21st Century Jus Primae Noctis
The 'law of the first night' or jus primae noctis is a supposed right medieval kings could exercise on the first night of a woman's marriage in which the king could bed the new bride before the groom. Popularized in the 1995 film Braveheart (sorry, the English version is probably subject to some copyright law), the actual historical record seems to show that this custom never really existed, similar to the entire movie itself.
No matter. The State has taken it upon itself to make 'right' what history got wrong.
I attended a beautiful wedding on Saturday and it occurred to me that the 'law of the first night' is alive an well in our pathetic, perpetually fearful society. After the wedding (and after the after-party), the couple were whisked away for an early morning flight to a tropical paradise without the opportunity to be alone for long, which is probably a common occurrence in this day and age. Arriving at the airport and checking their bags, what are the newlyweds treated to? Some pervert, knuckle-dragging loser getting their jollies seeing the naked bodies of men, women and children. Of the three participants (the bride, the groom and the goon), only the government employee is afforded the sight of the bride or groom in the buff before their partner they wed mere hours earlier.
Let that sink in for a moment.
Two people have just made the ultimate commitment to each other and are free to consummate their marriage in love, but before they can, the lowest IQ scoring government pig gets the first look.
Could the couple have beaten the state to the punch on the limo ride over? Sure. But is it not completely disgusting that one has to share their partner's body with a TSA creep on the day of their wedding!?!? Could they have opted out of the porno scanners (as is still possible, but not for long) and made the 'choice' to get a physical pat down? Sure. Then some molester gets to fondle your wife's breasts or worse yet, if you're blending families in a late life second marriage, molest your young daughter and ask her to be his sex slave. Maybe she just gets lucky and is only singled out for a photo shoot b/c an old man likes to look at 12-year old girls.
And this government 'right' does not end on the first night; they can repeatedly violate the privacy of your body by looking at the pornography over and over again, since the images are stored on the devices. Even better, your new wife's (or husband's) figure could be transmitted remotely to every alphabet soup government agency:
"The Gen 2 machine, manufactured by Brijot of Lake Mary, Fla., uses a millimeter wave radiometer and accompanying video camera to store up to 40,000 images and records. Brijot boasts that it can even be operated remotely: "The Gen 2 detection engine capability eliminates the need for constant user observation and local operation for effective monitoring. Using our APIs, instantly connect to your units from a remote location via the Brijot Client interface.""
Though the entire premise of generating porno 'for your own safety' is bogus, has any moronic 'true believer' of the necessities of these machines bothered to ask or answer the following question; if there were no explosives or weapons found, why then would the naked pictures of people be recorded and stored? Well, the $734 million the Obama administration allocated in next year's budget for porno generators has to be spent, and why not get the top of the line model? The governmentstole earned that money, so they should be free to spend it on the most efficient dignity destroyer.
And since we started with some Latin, we should continue with cui bono? If you've been conscious for the last 60 or so years, it should be no surprise that those benefiting from the illogical notion that your wife's naked body must, must, MUST be leered at by the State for her own good, is the revolving door between big government and big business, and in this case the biggest business of them all, the military-industrial complex.
The aptly named Rapis(t)can Systems has been showered with your pilfered cash to build more and more porn generators, whereas another 'defense' contractor, L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc ., is waiting for their golden shower. And wouldn't you know it, Rapis(t)can is paying former DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff to publicly promote their pedophile attracting machines. Not that it should surprise anyone with a pulse that Chertoff, with other former federal officials and intelligence agents have formed the Chertoff Group where they can whore themselves out to the highest bidder to act as consultants while failing to disclose to the public the extreme conflict of interest.
So although the state is not forcing themselves on new brides (yet), they are raping the sanctity of marriage, assaulting your privacy and stripping your dignity, all because some left over government underlings have been paid to convince Boobus Americanus to frantically bleat for their current government masters to spend more of their stolen money for yet more 'protection'. As your new wife or husband is virtually strip searched, their body recorded, e-mailed and archived, there is a supposed agent of safety looking over every inch of their body. Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
No matter. The State has taken it upon itself to make 'right' what history got wrong.
I attended a beautiful wedding on Saturday and it occurred to me that the 'law of the first night' is alive an well in our pathetic, perpetually fearful society. After the wedding (and after the after-party), the couple were whisked away for an early morning flight to a tropical paradise without the opportunity to be alone for long, which is probably a common occurrence in this day and age. Arriving at the airport and checking their bags, what are the newlyweds treated to? Some pervert, knuckle-dragging loser getting their jollies seeing the naked bodies of men, women and children. Of the three participants (the bride, the groom and the goon), only the government employee is afforded the sight of the bride or groom in the buff before their partner they wed mere hours earlier.
Let that sink in for a moment.
Two people have just made the ultimate commitment to each other and are free to consummate their marriage in love, but before they can, the lowest IQ scoring government pig gets the first look.
Could the couple have beaten the state to the punch on the limo ride over? Sure. But is it not completely disgusting that one has to share their partner's body with a TSA creep on the day of their wedding!?!? Could they have opted out of the porno scanners (as is still possible, but not for long) and made the 'choice' to get a physical pat down? Sure. Then some molester gets to fondle your wife's breasts or worse yet, if you're blending families in a late life second marriage, molest your young daughter and ask her to be his sex slave. Maybe she just gets lucky and is only singled out for a photo shoot b/c an old man likes to look at 12-year old girls.
And this government 'right' does not end on the first night; they can repeatedly violate the privacy of your body by looking at the pornography over and over again, since the images are stored on the devices. Even better, your new wife's (or husband's) figure could be transmitted remotely to every alphabet soup government agency:
"The Gen 2 machine, manufactured by Brijot of Lake Mary, Fla., uses a millimeter wave radiometer and accompanying video camera to store up to 40,000 images and records. Brijot boasts that it can even be operated remotely: "The Gen 2 detection engine capability eliminates the need for constant user observation and local operation for effective monitoring. Using our APIs, instantly connect to your units from a remote location via the Brijot Client interface.""
Though the entire premise of generating porno 'for your own safety' is bogus, has any moronic 'true believer' of the necessities of these machines bothered to ask or answer the following question; if there were no explosives or weapons found, why then would the naked pictures of people be recorded and stored? Well, the $734 million the Obama administration allocated in next year's budget for porno generators has to be spent, and why not get the top of the line model? The government
And since we started with some Latin, we should continue with cui bono? If you've been conscious for the last 60 or so years, it should be no surprise that those benefiting from the illogical notion that your wife's naked body must, must, MUST be leered at by the State for her own good, is the revolving door between big government and big business, and in this case the biggest business of them all, the military-industrial complex.
The aptly named Rapis(t)can Systems has been showered with your pilfered cash to build more and more porn generators, whereas another 'defense' contractor, L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc ., is waiting for their golden shower. And wouldn't you know it, Rapis(t)can is paying former DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff to publicly promote their pedophile attracting machines. Not that it should surprise anyone with a pulse that Chertoff, with other former federal officials and intelligence agents have formed the Chertoff Group where they can whore themselves out to the highest bidder to act as consultants while failing to disclose to the public the extreme conflict of interest.
So although the state is not forcing themselves on new brides (yet), they are raping the sanctity of marriage, assaulting your privacy and stripping your dignity, all because some left over government underlings have been paid to convince Boobus Americanus to frantically bleat for their current government masters to spend more of their stolen money for yet more 'protection'. As your new wife or husband is virtually strip searched, their body recorded, e-mailed and archived, there is a supposed agent of safety looking over every inch of their body. Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
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