30-04-2009, 10:30 AM
My sense is that he doesn't have an alternative political system Linda, but just doesn't want to be constrained by what he regards as a "commercial law" system posing as the law of the land. There is a lot made of the differences between "Sea law" (i.e., Admiralty law - in other words contract law) and the "Law of the Land" (or common law) which he holds to be pre-eminent. He rails against the former and "statute law" and declines to pay tax, or have his car taxed etc etc.
It is far too complex for me to properly analyze as just the thought of reading tombs on the law fills me with trepidation - and a sort of sleepiness begins to surge through my blood.
But I do find it interesting because so much of our lives today are governed by contract law and, indeed, one is often held to have acquiesced to a legal contract even if one is completely unaware of having done so --- which can't be just.
I am at the stage of life where "Victor Meldrew" has taken possession of me, and so I admit to sharing a certain enthusiasm for his position. :argh:
It is far too complex for me to properly analyze as just the thought of reading tombs on the law fills me with trepidation - and a sort of sleepiness begins to surge through my blood.
But I do find it interesting because so much of our lives today are governed by contract law and, indeed, one is often held to have acquiesced to a legal contract even if one is completely unaware of having done so --- which can't be just.
I am at the stage of life where "Victor Meldrew" has taken possession of me, and so I admit to sharing a certain enthusiasm for his position. :argh:
The shadow is a moral problem that challenges the whole ego-personality, for no one can become conscious of the shadow without considerable moral effort. To become conscious of it involves recognizing the dark aspects of the personality as present and real. This act is the essential condition for any kind of self-knowledge.
Carl Jung - Aion (1951). CW 9, Part II: P.14