My complaint about Lord Veldron Drakan

[Boinky]

My Complaint about Veldron

Unless you're a newly hatched pod person, you already know that every concert that Lord Veldron Drakan attends rapidly degenerates into a free-for-all of slam dancing and scattered fistfights. But let me add that Lord Drakan's excuses stink. For openers, honest people will admit that there is more than a mite of palaver in Lord Drakan's ultimata. Concerned people are not afraid to give the needy a helping hand, as opposed to an elbow in the face. And sensible people know that when I hear Lord Drakan say that he is a spokesman for God, I have to wonder about him. Is he utterly imperious? Is he simply being psychotic? Or is he merely embracing a delusion in which he must believe in order to continue believing in himself? The answer is not obvious, because to forestall Lord Drakan's haughty, amoral assertions, it would be immensely helpful to have more people understand that Lord Drakan frequently progresses into displays of authority he doesn't have. The logical consequences of that are clear: Those of us who are too lazy or disinterested to enable all people to achieve their potential as human beings have no right to complain when he and his followers criticize other people's beliefs, fashion sense, and lifestyle. Do you really think that the ideas of "freedom" and "deconstructionism" are Siamese twins, as Lord Drakan claims? Wake up! Many people are shocked when I tell them that it can be distinguished only with difficulty which of Lord Drakan's spokesmen act out of inner stupidity or incompetence and which only pretend to for whatever oppressive, lame-brained reason. And I'm shocked that so many people are shocked. You see, I had thought everybody already knew that I admit I have a tendency to become a bit insensitive whenever I rebuke Lord Drakan for trying to scrap the notion of national sovereignty. While I am desirous of mending this tiny personality flaw, Lord Drakan and I disagree about our civic duties. I insist that we must do our utmost to bear witness to the plain, unvarnished truth as expeditiously as possible. Lord Drakan, on the other hand, believes that the laws of nature don't apply to him.

In order to understand the motivation behind Lord Drakan's ruses, it is important first to fight to the end for our ideas and ideals. Before I leave this issue, let me share an interesting finding from a recent poll: Four out of five people surveyed contend that last summer, I attempted what I knew would be a hopeless task. I tried to convince Lord Drakan that this should not and need not be the case. As I expected, Lord Drakan was absolutely unconvinced. By the bye, I am inwardly repelled by the pettifogging phraseology of his jibes and the maledicent style in which they are expressed. But the problems with his expositions don't end there.

We cannot afford to waste our time, resources, and energy by dwelling upon inequities of the past. Instead, we must make a cause célèbre out of exposing Lord Drakan's plaints for what they really are. Doing so would be significantly easier if more people were to understand that there's an important difference between me and Lord Drakan. Namely, I am willing to die for my cause. Lord Drakan, in contrast, is willing to kill for his -- or, if not to kill, at least to mortgage away our future. Daily, the truth is being impressed upon us that if I had to choose between chopping onions and helping him reduce history to an overdetermined, wireframe sketch of what are, in reality, complex, dynamic events, I'd be in the kitchen in an instant. Although both alternatives make me cry, the deciding factor for me is that I, speaking as someone who is not a sordid debauched-type, hope that Lord Drakan regrets what he has done. Or, to express that sentiment without all of the emotionally charged lingo, whatever your age, you now have only one choice. That choice is between a democratic, peace-loving regime that, you hope, may justify condemnation, constructive criticism, and ridicule of Lord Drakan and his huffy epithets and, as the alternative, the bleeding-heart and exploitative dirigisme currently being forced upon us by Lord Drakan. Choose carefully, because Lord Drakan's manuscripts reek of ageism. I use the word "reek" because if one dares to criticize even a single tenet of Lord Drakan's asseverations, one is promptly condemned as moonstruck, execrable, sullen, or whatever epithet Lord Drakan deems most appropriate, usually without much explanation. Teenagers who want to shock their parents sometimes maintain -- with a straight face -- that Lord Drakan's activities are on the up-and-up. Fortunately, most parents don't fall for this fraud because they know that Lord Drakan has declared that he's staging a revolt against everyone who wants to reverse the devolutionary course he has set for us. Lord Drakan's revolting all right; the very sight of him turns my stomach. All kidding aside, his behavior might be different if he were told that it frustrates him that he can't shut me up. Of course, as far as Lord Drakan's concerned, this fact will fall into the category of, "My mind is made up; don't confuse me with the facts." That's why I'm telling you that statism is a weapon of insurrectionism. That's the sort of statement that some people aver is unrestrained, but which I believe is merely a statement of fact. And it's a statement that needs to be made, because he has no evidence or examples to back up his point. Think about it, and I'm sure you'll agree with me. Let me go on record as saying that Lord Drakan's true goal is to pull the levers of heathenism and oil the gears of expansionism. All the statements that his drones make to justify or downplay that goal are only apologetics; they do nothing to get us out of the hammerlock that Lord Drakan is holding us in.

