Morality, Conscience and Survival

More and more often the issue of what is legal or morally right comes up on these sites. It makes for particularly interesting reading and I like to find out what other people think about these things. I’m a Libertarian and my views are well known.

I do however have a lot of empathy for people which was instilled into me by my parents. That empathy has been sorely tested by that soulless bureaucratic system called the DWP. It is full of people who don’t do anything outside of the rules on a personal basis. Who are immune to personal circumstances and have had to turn their souls in at the door on the way to work. No wonder so many are off sick at any one time. Having no soul for the day can’t be good for you.

However from our perspective we have a very uncomfortable situation. We have a list of things we need to do to ensure our survival and the survival of our family. Perhaps even the human race. Then we have legal issues, laws made up by our politicians that actually interfere in what we want to do. Some laws are sensible like murder is illegal but others are less so such as carrying a knife is illegal. We have our moral codes that dictate what we can do to acquire and retain our preps and these are strong drivers to us. For example I could prep much easier if I stole items from people and shops. In today’s climate that may be a crime but we all know that nothing will be done about it. Still most of us don’t do it because someone would be worse off and we believe stealing is morally wrong.

However, we are adaptable. It wasn’t that long ago we helped others who had fallen down or needed help. Now many of us don’t. It wasn’t that long ago the ordinary person was comfortable with Plod following them in a car. We are no longer that society. Now there are so many laws governing things that government has no business getting involved in that nobody cares unless they get caught. Who now does not speed along 20mph roads. Who does not jump traffic lights and park on double yellows. Who doesn’t feed the birds when they want to or drop a bit of litter, put glass in with plastics and metal in with paper. It is acts of rebellion and a two finger salute to the Stasi.

I myself have done none of these things, I point them out as examples of what bad people do.

So when it comes to prepping why should we be restricted in what we do? We harm no one. It is clear it is the state wanting everyone to be dependant on it. Now, I for one don’t trust the state. I’ve had experience of the DWP recently and they don’t care. So many of them are just drones and mean no harm but by following rules that are meant to I see them as no different to the guards in the camps in WWII. How could the camps have worked if people didn’t type up the lists or supplied infrastructure to keep things moving. Where do we draw the line though. My shit list is so big now It’ll take me a year after an event to track them down and deliver my letter of complaint.

But back to our preps. After an event;

• When you are starving after two weeks without supplies it is too late to say ‘I wish I had ignored the hoarding rules’
• When starving by a river it is too late to say ‘I wish I had bought that gill net’
• While being invaded by looters intent on killing yourself and your family it is a bit late to say ‘I wish I had bought a gun even if it was against the law’
• After a year and you run out of ammunition it is too late to say ‘I wish I had stored more ammunition than I was allowed’

There are many things that can get you into trouble with the law now. Some of them you are already doing and you don’t even know it. Ever gave anyone some financial advice? If so you are nicked mate. There are some ridiculous laws out there and most are unenforceable but that doesn’t stop them and they can add them to our crimes. Most of these laws we get by everyday without knowing them.

The basic laws however are ingrained in every right thinking persons mind. Sadly, that is much less of us than you think.

Like law abiding citizens we tie ourselves up and restrict our actions to follow a rule put in place to theoretically stop bad guys doing something. To the bad guys though it is just another rule they won’t follow. Only a leftie believes that a law on having guns will stop bank robbers, murder and robbery. Bank robbery is already a crime. Murder and robbery are already against the law? So why the restriction on guns? It is clearly not for the reasons given. It is because they want the state to be the only ones able to apply force of arms. Arms being the great equaliser. That is not a good idea. The states started WW1, WW2, Vietnam, etc. and enable Stalin, Pol Pot and others to kill hundred of millions of people, much more than civilians ever did. The state is not your friend. It is a hippo that kills by being uncaring about what is around it and sometimes it decides to kill as well. It is not benign and you cannot keep out of its way.

Personally, I’ve always been law abiding where I can but now accept I don’t know all the laws. So I decided that I didn’t want to know any more. I’m not going to check up because it is depressing. Fuck em. They can email me or send me an official letter. I never agree with these new laws anyway. They are usually anal and self serving. I would reject them all if I had the option. From my understand instead of the bonfire of legislation that was how one law in and one law out was described at the last election. I’d have the Dresden of legislation by removing every law put in place since 1950 as that seemed to be around the last time we didn’t have too many problems. If any laws were removed and they need to go back we process them through parliament, debate and replace them.

So, what does that mean to us?

Well first all you are legally bound to follow the law or risk become a criminal. Where your morals add additional rules then you have only your conscience to face while if your conscience allows a more liberal attitude to the law then you risk prosecution as before.

However I have noticed that in our modern society that to become a criminal you have to be found guilty in a court of law. After all killing someone by mistake is OK. It may just be a H&S issue after all. Nothing to worry about. Killing someone in self defence is still allowed even in our mickey mouse country. To put simply you need to be caught, prosecuted and found guilty by your peers. After all our MPs were all only suspected of fiddling expenses, even when the evidence in our eyes was conclusive it seems they were the honest law abiding chaps they always claimed they were. Of course there was a few rotten apples but it seems that they were few and far between despite parliament having a higher percentage of criminals than in an other single group outside prison.

The one area where the law abiding among us is that our conscience causes us issues. We admit our guilt and give an explanation. The really bad guys don’t do this. They lawyer up as the saying goes and it appears that most of the time the ones that get prosecuted are those where there is clear guilt, they have left evidence or are photographed or caught holding the items, or those that admit what they are doing. A valuable lesson to be learnt there. Get them to prove their case before you admit guilt in a court. Without your admission only traffic and serious offences seem to make court.

I’m not advocating breaking the law. That would be wrong and I, being an easy target, would be prosecuted by our *cough* justice system. What I am saving is go as close the line as you can while staying legal. The line is there to show where you can go. Go right up to it. Do 30 mph. Don’t brake for yellows if you can get well across the line before they go red. Many of the laws are open to interpretation anyway so the only limit on you without recourse to a court is your interpretation and bear in mind we usually err well on the safe side. Follow the rules where you can have but find the loopholes and use them to the maximum. It’s not illegal. I store many of my items on business premises to avoid the private property rules. Some items are not allowed on private premises in the quantities I want. In addition I store the maximum I can on my own premises and the maximums I can elsewhere, as many places as I can too.

One final thing. There are a few items that are illegal to own but can be owned as sub components. In the states owning a receiver tooled to be automatic is a felony yet many people have an incomplete reciever. It just won’t work as it is but drill a hole in the right place and insert an item, supplied with the unfinished receiver and it is a working version. People sell them in this way and it is legal. There are a few items in the UK that we can use that technique on. After all, a block of stainless steel can be made into a SMG or a door lock. Your only consideration is that it is not unknown that when/if your home is searched for some reason that the totality of items is considered by plod. People have been jailed for having common household items such as cleaners, car body filler and documents on how to make explosives with them. None illegal on their own but together worth 5 years or so. So keep your toys apart and if you have an almost complete receiver keep it in a different place than the barrel and the stock. Keep your fuel supplies spread about to avoid the limits. Build up your SMG from plumbing parts as per the downloaded instruction but keep the parts seperate and don’t finish the final parts. Just have the means to do so when there is no laws stopping you and it is not illegal. After all you might not be doing anything illegal atm but the laws change and/or it may be interpreted that way by the stasi. So make sure your home is squeaky clean.

Remember guys at all times stay legal but even then consider that the state is not benign and doesn’t care about you as individuals. It operates the laws the way it wants to its benefit and to your detriment. So take care out there. Justice UK style.