{"id":2018,"date":"2015-03-26T10:10:57","date_gmt":"2015-03-26T18:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/?p=2018"},"modified":"2024-11-07T12:01:09","modified_gmt":"2024-11-07T20:01:09","slug":"the-siege-sontinues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/the-siege-sontinues\/","title":{"rendered":"The Siege Continues&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"TweetButton_button\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\"  data-url=\"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/the-siege-sontinues\/\" data-text=\"The Siege Continues&#038;%238230;\" data-lang=\"en\">Tweet<\/a><br \/>\n<script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,\"script\",\"twitter-wjs\");<\/script><\/div>\n<p><strong>&#8230;Big Government, having been kept out of the \u00a0bedroom (for now), lays siege to our backyards and hotel showers. \u00a0Of course, it&#8217;s For Your Own Good\u00a0\u00ae.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Remember a few years back when there was a big brouhaha over some states&#8217; antiquated anti-sodomy laws and other laws dealing with inter-racial relationships? \u00a0There was a movement to identify and repeal these laws on the basis that they represented unwarranted intrusion of the governement into our personal lives &#8211; a position I support, BTW. \u00a0So these laws were wiped off the books, and the public at large now has freedom of sexual<em>*ahem*<\/em>expression without fear of the sex police breaking the door down to verify the correct techniques are being employed or that the participants&#8217; genders meet statutory requirements. \u00a0Yay freedom! \u00a0U-S-A! \u00a0U-S-A!<\/p>\n<p>So that&#8217;s all well and good. \u00a0We don&#8217;t need old outdated laws intruding on our freedom. \u00a0Nope. \u00a0What we need are some new laws intruding on our freedom. \u00a0Why? \u00a0Because in the Progressive Utopia of the 21st Century and Beyond we either will need to be protected from something or we will need our behavior modified to comply with the modern and correct norms of liberal groupthink.<\/p>\n<p>Examples? \u00a0OK. \u00a0Take barbeque grills for example. \u00a0They are sources of pollution &#8211; they must be &#8211; look at all that smoke! \u00a0And the poor grillmaster! \u00a0Exposed to all those carcinogens! \u00a0Forced to sacrifice his health just so that others may partake of tasty meats. \u00a0It&#8217;s an injustice, and quite frankly I do not understand how we as a society can tolerate it. \u00a0Luckily, EPA to the rescue!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/article\/st-louis-wants-the-government-out-of-its-bbq\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Backyard Burger and Wiener Roasts Targeted By EPA<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Of course, they&#8217;re only studying it now, but it will be coming to your backyard soon enough I&#8217;m sure. \u00a0No need to thank the EPA. \u00a0They&#8217;re just doing their job. \u00a0Someone has to micromanage your life so you don&#8217;t hurt yourself.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Now go take a shower and wash off all that soot and grease. \u00a0Just don&#8217;t stay in the shower too long or we&#8217;ll have to modify your behavior.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/issues\/epa-wants-to-monitor-how-long-hotel-guests-spend-in-the-shower\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EPA Wants to Monitor How Long Hotel Guests Spend In The Shower<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Why hotel guests? \u00a0They gotta start somewhere, I suppose.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>&#8220;First, they came for the hotel guests and I said nothing because I was not a hotel guest. \u00a0Finally when there was a bureaucrat with a clipboard living in my home taking notes while I showered there was no one left to stand up for me.&#8221; \u00a0&#8211; me in five years<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">So, as I said, the siege continues. \u00a0Certainly the government was pushed back out of the bedroom, but they&#8217;ve made it into the backyard and now they&#8217;re in the bathroom. \u00a0You know what&#8217;s right next to the bathroom? \u00a0That&#8217;s right! \u00a0The bedroom! \u00a0And you don&#8217;t want to know what&#8217;s going to happen when they get back in there!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Because in the Progressive Utopia of the 21st Century and Beyond, that which is not forbidden will be mandatory!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tweet &#8230;Big Government, having been kept out of the \u00a0bedroom (for now), lays siege to our backyards and hotel showers. \u00a0Of course, it&#8217;s For Your Own Good\u00a0\u00ae. 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