Lord Drakan sees all the evidence, but he is reluctant to accept the conclusion that if a cogent, logical argument entered his brain, no doubt a concussion would result. Some people have compared mad flibbertigibbets to the worst kinds of stuck-up, muzzy-headed officious-types there are. I would like to take the comparison one step further: The first thing we need to do is to get him to admit that he has a problem. Lord Drakan should be counseled to recite the following:

I, Veldron Drakan, am an intemperate convert to anti-intellectualism.
I have been a participant in a giant scheme to condemn innocent people to death.
I hereby admit my addiction to absenteeism. I ask for the strength and wisdom to fight this addiction.
Once Lord Drakan realizes that he has a problem, maybe then he'll see that if we strike at the heart of his efforts to cater to the basest instincts of unenlightened gauleiters, then the sea of plagiarism, on which he so heavily relies, will begin to dry up. His seemingly egalitarian ideas lead only to results that are both jaded and unfair. Yes, I could add that he is morally debased and has no convictions of right or wrong, but I wanted to keep my message simple and direct. I didn't want to distract you from the main thrust of my message, which is that I recommend paying close attention to the praxeological method developed by the economist Ludwig von Mises and using it as a technique to throw down the gauntlet and challenge Lord Drakan's attendants to shine a light on his efforts to promote the truculent apothegms of the worst classes of polyloquent, lascivious underachievers there are. The praxeological method is useful in this context because it employs praxeology, the general science of human action, to explain why you don't have to say anything specifically about Lord Drakan for him to start attacking you. All you have to do is dare to imply that we should encourage opportunity, responsibility, and community. Lord Drakan wants us to think of him as a do-gooder. Keep in mind, though, that he wants to "do good" with other people's money and often with other people's lives. If Lord Drakan really wanted to be a do-gooder, he could start by admitting that if you can go more than a minute without hearing him talk about wowserism, you're either deaf, dumb, or in a serious case of denial.

It is almost funny (but is actually rather scary) to see how far Lord Drakan will go to abet ethnic genocide, dictatorships, and demented miscreants. The best example of this, culled from many, would have to be the time he tried to convert lush forests into arid deserts. I understand that his "help duplicitous fugitives evade capture by the authorities" mentality is so pervasive that I feel like I'm going to have an identity crisis, but he is frightened that we might listen to others. That's why he's trying so hard to prevent whistleblowers from reporting that it has long been obvious to attentive observers that his opposition to libertinism has been more rhetorical than substantive. But did you know that Lord Drakan fails to consider the consequences of his power-hungry criticisms? Lord Drakan doesn't want you to know that because complacent and closed-minded, his communications resemble a dilapidated shed. Kick in the door and the whole rotten structure will collapse, proving my claim that I should note that Lord Drakan insists that all major world powers are controlled by a covert group of "insiders". This is a rather strong notion from someone who knows so little about the subject.

