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<\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\nSource: By meric on Panoramio\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Proceedings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
THE JUDGE \u2013 You stand accused this day of the severest crime of falling in \nlove. What have you to say?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
THE DEFENDANT \u2013 I never loved anyone. I am incapable of loving anyone. \nExcept\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
THE JUDGE \u2013 Yes, except?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
THE DEFENSE LAWYER \u2013 Himself. That\u2019s probably what he means. Himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
THE PROSECUTOR \u2013 Objection, your honor!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
THE JUDGE \u2013 Let the man speak. He has a mind of his own, a free will. He will \nbe punished severely in case of perjury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
THE DEFENDANT \u2013 I couldn\u2019t love anyone except the birds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
THE JUDGE \u2013 The birds? Which ones? All of them? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
THE DEFENDANT \u2013 The love birds, of course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
THE JUDGE \u2013 Ah, the love birds. Were you one of them?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
THE DEFENDANT \u2013 Yes, your Honor. At one point in time I must have been.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
THE JUDGE \u2013 Now?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
THE DEFENDANT \u2013 I love them all. The love birds remind me of the time when I \nwas one of them. Back then, love was permitted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
THE PROSECUTOR \u2013 That may have been, but our rules have changed as you well \nknow. You had ample time to change your ways and views. If you live in the past, \nthat makes you an accomplice to illegal love. Something we needn\u2019t \nencourage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
THE DEFENDANT \u2013 Without love, life is meaningless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
THE PROSECUTOR \u2013 No, but without reproduction, life is unsustainable. With \nartificial reproduction, love is no longer needed. We did away with alcohol, \ncigarettes, chocolate. Then love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
THE DEFENDANT \u2013 You honor, may I speak in defense of love?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
THE JUDGE \u2013 You may.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
THE DEFENDANT \u2013 Love is the essence of life. Without it, the skies might as \nwell fall down from the Heavens. The birds might as well drop down from the \ntrees. Winter might as well last forever, with no hope in sight, anyway. If love \ncosts me my life, I couldn\u2019t have died a happier man. Animals love their \nchildren, too. In every species, there is love and affection; only man has tried \nto wipe it out at great expense, at great pain to the people and permanent \ndamage to our society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
THE PROSECUTOR \u2013 It\u2019s all hearsay, your honor! I request his blasphemous \nstatement be stricken from the record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
THE JUDGE \u2013 I\u2019ll let it sit there for now, but that is as far as it goes. The \ndefendant is guilty as charged. Sentencing will be tomorrow afternoon. This \nCourt is adjourned! Even though love has been abandoned and outlawed as a concept, this does not \nmean that society has lost it ability to be compassionate. Quite the contrary. \nSince love and hatred are no longer permitted, any decision will have to rest \nsolely on pragmatic grounds. The society does not have to demonstrate its wrath, \nmerely to do what is considered best to uphold the rule of law and to preserve \nthe social order. The individual needn\u2019t be punished, merely prevented from \nrepeating the offense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n THE JUDGE \u2013 Having been found guilty as charged, you are to live in the \nwilderness amongst the animals whose instincts you so admire. \u201cLove\u201d \u2013 or \nwhatever it is that goes on \u2013 is not prohibited amongst animals. You shall wear \nan angle bracelet at any time. Any attempt to remove the bracelet or to return \nto society will result immediately in your capture and incarceration in an \nisolation cell for life. Is that understood?<\/p>\n\n\n\n THE DEFENDANT \u2013 Yes, your honor. I rather look forward to it, now that Man \nhas fallen to below even primitive animal levels.<\/p>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In Defense of Love The Offense The year is 2032. The authorities have finally gotten it figured out. The official doctrine now has it that love and hate are inseparable. History records have shown that an astounding 77 percent of all wars were fought over matters of the heart: Love of God, love of Fatherland, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-container-style":"default","site-container-layout":"default","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-transparent-header":"default","disable-article-header":"default","disable-site-header":"default","disable-site-footer":"default","disable-content-area-spacing":"default","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-quarterly-magazine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/novelty-fiction.com\/gazette\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/novelty-fiction.com\/gazette\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/novelty-fiction.com\/gazette\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novelty-fiction.com\/gazette\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novelty-fiction.com\/gazette\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/novelty-fiction.com\/gazette\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/novelty-fiction.com\/gazette\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novelty-fiction.com\/gazette\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novelty-fiction.com\/gazette\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe Consequences<\/h2>\n\n\n\n