21-02-2010, 06:59 AM
Thoughtful and earnest responses to the vexing event... Terry's response to a bank's foreclosure on his home and over ten years of IRS audits drove him to drastic and dramatic actions. Frankly, I am surprised he is not in jail for destruction of property since it technically is not his; the bank owns it by virtue of the mortgage. What he did is opt out of a rigged system by basically telling the bank and the IRS, "if you won't stop harassing me and putting leans on me and trying to take my home from me, well, I'll destroy my assets and become worthless to you." I can see both sides of this but what tilts me in his favor is the following:
1. These times are not the times to throw a family out of a home. The banks should be willing to renegotiate loans and come up with a solution. Banks need to re-learn how to lend money, not steal houses.
2. That goes for the IRS, too. They operate in a purely predatory mode through almost unlimited intimidation and fear. If you have ever been audited, you know exactly what I am talking about.
3. A home is a sacred place, a sanctuary. It should not be flipped for fast profit or speculation or as a tool to over leverage debt and then steal. Taking a persons home is similar to taking their life... it is that traumatic. I know first hand of what I speak.
4. His act is non violent and specifically designed to take the value out of seizing his assets. A brilliant and provocative protest against injustice. It is not perfect. He may be jailed... and yet, I don't think that bothers him much... just like others who are victims of injustice.
I think we will see more of this... sincerely I hope so. Civil disobedience is feedback to the system that we are not willing to play along with the charade and that it will sting them to muck with us.
1. These times are not the times to throw a family out of a home. The banks should be willing to renegotiate loans and come up with a solution. Banks need to re-learn how to lend money, not steal houses.
2. That goes for the IRS, too. They operate in a purely predatory mode through almost unlimited intimidation and fear. If you have ever been audited, you know exactly what I am talking about.
3. A home is a sacred place, a sanctuary. It should not be flipped for fast profit or speculation or as a tool to over leverage debt and then steal. Taking a persons home is similar to taking their life... it is that traumatic. I know first hand of what I speak.
4. His act is non violent and specifically designed to take the value out of seizing his assets. A brilliant and provocative protest against injustice. It is not perfect. He may be jailed... and yet, I don't think that bothers him much... just like others who are victims of injustice.
I think we will see more of this... sincerely I hope so. Civil disobedience is feedback to the system that we are not willing to play along with the charade and that it will sting them to muck with us.
"The mediator between the head and the hands must be the heart” - Fritz Lang (Metropolis - 1926)