Essays

Essential of Vegetarianism, The	10,777 Words	April, 2002
Description: Philosophical justification for considering the rights of every conscious being, with refutations against arguments and nutrition information. Quote: "Civilization defines it as the abstinance from meat. The heart defines it as humaneness in action -- the epitome of truth and kindness."
Habit of Flesh Eating, The	3,596 Words	April, 2003
Description: Inquiry into the justification for human rights, and then applying this idea to the animal rights. Quote: "This admiration that we cast upon heroes of old, it is done so, with a silence on the matter of how we feel towards animals today. It is rarely brought up that the way slavers felt of African humans is identical to the way we feel towards animals..."
Hunting: The Bloodsport	3,648 Words	May, 2005
Description: The social, economic, and political nature of hunting, as well as a consideration of the act of hunting, how it effects the conscience. Quote: "Few people hunt; good men are naturally repulsed by the sight of any violence."
Politics of Diet, The	6,468 Words	April, 2005
Description: Arguments on behalf of the Vegetarian ethic, claiming that it is a political question, that all animals deserve rights, and that diet is the primary reform. Quote: "As progressive reformers, we are realizing that all of our fellow creatures on this planet can suffer like any man. For this reason alone, we offer them our sympathy, our hope, and a sense of justice that always seems fleeting."
Treatise Against Vivisection, A	2,344 Words	April, 2002
Description: Anti-animal experimentation letter sent to health charities that support this kind of abuse. Quote: "Charity is the acceleration of human thought, the beautification of the soul, the memoirs of a person who believes in doing good..."

Biographies

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Giordano Bruno Was Burned at the Stake 400 Years Ago	806 Words	November, 2002
Description: A sad tribute to a hero of us all, who was burned at the hands of tyrants 400 years ago. Quote: "Giordano Bruno was burned 400 years ago, the flames engulfing his torso, blistering his skin, turning his insides molten."
Great Freethinkers, The	29,041 Words	March, 2002
Description: Biographies of heretical authors, lawyers, social activists, and others who had a great effect on society. Quote: "The following is a list of ten incredibly influential Freethinkers. Most of them either called themselves Atheists or Agnostics, but one called himself a Deist."

Comedy

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Drunken Punker Adventures 2	3,747 Words	May, 2004
Description: A drunken Punkerslut convinces someone on AOL that he is, in fact, Fred Durst. Hilarity ensues. Quote: "And, what better to entertain yourself than making fun of stupid people? My friend had linked me to Fred Durst's (Limp Bizkit) live journal, so I could make fun of all his retard fans who love him."
Drunken Punker Adventures 3	5,321 Words	May, 2006
Description: A downhill debate with a Christian, a girl who cries too much, and a bunch of other people who may or may not be casual drug users. Quote: "In order to keep his religion, he had to admit that killing children and enslaving women was just. That makes me laugh."
Lord Almighty, A Christian Site	1,427 Words	October, 2003
Description: A rather humorous look at an Evangelist website, and its attempts to convert people to Christianity from "vices" of life. Quote: "I hope jesus comes through with the jail break if I ever get locked up."
Punker is an Asshole 1	975 Words	November, 2003
Description: Interesting conversations between Punker and others, especially interesting that he was in a questionable state of mind during such incidents. Quote: "ROBOT!!!! DIE!!!!!!! I'm afraid it's okay to jeopardize this mission, HAL!!!!! [STAB STAB STAB]"
Punker is an Asshole 2	2,843 Words	December, 2003
Description: Yet more interesting conversations between Punker and others, especially interesting that he was in a questionable state of mind during such incidents. Quote: "Remember, whatever you say, chances are you'll just be hurting yourself."
Punker is an Asshole 3	701 Words	June, 2004
Description: Still yet more interesting conversations between Punker and others, especially interesting that he was in a questionable state of mind during such incidents. Quote: "And you barely live up to the word 'human.' Why are we arguing definitions?"

