6.30.2005

Nomadic crabs

"One of the most essential branches of English liberty is the freedom of one's house. A man's house is his castle." --James Otis (1761)

The Supremes have finally told us that the castle is made of sand and government is the ominous wave, ready to demolish it. We must be the crabs or some such part of wildlife. Of course, all is done for the good of the whole of nature. I'm sure they'll build a crab hotel or something to replace it. Eventually, we'll just be little crabs, searching for cans to use so we can continue a nomadic life, with the ocean tossing us about where it pleases. But wait! Since we're eliminating pollution, there won't be any cans, either. We'll be forced to live in these hotels, travelling from one to the next. I hope they have DSL...

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