I believe...

The end, my friend - the point at which everything I have conceived comes to a halt. My efforts, my pains, and my pleasures are all for the sum of nothing but my subjective opinion that finishes when I finish. How wonderful it is however, that I have this chance! Make no mistake about it!

I believe in reason, first and foremost!

I'm a homosexual.

I'm living a reasonably healthy life.

I hold a belief in the scientific method.

I do not believe in any gods.

I do not know everything.

I believe in freedom.

I do not believe in government.

I do not believe the human race has a purpose.

I do not believe we have souls.

I do not believe there is any evidence of an afterlife.

I believe we each pursue our own meaning in life. I ascribe to existentialism.

I believe what a good friend of mine says - 'each to their own'.

I find answers in objectivism. I agree with Ayn Rand.

I believe the free market is good.

I do not support fiat currency or central banking.

I believe we don't have a capitalist system anywhere in the world, but rather cronyism.

I enjoy music and the thoughts it entices.

I find consuming knowledge an ever continuing and life fulfilling objective.

I like the possibilities life presents:

• 'Dare to know'
• 'The world is your oyster'

I disagree with collectivism.

I disagree with altruism.

'I think therefore I am'.

I believe religion cripples the individual.

I believe religion corrupts society at large.

I believe religion causes pain and suffering in the world.

I believe faith is destructive.

I do not believe in marriage.

I do not believe in same-sex marriage.

I believe if two or more people wish to join together in 'marriage', they are free to do so; it is none of my concern.

I believe life is incredible.

I do not like abortion, but I support a woman's ability to choose; it is not my issue.

I believe contraception is a choice, not a sin.

I do not like discrimination based solely on race, orientation or something beyond our control; I also believe one is entitled to discriminate based on these things. Discrimination focused on character is appropriate on an individual level.

I do not like pleasure seekers - it can be internally destructive.

I like and don't like a lot of things, but it isn't mine, or anybody else's right to impose on another's life in any manner contrary to their will.

I believe the founding fathers of the United States of America had a complete perspective on what freedom is about.

I think Thomas Jefferson was the greatest President of the United States of America.

I believe in a bill of rights.

I do not believe in the modern perspective of a bill of rights; one must stipulate the limitations of government and not what 'the people' ought to have given to them from government. This is my minarchist/libertarian position.

I am an anarcho-capitalist with a view that libertarianism is the means to that objective.

I have no sympathy for those that don't try in life.

I used to be fat. I have no feeling for obese people who aren't trying. It is also not government's job to help by curbing advertisements or the like.

I believe in charity.

I do not believe in welfare.

I believe in free immigration; under the welfare state however, I am unfortunately inclined to restrict immigration.

I believe the fruits of my labour are my property, and at all times mine to expend and nobody else's.

I do not believe in the prohibition of drugs. Decriminalisation will see an improvement in society, not the reverse.

I do not believe in trading hour restrictions for businesses. A shop should be able to open as long as it thinks necessary.

I do not support public transport.

I do not support licencing or restrictions of entry to particular markets (Taxis and liquor licencing are examples).

I do not support mandatory membership to associations (Legal and medical associations, or unions are examples).

I believe in evolution.

I do not believe in creationism.

I do not support taxation. Yes, I think taxation = theft.

I do not support government mandated maternity leave. This has nothing to do with my homosexuality.

I do not agree with the minimum wage. This is destructive to society.

In Australia, I do not support first home owner's grants or baby bonuses.

I do not support public health care.

I do not support public education at all levels (Primary, secondary or tertiary).

Of all the levels of public funded education that I find most baffling is university. Why the public at large must pay for students to earn more than them is beyond me. This is not my only reason - it goes deeper than this.

I do not support public sponsored libraries. A user pay operation is more moral.

Et cetera, et cetera...

Anyway, this is the brief synopsis of who I am and what I believe. Like them, don't like them - I don't care.

This list mind you is not all I believe and is in no way complete...

Thoughts on ‘No One Here Gets Out Alive’

I’m not entirely sure why, but I feel fairly happy after reading this biography about Jim Morrison. It seems to offer an understanding of how life persists as a rollercoaster, speeding along, jerking at the bends, and evoking an enthralling desire to remain uncertain about what lay ahead.

The key perhaps is to take a serious grip on reality – push our limits, uncover that hazy future and live life with vigour and effort.

Jim’s mind, and talent as a poet, goes far beyond the superficial pop music that commonly corrupts our ears. He pushes his values onto us through his deep and adventurous lyrics that will for the listener, leave them in pursuit of more when the music is over.

When you hear the Doors, you aren’t merely arousing your mind. You are stimulating your spirit into a meteoric frenzy! You are catapulted into the dark universe in search of the little lights that catch your fancy. These are the feelings that allow a greater understanding of the group behind the lyrics.

The Doors are more than a band; they are a piece of knowledge you use to enrich the determination of the will, and sprout an expansion of the senses. Rather than living through life as an automaton, without self-perception and blindly swinging with the commons, you are given a key with which you can use to pass through doors, into limitless reality.

I tender no exaggeration here with a superficial attachment to times gone by. Jim’s life compels me to extend into the unknown and shatter normalcy; I beckon existentialism as sufficient for meaning and encouragement – take this however you wish.