Chapter Nine: Senator Haettenschwiller

 

     Larry was drinking a cold beer, watching the TV news. State senator Alphonse Haettenschwiller was discussing the armed resistance situation.

     Gabriela entered the living room and said, “Master, I think it’s time for you to make another telephone call. They’re accepting calls on this program.”

     Senator Haettenschwiller said, “These rebels are using violence to achieve their goals, because they know they cannot achieve their goals through the peaceful process.”

     Larry called in, and went on the air.

     “Senator,” Larry said, “your government is using violence to achieve your goals of getting people into treatment, because you know you cannot achieve your goals through the peaceful process.”

     “How is the government using violence?” Senator Haettenschwiller asked.

     Larry explained, “That’s not gonna work. Pretending you cannot understand, is not going to stop Operation USA Freedom. You will not stop people from killing cops by pretending not to understand that when gun-toting goons in bulletproof vests grab innocent people and haul them off to mental institutions against their will, that is violence. If you must provide hospital treatment for these people, do so nonviolently.”

     Senator Haettenschwiller asked, “How do we hospitalize them nonviolently, if they don’t want to be hospitalized?”

     Larry answered, “You don’t. In a free country, the citizen decides whether to be hospitalized.”

     The senator commented, “The citizens have decided that they want to be bound by this law. Otherwise, they could prevail on the government to get it repealed.”

     Larry rebutted, “Another pathetic attempt by an enemy of liberty to portray the will of the majority as the will of the people. You lied through your teeth by saying that the citizens made that decision. Some citizens made that decision, some did not. Whether the citizens who support that unjust law are the overwhelming majority or not, they have no right to impose that law on everybody else.”

     The senator asked, “So then who should we listen to, the majority or the minority.”

     Larry replied, "Whoever is right.”

     The senator asked, “And who determines who is right?”

     Larry explained, “You can. However, those of us who hold correct opinions won’t accept what you determine unless it matches the correct determination. Vote wrong, you pay the price with cops’ blood. If you support involuntary hospitalizations in order to win elections, you are buying those votes with cops’ blood. Now, do you want to free the hostages now, or wait until more cops die first?”

     The senator asked, “Who are the hostages?”

     Larry answered, “That’s not gonna work. Shut off your idiot switch and understand. We demand that the hostages be freed. If this demand is not met, more cops will be exterminated, even if you pretend you cannot understand who are the hostages. Shut off your idiot switch and comply with the demand now, or the Nashua Police will be exterminated, and then you will still have to shut off your idiot switch and comply with the demand, or every cop in the State of New Hampshire will be exterminated. Are you ready to free the hostages?”

     Senator Haettenschwiller asked again, “Who are the hostages?”

     Larry declared, “Everybody heard him. He wants people to go out and kill more cops.”

     Senator Haettenschiller said, “No, I do not!”

     Larry asked, “Then are you ready to vote to free the hostages?”

     Senator Haettenschwiller asked again, “Who are the hostages?”

     Larry said, “That’s not gonna work. Everybody heard him. He will not free the hostages. All he will do is pretend he cannot understand. Keep exterminating cops until the hostages are freed. When he doesn’t want any more cops exterminated, he’ll stop pretending not to understand, and vote to free the hostages. The vast majority of voters, election after election, have said they don’t want our side to win with ballots. Therefore, our side has to win with bullets.” Then he hung up.



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