Well, this hypothetical postulation is a wonderful exercise in thinking, even if it will probably never be implemented on a global scale by any of its supporters.
I suppose the real trick then is to know that even if you do not buy into the system, that you are still an integral part of it and that
the MAN/Machine of government can not truly control or diminish your own sense of spiritual independence and moral self guidance.
Fortunately, your probation is only a sentence with a finite time that you must only wait patiently through, before being ultimately released.
A good friend of mine, after discussing this with me in some detail offline, thinks this subject is not even worth the discourse, but I disagree, as I have come away from all of this with a sense that my own ideas of unjust persecution and frustration with the
thought control imposed upon many peoples thinking
outside of the box are not completely unique to me or unfounded in reality.
Plus, I can always use more practice in organizing my thoughts into more cohesive and lengthy streams.
:D
~cheers~
[ 11 July 2002: Message edited by: Noodle ]