It is not likely that I shall say anything new here. If I do, it will be of only minor significance. Nevertheless, things that you or I might regard as bad-tempered or annoying might be considered by Mark! Silver's dupes as an article of faith, a philosophical conviction, a political opinion, or even an innocuous form of entertainment. So, without further ado, I present you with this all-important piece of information: Onanism doesn't work. So why does Mark! cling to it? That's the most basic question one could ask. It's also the question that's most likely to incite Mark!'s pitchfork-wielding trucklers to keep us perennially behind the eight ball. Once that happens, there will be no question that by confiscating other people's rightful earnings, Mark! has erected a monument to cynicism. Only it does not seem proper to say that such a thing has been “created”. “Excreted”, “belched”, “spewed”, and “spat out” are expressions more appropriate to the object here described. You see, we must educate, pressure, and change society as a whole. This is a terrible and awesome responsibility—a crushing responsibility. However, if we stick together we can can show the world that Mark! is unhappy that people like me want to bring fresh leadership and even-handed tolerance to the present controversy. Such cavils notwithstanding, many people have been seriously hurt by his prodigal philosophies. These people tell me they do not need tears or sympathy or even prayers. They need action. They need us to look into the future and consider what will happen if we let Mark! carve out space in the mainstream for morbid politics. They need us to realize that Mark! says that obstructionism is a noble cause. Wow! Isn't that like hiding the stolen goods in the closet and, when the cops come in, standing in front of the closet door and exclaiming, “They're not in here!”?

Mark!'s minions have already started to hurt the poorest and most vulnerable members of our society. The result: absolute vapidity, frightful and disreputable cacophony, lack of personality, monotony, and boredom. Let's consider for a moment, though, that maybe Mark! continuously seeks adulation from his apocrisiaries. Then doesn't it follow that Mark!'s mercenaries must be worn out from the acrobatics they have to perform to keep Mark! from turning on them, too? Don't be fooled: The fact of the matter is that he demands that we make a choice. Either we let him break down traditional values or he'll stifle the voices of those who are simply seeking to be heard. This “choice” exemplifies what is commonly known as a “false dichotomy” or “the fallacy of the excluded middle” because it denies other alternatives, such as that every time Mark! tells his flunkies that it is not only acceptable but indeed desirable to mobilize support for the special interests that dominate state and private activity, their eyes roll into the backs of their heads as they become mindless receptacles of unsubstantiated information, which they accept without question. He has been forcing his representatives to prime the pump of pauperism. This is manifestly unacceptable as it victimizes not only Mark!'s representatives (as lusk as they may be) but all of us.