tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25740524.post872857214581568926..comments2024-03-11T13:16:19.098-04:00Comments on Ad Orientem: 'Sovereign Citizens' wage war of paper against government and enemiesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25740524.post-60309800992281526242013-08-25T07:45:20.699-04:002013-08-25T07:45:20.699-04:00@John: "The best way to deal with this is to ...@John: "The best way to deal with this is to criminalize the intentional filing of false leans or other claims."<br /><br />In English common law, that has always been a criminal offense. It is called "Barratry":<br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barratry_%28common_law%29<br /><br />This law, like many others, simply does not get taken seriously and enforced as it should be.<br /><br />Aside from that, my more serious complaint about the whole "Sovereign Citizen" movement, is that is actually presumes that the U.S.A. is still a country of laws, and that there still exist legal and political means of redress against the plutocracy. <br /><br />Chris Hedges has a fine piece on the Bradley Manning verdict, which explains the nature of the "gangster state" quite clearly:<br /><br />http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/bradley_manning_and_the_gangster_state_20130821/<br /><br />I know you will disagree with Hedges, and with me, on this. I say that, despite their flaws, Manning and Snowden are heroes. If Bradley Manning is a criminal for what he did, then so was Claus von Stauffenberg. Both men violated their military oaths to end official criminality. In fact, Stauffenberg (who tried to kill his own head of state) is arguably a worse "criminal" in that respect than either Manning or Snowden.<br /><br />The point of that digression, is to say that the United States government no longer possesses any moral legitimacy whatsoever, and that the "Sovereign Citizen" or "Constitutionalist" movement refuses to face that fact.<br /><br />Finally, may God forgive me for my inability to muster any sympathy whatsoever for Sheriff Richard Stanek. I seriously doubt that you get to be a senior law enforcement officer in the U.S. today, without committing many official crimes under color of law.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com