Sunday, October 17, 2010

Why "The Sasquatch Files"

Because I am a hairy, reclusive primate with big feet, and no hope of assimilating into the general community of self-aware bipeds. I have no interest in the success or failure of mankind, because the forest provides everything I need–the forest and my highly sophisticated subterrainian bunker deep within the bedrock. I am just a curious observer of your world from beneath. The sasquatch community lives underground in a peaceful, friendly society with no need for "government" or "employers" of any kind. Every sasquatch is his own sovereign nation engaging in trade with other sasquatches on his own terms. We have only one rule: "don't do anything that would cause us to make a rule." Rare offenses are dealt with individually and without use of force. We are heavily armed at all times. (There has never been a case of sasquatch murder.) We carry firearms always as a symbolic reminder of our sovereignty and responsibility to the peace of the sasquatch society. Pretty simple, really. Also, when you homo sapiens struggle with technology, we sometimes give you a nudge, or not, depending on whether we think you deserve the power–whether it will be put to use for the advancement of life or the destruction of it. Yes, even though it gets dark down here, it's good to be a sasquatch.

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