Somebody Else

G. Stolyarov II

A Journal for Western Man-- Issue XXX-- January 20, 2005

I favor Reason as my guide,

All future matters to decide.

Somebody takes offense; in him,

Reason’s been sacrificed to whim.

I do not think that one can win

Debates on angels on a pin.

Somebody else is bound to state

That I against his faith spread hate.

When I in laissez-faire profess

To let each what he earned possess,

Some petty soul will slander me,

Contending I spread anarchy.

When I claim merit to embrace,

Judge a man’s deeds and not his race,

Somebody else this view offends,

On race-based favors who depends.

When I say, “To each man his own,”

The feminists will surely moan.

Somebody else will cry foul play.

Words, “man,” and “his” how dare I say?

When I assert that a man’s mind

Genes and society can’t bind,

That man’s will is forever free,

Some lazy lout will scowl at me.

When I forth my opinion give

Of right ways and wrong ways to live,

Licentious addicts like that not.

I should be taken out and shot!

Whenever I say truths, then these

Are bound somebody to displease.

To silence one who’d rather speak

Means tyranny on all to wreak.

Somebody else intensely disagrees.

G. Stolyarov II is a science fiction novelist, independent filosofical essayist, poet, amateur mathematician and composer, contributor to organizations such as Le Quebecois Libre, Enter Stage Right, the Autonomist, and Objective Medicine. Mr. Stolyarov is the Editor-in-Chief of The Rational Argumentator. He can be contacted at gennadystolyarovii@yahoo.com.

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