  Let it never be 
said that I have aught 
as quarrel with my 
liege Lord British, 
for indeed we be of 
the best of friends, 
sharing amicable 
games of chess 'pon a 
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winter's night, and 
talking at length into 
the wee hours of the 
issues that affect the 
realm of Britannia.
  Yet true friendship 
doth not prevent true 
philosophical 
#EOP
disagreement either. 
While I view with 
approval my lord's 
affection for his 
carefully crafted 
philosophy of the 
Eight Virtues, 
wherein moral 
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behavior is 
encouraged in the 
populace, I view with 
less approval the 
expenditure of public 
funds upon the 
construction of 
"shrines" to said 
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ideals.
  The issue is not one 
of funds, however, 
but a disagreement 
most intellectual over 
the proper way of 
humankind in an 
ethical sense. Surely 
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freedom of decision 
must be regarded as 
paramount in any 
such moral decision? 
Though none fail to 
censure the 
murderer, a subtler 
question arises when 
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we ask if his 
behavior would be 
ethical if he were 
forced to it.
  I say to thee, the 
reader, quite flatly, 
that no ethical 
system shall have 
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sway over me unless 
it convinceth me, for 
that freely made 
choice is to me the 
sign that the system 
hath validity.
  Whereas the system 
of "Virtues" that my 
#EOP
liege espouses is 
indeed a compilation 
of commonly 
approved virtues, I 
approve of it. Where 
it seeks to control the 
populace and restrict 
their diversity and 
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their range of 
behaviors, I quarrel 
with it. And thus do I 
issue this politic call 
to anarchy, whilst 
humbly begging 
forgiveness of Lord 
British for my 
#EOP
impertinence:  
    Celebrate thy 
differences. Take 
thy actions according 
to thy own lights. 
Question from what 
source a law, a rule, 
a judge, and a virtue 
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may arise. 'Twere 
possible (though I 
suggest it not 
seriously) that a 
daemon planted the 
seed of these 
"Virtues" in my Lord 
British's mind; 'twere 
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possible that the 
Shrines were but a 
plan to destroy this 
world. Thou canst 
not know unless thou 
questioneth, doubteth, 
and in the end, 
unless thou relyest 
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upon THYSELF and 
thy judgement.  I 
offer these words as 
mere philosophical 
musings for those 
who seek 
enlightenment, for 
'tis the issue that 
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hath occupied mine 
interest and that of 
Lord British for 
some time now.
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