This is a little didly I wrote up for my POLSC360 Modern Political Theory class. It was a good time. I turned it in late. You might understand it, its written in the style of Thomas Hobbes of Calvin and Hobbes, or rather the political philosopher Hobbes, of the Leviathan of the Book of Job, if that makes sense?
My hands applaude both the President and the dead man, Osama bin Laden.
The former for acting so righteously as the sovereign of our country and the latter for providing such a perfect example of man in the condition of mere nature.
As men are oft to disagree and grow angry at the lack of understanding, let us first set aside some definitions to begin on clear grounds.
Bin Laden’s death a half and a week ago represented the collision of two objects in motion: one the bigger object and one the smaller. The bigger object, being President Obama, let us referre to it as Godzilla, and the smaller object, being bin Laden, let us referre to it as the Kraken.
Godzilla as we know is the gorilla-whale super lizard that pillages and torments villages, created by the Japanese to represent the destructive power of the nuclear bombs of the United States. And it breathes fire. This is Mr. Obama and the nation as a whole, characterizing their confrontational, trigger-happy pridefulness.
The Kraken is a gargantuan spider-like squid monster of enormous size that attacks nautical units with its ravishing tentacles of beastly strength. Perhaps better known by its scientific name Micrcosmus it is a fitting representation of Mr. bin Laden and his sneaky submerged, cloak and dagger tactics.
Hope is an appetite with opinion of obtaining.
Despaire is the same without such opinion.
A cup is a cylinder with one side open and one side closed of approximately 8 ounces.
Now that we have these definitions laid out we may begin.
First I would like to direct attention to the actions of Godzilla as they excite me. Upon receiving the information of the location of the Kraken, Godzilla counseled with his advisors and then went against their will sending in Navy SEALs to do the kill. The maneuver was successful, his risky move playing out well.
Thankfully, he went and made the decision himself without even consulting the people, or thinking of their opinion. This is one great step towards a more perfect and stable society. Conversely, he was a foole to council at all with his counsel, as this simply slowed down the decision making process and ran the risk of allowing the victim to escape. If he were to counsel with his council he should make it a point to do so with each one-by-one to gain the proper and unbiased opinion from each. As for the people, there is no reason for you to justify yourself to us, just go and claim the power, finish the nearly done job of becoming sovereign and then all your actions will be justified by simply being your actions. Well done on the unilaterall decision and providing a superb outcome, you near sovereignty by institution.
As for the Kraken, all the poor foole really wanted was to not die. And he failed. But almost succeeded. In a true state of nature Mr. bin Laden raged and lead war against the “infidels” of the United States to promote his own survivall. A pawn of the US in the USSR-Afghan war upon completing his mission he turned his violent heart against his maker, the US. As he had done with the USSR he desired to do to us: lure us into a never-ending conflict which eventually lead us into bankruptcy. And he nearly had us, and maybe would have had us if it weren’t for the quick decision of our sovereign. If yet another air strike had been ordered, who’s to say what would have happened.
Mr. bin Laden, as all men, wanted three things.
The Kraken desired glory. He rallied muslims across the world in holy Ji’ had, compounding a multitude of problems into one and giving them a singular origin, the United States, all to glorify himself as a saviour figure amongst the muslims and also to win glory for his nation.
The Kraken desired Gain. He wanted to have more than ourselves, more materials, more monetary wealth, more dominance. By luring us into battle he planned to whittle away at our funds, slowly eating them away until they were no more, at which point he would surely have more than us.
The Kraken desired security. In the end, this was his desire. He was legitimately afraid of the threat western philosophy and culture posed to the sociall and physicall well-being of his society. He lashed out with all of his many tentacles, attacking from all different directions in an effort to over through us. A lack of space, freedom, customs, resources, and all things existed between Godzilla and the Kraken, so they fought.
He got all but the last; security was not obtained for long. He acted within his right of nature and was justified in his action as no covenant was intact between the two parties. Surely there may have been a covenant between the two in the last years of the USSR, but any such covenants had since dissolved, leaving them in a state without agreement, without norms to follow, and so without justice. Anything went in this war and the Kraken lashed out with everything he had. Godzilla, slightly fatigued, at most, from his attacks, finally quit messing around and pulled out his big guns and blew fire down on the beast, withering its skin, and melting its insides until it died. Godzilla victorious.
In a world where scarcity is omnipresent the unavoidable conflict between the strong and the weak crashed together leaving one dead and one alive.
Now in closing, I would like to address an issue of particular salaciousness. That is the frat boys of GWU. Regardless of ontology, political standing, and beliefs, their reaction to the death of the Kraken was altogether inappropriate. Celebrating the death of another with drunkenness and crude behavior is indecent and uncalled for in any society. I’m not one to draw out many rules and regulations but I feel like the celebration of death by such means is grotesque and wrong on that it is not beneficial to any party.
In sum, I am overall quite pleased with these recent events. I thank President Obama for his decisive action which was entirely justified and I would like to see more actions of power like it. Osama bin Laden provided a classic example of Human Nature and their desire to self-benefit.
Now I ask you all to act. To subject yourselves to the rule of our President, to provide a more sustainable society and to preserve your own welfare, and to destroy the remnants of evil wherever they may be.
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