, so I really wish you the best of luck in those pursuits and look forward to hearing from you sometime in the future. -Paul.
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