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Freedom of Speech

Freedom of Speech Generally speaking, people tend to choose to act for good and not for evil. Then why are so many people in this world of ours committing unspeakable horrors, you may ask? I know, you think I am naive. Maybe I am. Here is the source of the problem. Many people commit evil acts in the name of what they think is good. After all, many, many, many, . . . too many wars have been committed supposedly in the “name of G-d”. I know, this is not news. We all know it continues to this day. Some horrific acts, we will agree, are obviously evil. Even the people committing these acts believe the acts are evil, albeit only when they are committed against themselves. Still, we all know killing is evil, torture is evil, as well as other such atrocities. We live in a world in which everything changes quickly. This means many people act due to quick decisions. The most important decisions should be carefully considered. Even more importantly, we should take time to think about the real hidden agenda of those who call for action. Any kind of action. Evil is insidious. This, of course, is nothing new. While we understand this concept, generally speaking, taking the time to realize the most dangerous evil always cloaks itself as good is something we rarely do. Authors are abundant; however, most people are not authors, therefore I am guessing most people are unaware of the latest forced change in the industry today. You can read about what I am about to tell you in many places, as it concerns PayPal. This is just another manifestation in a long list of ways people use economic restraints to bully others into doing what they want. Let us not forget, PayPal is a conduit for banks and credit card companies. Behind the curtain, Oz is now the banking machine. Its strings are being pulled by religious zealots. There are so many ways parallels can be drawn between the modern U.S. and Germany, pre-WWII. This is one of them. You see, in the Weimar Republic’s heyday, intellectuals abounded. That is, until the Nazi party gained power and began pushing their evil agenda in seemingly innocuous ways. This is always how it begins. Right now, PayPal has decided not to do business with any publishers of books with even references to rape, incest, and the like. It is a brilliant plan, actually. You see, how do those protesting against this new policy look? Obviously, they look like degenerates of society. After all, who would defend the right to publish such obviously evil subjects? Those behind this are well aware that what we feed our brain matters. When our children are so inundated with violent crimes, they are not as shocked, and committing violent acts becomes easier to do. We all know violence abounds in video games, television, news, movies, books, etc. It is true that if we want a better, more peaceful world, we adults must expose evil for what it is. We are responsible for regulating what our children are exposed to. We must protect our children and our loved ones from violence. We must vigilantly bring an end to the hatred and violence which abounds in this world in multiple forms. How can we, in good conscience, argue against this without looking like bullies, perverts, or otherwise sinister people? How can I, who writes for Adonai, and who champions peace, write something against this seemingly good and positive new mandate? How indeed? “Aye, there’s the rub,” quoting a famous and well-celebrated author named Shakespeare. Yet Shakespeare himself, were he still alive, would rage against these so-called do-gooders too. After all, the Bard himself wrote about the more sinister elements of both high and low society. He told it as it was, and still is. People commit unspeakable horrors against even those who they profess to love. For their own good, of course! (I am being sarcastic, in case you are daft!) Hiding ugly truths has only served to help evil to proliferate further. Ironically, as more and more movements are afoot, shining the light where darkness has prevailed, the powers that be behind this new censorship racket are taking us in the opposite direction of the progress we are making. Society is exposing bullies for what they are. We are doing this through education, not from continuing to hide the truth. These new censors are using money as a means of sublimating atrocities. Rather than helping victims of violence, and of sexual crimes, these people would rather pretend these sordid acts do not take place. They currently place the blame on the writers who, in any way, shape, or form mention or allude to these acts. They challenge, once again, the freedom of speech, and this time they are cleverly utilizing a seemingly untouchable right. You see, you could write all the sexual violence you wish to write about, you just cannot, under PayPal’s new policy, publish your work through any publisher or distributor who accepts PayPal payments. Any publisher or distributor of anything coming under this new policy, whether the e-book is old or new, even if it is only a small percentage of what the publisher, or distributor, or store makes available to consumers, can no longer accept PayPal as a form of payment. Is PayPal the only game in town? Of course not. We all know, however, due to its reputation for insuring the security of payments in this day and age of identity theft and hacking, accepting payments through PayPal has its advantages. This is but the latest way so-called do-gooders are hiding their evil book-burning agenda. I personally have grieved the loss of the brilliant works housed in the library of Alexandria (Egypt), which was burned in antiquity. I grieve the loss of the Mayan writings burned by the Spanish Conquistadors. It has made me sad ever since I have been aware of the loss of so many brilliant works throughout the world and throughout history, due to so-called do-gooders, because these people did not recognize or understand the horrors they were committing when they burned scrolls, books, art, music, libraries, etc. These violent acts are being committed today, as we speak, as I write this, throughout the world, especially in the Middle Eastern Arab countries. This new policy of PayPal’s means no company who sells Shakespeare, or other brilliant authors such as he, can do so and still accept PayPal payments. Do you now understand I am not the one who is naive? May I remind you, bibles of all religions contain such references too. Should these be included in this policy? It is a sweeping policy with no room for exceptions, so I guess this means one will no longer be able to purchase a bible through a vendor who accepts PayPal. Yes, I am serious. Stand up for what is truly good and right, and stop these foxes in sheep’s clothing from their bullying! Stop them from their attempt to hide the truth. Will some perverts, and other criminal elements, benefit from allowing authorship of gratuitous violence if PayPal changes this new tactic? Yes, sadly they will. The puppeteers behind this latest policy of PayPal’s are counting on our fear of nefarious elements who publish what we all may agree is pure smut, with no redeeming value, to permit this censorship to take place. It is true that in order to protect those who are good, the policies, rules and laws we pass to this end benefit the criminal element too. We know this. As criminal elements in society, evildoers need to be stopped and should be stopped, and our children and our families must be protected. Just not at any cost. The ends do not justify the means. Please, do not be naive. Write, call, march, act in any nonviolent way to let PayPal know this policy will not be tolerated. Not by consumers, not by authors, not by anyone. In the war against evil, the first line of defense is education. If you want to stop authors and publishers of smut, do not buy their works. Do not buy violent movies, videos, games, etc. Just keep in mind, plenty of brilliant works, plenty of good works, contain a reference to some sort of violence. This includes Shakespeare, and all bibles, religious movies, etc. Those who have the most to hide are usually the most radical in their sweeping agendas to curtail our rights. Since the U.S. is in the midst of the presidential primaries, it is only fitting I remind you, Newt Gingrich, who was sleeping with his intern, and was a married man, is the one who most vociferously and vigilantly wasted millions of tax dollars promoting exposure and legal wrangling about Clinton’s dalliance with Monica Lewinsky. Oh my, under this new policy of PayPal’s, we can no longer purchase books having anything to do with this, including ones about the trial and impeachment proceedings. If you did not understand just how important it is to protect our freedom of speech before, I hope now you understand! Spiritually Yours, Laura Weakley