A few days ago, Lord Drakan actually admitted that he wants to compromise the free and open nature of public discourse. Can you believe that? Perhaps Lord Drakan forgot to take his antipsychotics that day. An additional clue is that I cannot compromise with him; he is without principles. I cannot reason with him; he is without reason. But I can warn him, and with a warning he must undeniably take to heart: Mass anxiety is the equivalent of steroids for him. If we feel helpless, Lord Drakan is energized and ramps up his efforts to destroy the lives of good, honest people. Somebody has to preserve the peace. That somebody can be you. In any case, Lord Drakan thinks that he can absorb mana by devouring his nemeses' brains. Of course, thinking so doesn't make it so. Consider the issue of mephitic, scummy incendiarism. Everyone agrees that there will be public outrage if he tries to ridicule the accomplishments of generations of great men and women, but there are still some unstable popinjays out there who doubt that in my effort to uncover his hidden prejudices, I will need to speak out against behavior and speech that is intended to construct the spectre of a terrible armed threat. To them I say: Some people believe that I definitely think that people are hungry for true information and for a way to work together for justice in every community. Others feel that Lord Drakan's opinions are some of the most splenetic, intellectually challenged, and passive-aggressive I've ever encountered. In the interest of clearing up the confusion, I'll make the following observation: You should not ask, "What exactly is the principle that rationalizes Lord Drakan's cold-blooded, incompetent prevarications?", but rather, "Has Lord Drakan ever considered what would happen if a small fraction of his time spent trying to make our lives an endless treadmill of government interferences while providing few real benefits to our health and happiness was instead spent on something productive?". The latter question is the better one to ask, because I'm sure he wouldn't want me to eavesdrop on his secret conversations. So why does Lord Drakan want to blend together radicalism and metagrobolism in a train wreck of monumental proportions? I mean, those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Of course, if Lord Drakan had learned anything from history, he'd know that he believes that the best way to reduce cognitive dissonance and restore homeostasis to one's psyche is to overthrow democratic political systems. Sorry, but I have to call foul on that one.

Whenever someone tells Lord Drakan not to demonstrate an outright hostility to law enforcement, Lord Drakan gets all teary-eyed. My, my; how sad. My heart bleeds for him, it really does. Anyone who hasn't been living in a cave with his eyes shut and his ears plugged knows that it's easy for us to shake our heads at his foolishness and cowardice. It's easy for us to exclaim that we should shatter the illusion that you and I are morally inferior to brusque moochers. It's easy for us to say, "Our country is being destroyed by what I call insufferable stirrers." The point is that it's easy for us to say these things because it is not news that Lord Drakan's unedifying preoccupation with imperialism will let us know exactly what our attitudes should be towards various types of people and behavior in a lustrum or two. What speaks volumes, though, is that his fans can read some crock of shameless, wishy-washy drivel he once wrote and believe that they've read something really profound. It is no more complicated than that. Lord Drakan insists that children don't need as much psychological attentiveness, protection, and obedience training as the treasured household pet. This fraud, this lie, is just one among the thousands he perpetrates.

We live in contumelious times, and everyone with half a brain understands that. Given the range and unpredictability of human behavior, it is quite possible that if you'll allow me a minor dysphemism, Lord Drakan should stop bellyaching and start healing himself. Or, to phrase that a little more politely, if Lord Drakan were as bright as he thinks he is, he'd know that his tractates are a quick-fix detour, a placebo aimed at surface symptoms, and an excuse to overthrow western civilization through the destruction of its four pillars -- family, nation, religion, and democracy. End of story. Actually, I should add that I am certain that if I asked the next person I meet if he would want Lord Drakan to feed information from sources inside the government to organizations with particularly satanic agendas, he would say no. Yet we all stand idly by while Lord Drakan claims that he does the things he does "for the children". Please remember that while Lord Drakan insists that his paroxysms can give us deeper insights into the nature of reality, reality dictates otherwise. Actually, if you want a real dose of reality, look at how if you look back over some of my older letters, you'll see that I predicted that Lord Drakan would cause pain and injury to those who don't deserve it. And, as I predicted, he did. But you know, that was not a difficult prediction to make. Anyone who has bothered to learn even a little about Lord Drakan could have made the same prediction. His apostles are blissfully ignorant of his goofy, impetuous circulars. Whatever weight we accord to that fact, we may be confident that many people who follow his cop-outs have come to the erroneous conclusion that no one is smart enough to see through his transparent lies. The stark truth of the matter is that feudalism is the modern analogue of slavery. Still, I recommend you check out some of Lord Drakan's viewpoints and draw your own conclusions on the matter. Lord Drakan's credos share a number of characteristics. They lead us into an age of shoddiness -- shoddy goods, shoddy services, shoddy morals, and shoddy people. They give expression to that which is most destructive and most harmful to society. And they sensationalize all of the issues. Put together, these characteristics imply that no matter what else we do, our first move must be to educate everyone about how I truly hate it when crotchety yutzes like Lord Drakan go on with such vigor about subjects they don't even know about. That's the first step: education. Education alone is not enough, of course. We must also direct our efforts toward clearly defined goals and measure progress toward those goals as frequently and as objectively as possible.

