Monday, May 30, 2005

you're TRESPASSING!!!

Many of us have been accused of trespassing at some time, and even punished by fine or imprisonment for being on someone's "private property."
..but what is "trespassing"?

Matthew 6:14
"For if ye forgive men their trespassses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you."

To "trespass" (in the biblical usage) is to inflict harm on someone or some entity. If done respectfully, sleeping or camping can be done without harming the environment or other people, even if the camping spot is on land "owned" by some other individual, state agency, business, etc.
Conversely, the act of acquiring "ownership" of land from inhabitants unwilling to relinquish their inherent right to exist in place, is always violent and harmful, as exemplified by the genocidal war against indigenous populations world-wide, waged by war-profiteering and resource-extraction enterprises, with the aid of political entities such as "states" and "nations" and their militaries.
The destruction of healthy, living ecosystems in order to make a money-profit is a TRESPASS against the living planet and all life that lives here.
The destruction of goodwill between fellow human beings by means of violence and harassment is a TRESPASS against the spirit of love and unity that is the foundation of peaceful coexistence for humanity.

2 comments:

the PLAZOID said...

(re: the "captain")...and do be sure to pull our your municipal code, tax returns, driving record, and form-letters of recommendation on JUDGEMENT DAY!!!

the PLAZOID said...

dear Cap'n:
you don't make any sense, dude.