| I have stated throughout all of my works that | | | | I have followed the work of many |
| there is one undying principle that I will | | | | philosophers, sometimes even admiringly, and |
| abide by. This principle is freedom. When I | | | | they will write volumes upon volumes on their |
| can go to a library or book store, and pick | | | | love of freedom and they will disregard every |
| up any book that captures my imagination, and | | | | social taboo as simply preference, but then |
| delve through the pages as I begin to think | | | | there is one taboo that they could not |
| -- to know that I can do this, is freedom. | | | | discard as cultural superstition. They will |
| When I can walk into any business or public | | | | praise Homosexuality as moral, claim that |
| building, without being told that I have to | | | | Euthanasia is justifiable, defend the rights |
| leave because of my race or social class -- | | | | of every race, but when it comes to the |
| to know that I can do this, is freedom. | | | | question of Pedophilia, perhaps, they will |
| Knowing that I can believe any religion that | | | | discard it as an indecency. Yet, it seems to |
| I judge to be accurate, knowing that I can | | | | make all of their other works seem so fickle, |
| make my own decisions in what my creed is, | | | | almost meaningless. With all that I have |
| knowing that I can associate with whomever I | | | | written on the matter of liberty, how could I |
| desire, knowing that it is not a crime to | | | | still respect myself if I condemned |
| love another -- to know that once the doors | | | | Masochism?Masochism may be defined as the |
| to my home are closed, that I am allowed to | | | | concept that causing physical pain can cause |
| do anything that causes no suffering, this is | | | | pleasure, often times linked with sexuality. |
| freedom, and it is what I believe in. The | | | | There may be numerous arguments against it. |
| Puritan laws that made human affection a | | | | They can call it indecent. They can call it |
| crime, the McCarthy laws that made support of | | | | irreligious or "unChristian." They can claim |
| the workers punishable with prison, the | | | | it is brutal. They can use every word |
| Comstock laws that made knowledge of the | | | | invented by mankind to oppose the onward |
| human body illegal, the laws of the | | | | march of freedom. The facts don't change. |
| government have been oppression. As they | | | | Those who oppose a person's right to |
| take away our freedoms and put our heroes in | | | | Masochism are my enemies, because all creeds |
| prison, when we cannot walk down the street | | | | that unite to arrest the individual's right |
| without fear of being attacked by the police, | | | | to happiness are my enemy. I will not fight |
| when the United Sates government uses the | | | | this battle with weapons but with logic. I |
| same tactics as the Gestapo and the Councils | | | | support a person who desires to engage in |
| of Safety, this is not freedom. Yet, despite | | | | Masochism, as much as I support a person who |
| the repressive nature of organized | | | | wishes to be an artist, a writer, a poet, a |
| government, as much as organized religion, | | | | philosopher. Happiness is a value in itself, |
| every poet who hides underneath these jungle | | | | and every one should strive for it in the |
| branches will become an artist, and draw | | | | manner that best suits them. We should not |
| pictures in his mind about the dream of | | | | be restricted in this. If a person reaches |
| freedom. It is this which my life has been | | | | into the interests of their culture, and they |
| composed of.Now, when we come to the question | | | | find themselves attracted to physical pain, |
| of Masochism, I cannot imagine a great deal | | | | then there is no reason to deny them this |
| of intellectual arguments against it. Yet, | | | | right. By supporting a person's right to |
| with all my writings, in defense of one's | | | | Masochism, we are supporting freedom and |
| right to sexual promiscuity, to drug use, to | | | | liberty, the sources of order and happiness. |
| believe whatever they wish, is it at all | | | | Life,Punkerslut (or Andy Carloff) has been |
| fathomable that I would come to the question | | | | writing essays and poetry on social issues |
| and say, "If a man wants to believe in any | | | | which have caught his attention for several |
| religion, it is fine. If a man wants to | | | | years. His website provides a complete list |
| associate with any political party, that is | | | | of all of these writings. His life experience |
| his decision. Yet, if a man wants to inflict | | | | includes homelessness, squating in New |
| physical damage to his body, to cause his | | | | Orleans and LA, dropping out of high school, |
| mind pleasure, that is to say, if a man is a | | | | getting expelled from college for "subversive |
| Masochist, he is immoral." Is it ever | | | | activities," and a myriad of other |
| possible to think that I would respond to the | | | | revolutionary actions. |
| question of Masochism this way? Perhaps so. | | | | |