In Andersen's story, there is a rabbit that race with a turtle. The   
   rabbit thinks that it's so fast anyway it should wait for the turtle.   
   The story goes that the turtle is so determined to win it does its best   
   and win. Now what about if the rabbit greedily try to win as much as   
   the turtle. There will be no way the turtle will win then. So what   
   would turtles do?   
      
   In Indonesia, we often sing songs, "Halo Halo Bandung." It tells   
   about an event where Indonesian fights the Dutch by burning half of   
   Bandung.   
      
   I've heard a story from a Chinese Indonesian that explains that the   
   event is not as heroic as it sounds. He said, at that time the Chinese   
   are herded to forests. The males are separated from the females. Then   
   the city is burned. Because the refuges knew before hand that the city   
   would be burned, most refuges bring all their gold and precious   
   material. The three resources (males, females, and gold) are allocated   
   in the following way. The females are raped, the males are killed, and   
   the gold seized.   
      
   Although racial tensions have greatly diminished in Indonesia, out of   
   fear of Chinese's capital's flight, I still remember 7 years ago,   
   where there were riots against ethnic Chinese in Indonesia. In   
   Indonesia, a mere kissing in public is punishable by 10 years in   
   prison. Smoking in some area can bring $5,000.00 fine. In some area in   
   Indonesia, women are forced to wear religious scarf to "reduce" sex   
   crimes.   
      
   Yet that who commit and organize mass rape is not brought to justice   
   till now. I mean, if government wants to reduce sex crimes, why not   
   just get tough on criminals? That's how things are done to scare   
   productive individual to pay taxes. At the least, it'll help a lot   
   not to organize mass rape in the first place.   
      
   Just a few months ago, Indonesian's vice president, Jusuf Kalla told   
   Chinese to either tolerate a possibly discriminating laws or face   
   another prosecution.   
      
   It makes me wonder, why the Chinese? Why some people in south east Asia   
   despised Chinese? Are they misled?   
      
   I've heard about the prosecution of Jewish people in Europe. The   
   justification for their prosecution is often hard to believe, but hard   
   to disprove either. They supposedly kill Jesus, which is a Jew by the   
   way. Most Europeans are Christians, which is a branch of Judaism. All   
   twelve apostles were Jewish. It's ridiculous that the religion   
   created by the Jews was interpreted in a way to prosecute Jews.   
      
   Latter Hitler accuses the Jews of causing world war. World war 2 is   
   caused by restriction of trade. Because German cannot get natural   
   resources, and cannot buy it, they try to get it through war. It's   
   not Jewish fault. It's protectionists fault... in other country. But   
   it's the Jews again that were blamed. Why the Jews?   
      
   In China, bourgeois and students were slaughtered under communist   
   rules. The capitalists are kicked out to Taiwan. Why bourgeois? Why   
   students? Why capitalists?   
      
   In US, businessmen can get sued black and blue with ridiculously high   
   cost lawsuits. Why businessmen?   
      
   Then I've heard Martha Steward went to jail, Bill Gates are blamed   
   for monopoly, McDonald are fined more than $1 million because one   
   stupid lady pour coffee into her own lap. Why Martha? Why Bill? Why   
   McDonald?   
      
   What about the rest of us? The mere act of making honest money is   
   punishable by tax. There are so many regulation concerning immigration,   
   sex, jobs, and schools. If a foreigner lose I-94 document, he can get   
   fined for US$3,000. When a person argues against income tax in US   
   court, he'll be fined for US$50,000.00. A whole family commits   
   suicide once they saw the penalty. If you don't pay your parking   
   ticket, cops will lock your car, it'll costs thousands of dollars to   
   release it. A father is forced to pay for kids whose DNA test has shown   
   that the kid is not his kid due to legal technicality.   
      
   There is no argument whatsoever that the penalty is so disproportionate   
   to damage cause. When good people make mistakes, it doesn't matter   
   that the mistake is small. It doesn't matter that the mistake is   
   undeliberately done. It doesn't matter that the law it self is so   
   difficult to understand and open to interpretation. People simply shrug   
   it off and say it's the law. If he doesn't like being punished just   
   obey it.   
      
   It doesn't matter that the law used to nail those people are often so   
   twisted and complicated; people simply blame them for "arguably"   
   break the law.   
      
   And it's not there... Thomas Arthur Green is convicted under polygamy   
   laws for legally marrying and divorcing several women in succession   
   (never simultaneously). So he's not actually committing polygamy, but   
   his acts of cohabitation with several women constitute polygamy anyway.   
   I don't see how Thomas coerces or fraud the women into anything. Why   
   he is sent to jail?   
      
   Till now I still hope, and yearn that a thief that steal my properties   
   get heavy punishment so I can post his conviction record all over the   
   internet. Yet, for such obviously deliberate mischievous, un-victimless   
   act, governments' do little, if at all. Yet there's room in jail   
   for guys like Thomas.   
      
   For acts that are obviously not victimless and involve some non   
   consensual victims, penalty is often light and the probability of   
   getting caught is low.   
      
   Governments often appease rather than punish. Conviction records of   
   thieves are not available in internet to protect the thieves'   
   reputation. Some companies are given tax deduction for hiring thieves.   
   The argument is that if the thieves have enough opportunity, in the   
   form of implicit welfare, they don't steal.   
      
   But why appease? Why not just resort to more punishment. That's the   
   way it's done against productive people. Heavy threat of punishment   
   for not paying tax, not appeasement is what's used against productive   
   financially responsible humans. Penalty to get people to pay tax, to   
   get father pay child support to a child he doesn't own, where the   
   support is disproportionate to the child need, is enforced through   
   heavy punishment.   
      
   Yet for thieves and other crooks, it's just appeasement after   
   appeasement.   
      
   Why?   
      
   One word: Envy.   
      
   What do the Chinese in Indonesia, the Jews in Europe, Martha Steward,   
   Bill Gates, McDonald, productive individuals, and Thomas has in common.   
   They're successful in some important way. All of the above, except   
   Thomas, is successful financially. Thomas is successful in some other   
   ways. He is successful at seducing many females.   
      
   And middle class hate successful people. It turns out the kind of   
   success Thomas has is somewhat related to the kind of success the   
   others have. What's the link?   
      
   Gene pool survival.   
      
   Our instincts are built for gene pool survival. Those whose happiness   
      
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   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)