Not sure if it is cool to post entire articles on this forum so have provided and excerpt and link. Those interested can follow the link.
Excerpt:
I read something this week so ironic I had to write an article about it. There is a website run by an attorney named Dan Evans. This is the post he wrote:
(Sorry! Don't know how to link to his link, for me, his link was broken, which kind of sucks, but I didn't check out his site.Don't let my lack of techie knowledge throw you off article!)
"Good point. And didn't we once have a thread on tax protesting as a cult?"
Given the overall condescending attitude Mr. Evans displays towards anyone who questions the legitimacy of government, especially taxes, it’s clear he used the word “cult” to ridicule. Let’s look at the irony of a member of a “Bar Association” referring to people who don’t believe the taking of property by force (“taxation”) is legitimate as a cult.
Like any cult, a "Bar Association" is individual men and women. Cults always have leaders; the leaders of the “Bar” cult are “Supreme” and make the “rules” which cult members must follow or suffer punishment that includes getting excommunicated (excommunicato or “disbarred”) from the cult. These “Supreme” leaders wear black robes, the symbolic meanings of which are kept secret to people outside the cult. When outsiders ask what the symbolism is of the black robe, the response is usually laughter, with suggestions the question is silly. Unlike the “Bar” cult, there is no symbolic clothing required to question the legitimacy of government.
There is no compulsory “Association” one must join to question the legitimacy of government and taxes as there is with the “Bar” cult. Members of the cult must pay the “Supreme” leaders offerings, euphemistically called “dues.” If the cult member does not pay his “dues,” then he is severely punished. Other cult members, lower in the hierarchy than the “Supreme” leaders, usually only “superior,” will not permit the cult member to continue working to earn a living.
Wanna-be cultists must spend tens of thousands of dollars to be “taught how to think like a” member of the cult. These so-called “schools” must be approved by the “Supreme” leaders or the “education” (regardless of the quality) is not “recognized” by the cult.
Rest of article/link:
http://www.strike-the-root.com/62/stevens/stevens1.html
(Wish I knew how to do that fancy stuff like saying
here and actually linking somewhere!
