Sunday, March 04, 2018
Pay the two duties
I've been listening lately to some Fibber episodes from '55 and '56, the last real seasons. The writers in these years had regained the old spirit after a few years of weak scripts. [These years aren't online in any "free" website that I can find; I bought them from otrcat.com]
A recurring theme in vaudeville, and in the radio and TV shows that descended from vaudeville, is Pay the two dollars.
Fibber often runs the PT2D theme.
Fibber KNOWS HIS RIGHTS, knows how things "ought" to happen, knows what the "law" says, and wastes HUGE amounts of time and effort trying to achieve "justice" according to the "law". It never works. It always makes things worse.
Molly is pragmatic. She doesn't give a fuck about "rights". She just wants to get on with life, so she urges Fibber to go along with the "injustice", get the license or pay the fine. He never listens.
In short, Molly KNOWS HER DUTIES.
We are not here to obey arbitrary psychotic delusions called "constitutions" that make nonsensical assertions about bizarre contradictory murderous dystheories like "EQUALITY" or "LIBERTY" or "GOD-GIVEN RIGHTS".
We are here to MAKE MORE LIFE, MAKE MORE VALUE, MAKE MORE BEAUTY.
Our GOD-ASSIGNED DUTY is to get on with life.
[One of the sharpest episodes on this theme, available online, is The Parking Lot Dispute.]
Labels: From rights to duties
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