Monday, Nov. 09, 2009 - 1:52 p.m.
We Owe each Other Justice
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I give , I get-
now what do i owe to the world ?
and what is owed to me by the world ?
" Nothing "
is probably
the answer
to both questions
Heaven is gracious and large
but this human world
is neither gracious nor large
Unlike our brothers the animals
who are just in it for themselves
Humans pay lip service
to some advanced arrangement
neither divine nor humane
but mostly.
usually;
or often enough
to worry about
some oily sentence
about where, how,
when and by whom
I am not going to get
what I bargained for
it doesn't matter who it is
or their agent
if they aren't coming across
Justice is natural law
Justice doesn't require footnotes
We should get what we pay for
and pay for what we get
Pay for only what we get
and get only what we pay for
We owe each other respect
respect for each others; life
respect for each others' liberty
respect for each others' property
This is natural law
' you can see animals living happily this way
and we can observe what happens
when animals trespass against natural law
they get hissed at
or chased off
or bitten into
or killed dead
a cool animals enjoys & defends
their life liberty and treasure
an uncool animal risks their life
disrespecting another being
compromising another beings; liberty
or taking another beings' treasure
or even attempting to
or thinking about it
nobody owes
anyone else a source of living
stealing their food
taking their home
boinking their mate
if an animal tries to eat
another animal for food
they expect a deadly fight
or a damn good chase scene
God was very generous
in handing out
teeth
claws
poison
camoflague
and a zillion other
wonderously clever tricks
so that all beings beneath the sun
can provide their own justice
Life is not going to
take any crap
not even from other life
especially from other life