Government and Politics

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Better Living Through Chemicals	7,562 Words	December, 2005
Description: A defense of the use of drugs, as a means to produce euphoria, enlightenment, or happiness, as well as a means for satisfying many of mankind's problems. Quote: "These substances have created such ecstatic pleasures, such powerful emotional outlets, and an increase in creativity and open-mindedness -- this much about drugs cannot be denied by any party."
Electronic Piracy	6,131 Words	January, 2005
Description: In this age of revolutionary technology, there is a need for a revolutionary ideology. Here it is. Quote: "They are attacking P2P networks today, because it is no longer fashionable to burn down libraries. A free society is a threat to corporations, especially when these corporations gain their power from us needing them."
Healthcare: A Universal Right of Every Worker	3,150 Words	January, 2007
Description: The history of the working class is one of exploitation. It is only just that today's workers are protected from the destruction of health that killed their ancestors. Quote: "Something invaluable was taken from the most innocent ranks of humanity. It is only fair that something invaluable be indebted upon those who committed the first crime."
Legalization of Squatting, The	1,379 Words	December, 2006
Description: The right to inhabit unoccupied buildings must be guaranteed for every just democracy. It is essential. Quote: "Until all governments are abolished in favor of a just, mutual, and cooperative relationship between all civilizations, until that day, all states, governments, and councils should legalize squatting; that is, they should allow people to sleep in unused buildings, even if privately owned."
Physics of Anarchist-Collectivism, The	9,039 Words	January, 2007
Description: Examination of the origin of the state and its role, and then an analysis of profit and its relation to power. An alternative is offered. Quote: "A Communist Revolution, or a riddance of the Capitalist class from the burden of society, will not relieve the workers of the state; and further more, an anti-Statist Revolution will only rid the people of those who delegate and oversee the slavery of nations, their statesmen."
To Those Who Support War	4,911 Words	July, 2005
Description: Considerations of all the difficulties, the conflicts, and the pains that arrise with war and militarized activity. Quote: "...every state, whether European or American or Asian, will always be guilty of these crimes against humanity."
Vote With Your Labor	3,245 Words	March, 2007
Description: If society is formed by the efforts and labors of each individual, then the strike can hold the greatest threat to the status quo. Quote: "Syndicalism is more than just a style of unionism; it is a theory of how to create a true Democracy without authority."
What does the Government have to Fear of the People?	6,095 Words	April, 2006
Description: The United States government, like all other states of the world, is not the absolute defender of the people's will. In fact, it manufactures their will. Quote: "The force behind both political and economic authorities then is distinctly violent and cruel in nature. For those who are in control, the only goal they can have is the maintenance and development of their power."

Literature

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Alone in my Belltower	11,019 Words	March, 2006
Description: Am I really here? Is this really happening to me? The gun shakes in my trembling hands... maybe all of this is imagined.. Quote: "My psychiatrist always said I wouldn't ever let anyone get close to me. I wonder what she would say if she saw this: her patient, alone and alienated from everything he loves, in a tower, and shooting at people."
I Sleep In A Squat, Like Everyone Else	1,958 Words	January, 2006
Description: A homeless squatter is standing alone on the bridge between two societies. Which way will he go? Who will help him make his decision? Quote: "How to live without an income is a question of urban survival, especially for those of us who have special needs (i.e. alcoholism)."
List of Things to Be Afraid of, A	2,266 Words	February, 2005
Description: One man, one piece of paper, and a lot of memories spilled out between the lines of a list. Quote: "Never forget... you cannot outdrink any of the gang members from Hell's Angels."
Noise, The	3,373 Words	March, 2008
Description: Alone in the city, alone in my place of employment, and I hear something... Quote: There is a wilted flower in a pot making one last dying stretch to get sunlight through the dark glass. Nobody's noticed.
Story of a University Boy, A	4,907 Words	November, 2003
Description: One writer takes to the task of completing a story for his local paper, but finds difficulty in writing what he feels. Quote: "... in many ways, he reminds me of myself, a young John Mahkno, attending a community college and finding the wife that I did."
Without a Journey	3,571 Words	June, 2007
Description: Abandoned by his friends on their journey, one traveler exchanges words with a stranger over beer. Quote: "But it was just a stop on the way to Vancouver, Canada. We've been traveling out of Austin in an old BMW van. There was nothing about the great north that attracted me so much."

Philosophy

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Ethics: More Than Just Right and Wrong	2,254 Words	April, 2003
Description: Not answers, but questions, about the nature of ethics and its regard to our ability of self-restraint. Quote: "Today, in our modern world, as well as in the works of the ancient world, we find that one action or another may be immoral, or unethical."
Human Life is Sacred	3,010 Words	August, 2005
Description: A journey in to the question of "what is natural" and "what is unnatural," with historical interpretation. Quote: "If one were to classify homosexuality as unnatural, simply because it doesn't appear to serve any end in nature, then why isn't the bulk of what we do considered unnatural?"
Inaccurate View of Science, The	937 Words	April, 2003
Description: Offering an alternative method of viewing science and our understanding of knowledge. Quote: "...for a society to prosper, it must have well-reasoned attitudes towards the confronting political, economical, and social issues."
Preference and Culture	2,570 Words	June, 2003
Description: Some thoughts on the ethical implication of activities that do not harm others. Quote: "There are some moral philosophers who will go to the extent to say that every action is amoral, and simply a matter of preference."
Question of Rights, The	2,002 Words	January, 2004
Description: Some inquiries, thoughts, and questions concerning our idea of rights and how, or if, they are adequately justified. Quote: "We see then that the current issue is decided upon based primarily on the idea of preconceived rights. What, then are the reasons that justify or villify a right?"
Philosophical Dissertation on Consciousness 2, A	7,538 Words	July, 2004
Description: A revisition of the questions and thoughts originally posed on the nature of consciousness. Quote: "If a computer program was capable of carrying on a long, coherent conversation with a human being, would we be able to judge it as a conscious entity?"

