Allodium: Your Home is Your Castle
Monday, November 1, 2004 04:48:13
Vote for Jonathan Quince! (Part 2)
In regards to my election bid, my core constituency has raised an important issue that I did not mention specifically in my mini-platform: That of a property owner's rights over his land and domicile.
Therefore, I must explicitly add the followingto my mini-platform:
- Allodial Title: I will institute policies to return the majority of privately-owned land in America to the status of allodial title, “free and clear”. In practical terms, this has many ramifications, including that of landowners being not subject to property taxes. Most (or all) zoning laws will also be overturned and replaced by nuisance laws that require the demonstration of a material and direct negative effect on someone else's property (or a reasonable certainty that such a negative effect will actually occur).
- Defense of Property: I will push policies similar to some state laws that allow property owners to shoot intruders and/or trespassers into the curtilage of a home or other private facility on sight (under the presumption that a home invader's very presence shows an ipso facto threat to life and property). No longer will innocent people need to worry about prosecution for defending their homes. The bottom line: Your home is your castle, and you have the right to keep bad guys out by force if necessary (including by deadly force).
Remember that my full platform includes many other points of importance. I am only listing those matters of most immediate concern which I promise to face head-on in the event that I am elected President (or even if I am not elected, for that matter).
Since the election is tight and I am unlikely to win enough votes to make the news, I have a request for my supporters: If you do write in my name on the ballot, e-mail me at {my_first_and_last_initials}@oligarch.com and let me know!
Vote for Jonathan Quince for a strong, free, and just America. [Update 2004-11-02: And read up on some more of my campaign promises before you go to the polls!]