THE BEST DEFENSE
Watching the news today, I was entranced by the hearings surrounding Amy Coney Barrett for Supreme Court Justice. I’ve often wondered what the best defense might be: offense, telling the truth, staying rational and logical…but I was reminded that the best defense is inherent in the Pirate’s Code: “Take everything; give nothing back.” Add for sophistication, a fixed and knowing smile, and you have a rock-solid defense as long as you stick religiously to it. Some might argue that this translates to a display of the Zen way of life, with no words. But in the end, it’s not the person’s words or lack thereof that reveals, it’s the deeds, historical and present.
Why talk about this, you might be asking. Well, I’ve been thinking a lot about a concept presented to me many years ago: “There are no thought crimes.” And, while that may be true in today’s world, where thoughts, whatever they may be, are private, that may not be the case in a future world. I didn’t directly address this in my newly released SCI-FU (science-based futuring) novel, THE EDGE OF MADNESS (Aignos 2020) by Raymond Gaynor; however, I introduced it indirectly through the presence of Enforcers, specifically the one who visited Draff Rob Brie [Septican-Smite] and Billie Frann Frank {Tordon-Cass]’s attempted Sweet Sixteen Sexcapade. Yes, in this future world, part of coming-of-age is the opportunity to have a Sexcapade, either private or in public, public interest in new-adult sex being the latest rage. The point is, the two boys’ actions turned out quite differently from their thoughts, yet, in the end, what actually transpired was a bigger sensation than anything they imagined doing. It was in the doing, whether it followed their plan or not, that they revealed themselves.
Numerous celebrities have pointed out that “Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.” Or, if you’re more direct action inclined, “No battle plan can survive the first round of bullet.” In THE EDGE OF MADNESS, while the boys initially perceive their coming-out as a failure, the observant Enforcer, who by all rights should have acted on this, simply assisted the two in retrieving their clothes and dignity, begging the question of which is more important, the unspoken plan or thoughts (spirit) or the action taken (our reality). Interested?
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Why talk about this, you might be asking. Well, I’ve been thinking a lot about a concept presented to me many years ago: “There are no thought crimes.” And, while that may be true in today’s world, where thoughts, whatever they may be, are private, that may not be the case in a future world. I didn’t directly address this in my newly released SCI-FU (science-based futuring) novel, THE EDGE OF MADNESS (Aignos 2020) by Raymond Gaynor; however, I introduced it indirectly through the presence of Enforcers, specifically the one who visited Draff Rob Brie [Septican-Smite] and Billie Frann Frank {Tordon-Cass]’s attempted Sweet Sixteen Sexcapade. Yes, in this future world, part of coming-of-age is the opportunity to have a Sexcapade, either private or in public, public interest in new-adult sex being the latest rage. The point is, the two boys’ actions turned out quite differently from their thoughts, yet, in the end, what actually transpired was a bigger sensation than anything they imagined doing. It was in the doing, whether it followed their plan or not, that they revealed themselves.
Numerous celebrities have pointed out that “Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.” Or, if you’re more direct action inclined, “No battle plan can survive the first round of bullet.” In THE EDGE OF MADNESS, while the boys initially perceive their coming-out as a failure, the observant Enforcer, who by all rights should have acted on this, simply assisted the two in retrieving their clothes and dignity, begging the question of which is more important, the unspoken plan or thoughts (spirit) or the action taken (our reality). Interested?
Printed copies are now available for 25% off the Suggested Retail Price with free shipping anywhere in the USA from all four Savant Bookstores: Savant Bookstore Atlantic, Savant Bookstore Midwest, Savant Bookstore Pacific and Savant Bookstore Honolulu. Order from the nearest one for fast, expedited shipping.
Outside USA, consider a printed copy from The Book Depository which includes free international shipping: https://www.bookdepository.com/The-Ed...
Favor an eBook? Get a Kindle digital version download immediately from
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0999693859
at the Pre-Holiday Sale price of $2.99 (usual price $7.95).
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