Religion and Rationalism

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Abandon Religion	2,221 Words	July, 2002
Description: An essay arguing for the rational merits of Atheism and the humane virtue of tolerance. Quote: "Upon the hundreds and hundreds of fallacies and errors, we find that religion itself is something deprived of both merit and science."
Challenge to the Churches, A	1,404 Words	March, 2003
Description: Requirements of the churches and religious organizations if they are to be respected. Quote: "I challenge that the churches offer sympathy and kindliness to all people, whether they worships a different god, many gods, or no god at all."
Evidence that God Exists, The	1,740 Words	April, 2006
Description: There are billions of people on this planet who are willing to demonstrate their faith in an almighty creator. And yet they have to go to such extreme lengths to put this same faith in everyone around them. Quote: "Humane thinkers will have difficulty digesting any religious ideas. The greatest contradiction of religion is that it seeks to prove the undeniably powerful nature of whatever spiritual force they may happen to believe in."
Nature of Spirits, The	2,436 Words	October, 2004
Description: A consideration of the way that literature has portrayed spirits, ghosts, and other fairytale members of the supernatural. Quote: "The origin of the idea of the soul, of the spirits and the gods, all comes from the most human desire: immortality, freedom from fear of death."
On Behalf of Religious Followers	4,422 Words	October, 2003
Description: Considerations on the revolutionary nature of thinking for yourself in a religious or philosophical arena. Quote: "In our world, in the nations of this planet, the societies and government that compromise among each other in each region, there seems to be an almost universal taboo in the cultures that have formed."
Taxation of Religion, The	1,708 Words	December, 2005
Description: A valid argument for forcing churches to pay taxes, based on the idea that private organizations are required to contribute to the good of the whole. Quote: "Men and women who profess to believe in a god, a goddess, or a multiple of them, are exercising their rights as living creatures. I can never argue against a person's right to believe what they will..."

Sexuality

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Dialogue on Sex	1,107 Words	March, 2004
Description: A dialogue between two people, using an example of a person trying to read a book to another person as the ability to give us a third eye to the idea of sex. Quote: ".......... in destroying, we are building."
Ethics of Abortion, The	2,254 Words	April, 2003
Description: Deep essay uncovering the reasons why we are good to each other, and then seeing if or how this ethic applies to the question of abortion. Quote: "It is on this principle, the value of a conscious being, that I am going to judge whether Abortion is right or wrong in particular instances."
Homosexuality	1,722 Words	July, 2003
Description: Arguments for the right of Homosexuals to practice their lifestyle, based on the ideals of liberty and justice. Quote: "It may very well be true that Homosexuality can be called 'an error in biology,' but then we would have to call every artistic expression, every gentle touch of affection, sympathy for pain, empathy for life..."
Intimacy of Children, The	3,664 Words	June, 2004
Description: Essay describing and defending the idea that pedophilia is not unjust, is not cruel, and is not vicious or immoral. Quote: "... I can only hope that people find this piece of writing as an inspiration, not a source of more prejudice -- as a means of liberation, not a way to create a new slavery."
Modern Sexual Taboos and Their Morality	10,442 Words	August, 2002
Description: Examination of the foundation of sexual morality, and then an analysis of the various sexual taboos of modern society. Quote: "What makes a radical thinker who they are? Or, what makes a revolutionary idea so revolutionary? And, as my article will question, how far can a radical thinker go?"
Vision of a New Morality, A	2,300 Words	June, 2003
Description: An explanation and defense of a relaxed sexual ethic with the only moral of harming none. Quote: "I propose that men and women everywhere should throw off the chains of an antiquated morality, of a slavery that kept their heart in bondage."

Society

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Be A Rebel	1,588 Words	October, 2003
Description: An inspirational piece directed towards those still confined to the cruelty of compulsary schooling. Quote: "Life matters to us because we make it matter. Be a rebel."
Better World Is Possible, A	2,575 Words	November, 2004
Description: Some hope mixes with some reason, as memories and emotion start to create a belief system. Quote: "If a generation that cherished love and affectionately adored honesty were to create two gods, they would be pessimism and optimism."
Insurrection in Our Hearts	5,419 Words	March, 2004
Description: An examination into the ideas of truth and honesty in social situations, and how they compare with a political point of view. Quote: "We have become the tools of a culture that holds no reverence for goodness, kindness, truth, or justice. In this state, we have allowed our souls to decompose."
Marijuana: A Tribute	2,593 Words	January, 2007
Description: A tribute to the wonderful qualities of one of the earth's oldest plants. Quote: "Strange and foreign things are more likely to inspire fear than curiosity in adults. In our youngest years, the greatest fear we have is that we will not have enough time or energy to uncover every secret of the universe."
Need to Abolish Mandatory Schooling, The	1,565 Words	February, 2007
Description: Forced behavior can only result in a slave mentality and other accompanying social ills that are antagonistic to a genuine education. Quote: "Curriculum. You need to be somewhere at a set time. Either at the orders of an authority or a bell, everyone in one mass shifts to another position and another place to engage in a new activity."
Religious Freedom as Cultural Freedom	1,565 Words	February, 2007
Description: Examining the government's actions in restricting private behavior and its relationship to civil rights. Quote: "It cannot simply extend to those whose ideas and customs are religious; it must extend to all ideas and customs of the individual, so long as their behavior is not directed upon others."