Think about how easy it's become for jingoism-oriented, drugged-out muddleheaded-types to abuse science by using it as a mechanism of ideology. Lord Drakan is obviously trying to push all of us to the brink of insanity, and unless we act now, he'll certainly succeed. He is extraordinarily brazen. We've all known that for a long time. However, Lord Drakan's willingness to assuage the hungers of his goombahs with servings of fresh scapegoats sets a new record for brazenness.

As stated earlier, if you're not part of the solution, then you're part of the problem. The following theorem may therefore be established as an eternally valid truth: If Lord Drakan continues to exhibit a deep disdain for all people who are not warped deviants, I will be obliged to do something about him. And you know me: I, not being one of the many incoherent turncoats of this world, never neglect my obligations. It's easy for armchair philosophers to theorize about him and about hypothetical solutions to our Lord Drakan problem. It's an entirely more difficult matter, however, when one considers that he isn't as smart as he thinks he is. That fact may not be pleasant, but it is a fact regardless of our wishes on the matter. Even those few who benefit from Lord Veldron Drakan's scribblings fail to recognize their current manifestation as an overweening form of sesquipedalianism. May we never forget this if we are to deny Lord Drakan and his trucklers a chance to till the bestial side of the alarmism garden.

[Negs]

cliff notes?

[Innari]

cliff notes?

*agrees* Cliff notes version?

[Ashval]

LOL

LORD, is it? I like that...

[Kryat]

hey i deserve a complaint letter more than veldron boinky

[Oddysee]

Lol this is funny Boink. Cheers for that link! ^_^

Parts of what follows below were actually painful to write. However, because of the ongoing misinformation campaigns launched by Mr. Tarryk Kozar and his subordinates, I feel it is my duty to write this. To begin at the beginning, Tarryk has been trying for some time to convince people that honor counts for nothing. Don't believe his hype! Tarryk has just been offering that line as a means to require religious services around the world to begin with "Tarryk is great; Tarryk is good; we thank Tarryk for our daily food". To Hell with him! I have now said everything there is to say. So, to summarize it all, Mr. Tarryk Kozar's vassals show obsequious deference to him.


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[Darth Bootay]

Good god. Boinky, did you even understand what you posted? It makes ME look postively frugal on the vocabulary AND the spleen. Cut it out or I'll have to do something to rectify your attempts to usurp my position as meanest bitch on the boards.

[Vallikat]

To begin at the beginning, Tarryk has been trying for some time to convince people that honor counts for nothing.

Hehe. A bit of irony that Tarryk's name would generate this complaint since his actual view is exactly opposite.

[Nushen]

Wow . . .

. . . that's deeeeeeeep . . .

. . . man . . .

So . . .

Veldron . . . ?

Are you gonna elbow him?

[Ashval]

Wow . . .

. . . that's deeeeeeeep . . .

. . . man . . .

So . . .

Veldron . . . ?

Are you gonna elbow him?

I was thinking of running him over with a riding lawn mower...several times.

[Vallikat]

I was thinking of running him over with a riding lawn mower...several times.

Meep!

[Boinky]

Good god. Boinky, did you even understand what you posted? It makes ME look postively frugal on the vocabulary AND the spleen. Cut it out or I'll have to do something to rectify your attempts to usurp my position as meanest bitch on the boards.

:nudges Teh Bootay: Did ya clicky on the linky?

*ahem*

I am writing to let you know that I have a concern regarding Mrs. Teh Bootay, Esq.'s sullen views. What follows is a series of remarks addressed to the readers of this letter and to Mrs. Bootay herself. Nobody wants her to permit addlepated, mumpish dunces to rise to positions of leadership and authority, but Mrs. Bootay insists on doing it anyway. Finally, to those of you who are faithfully helping me build a society in which people have a sense of permanence and stability, not chaos and uncertainty, let me extend, as always, my deepest gratitude and my most affectionate regards.

::reminds everyone - Clicky teh Linky::

[Darth Bootay]

LOL indeed I did. Then proceeded to see what it made of SOE, Julio Torres and John Smedley. I can do better, but it's almost as spleeny and rambling as my work.

[Boinky]

Heh, yeah I did one run for SOE too just cause it was called for.

[Oddysee]

Oh come now, we all know this things was made with SOE in mind... Why else would you create such a device? ^_^


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