| At the outset I shall clarify this citizenry terminology- 'canadian'- I am, since 25 May -N-25:(de ideos) an Iist; since 29 June -N-30:(de levos) an Aynist; since 21 March-N-31:(de-claros) a Roarke derivative; since 21 April-N-31:(de jure) a non-canadian; since 25 May -N-50:(de eurekos) Aynventor I say this because at my trial I was declared in contravention of the criteria of a 'Canadian' and so was held for the time of my sentence away from those in acceptance of such. It's all official and bureaucratically recorded in Canadian law courts(a Howard Roarke trial but in derivative reality) After warrant expiry I have,by choice, kept this non-citizen status neither contributing to nor taking from the state: In the spirit of true romantic realization I have aquired the status of "John Galt the explorer" as expressed by that tramp in the diner consolling Dagny:.. "Who?" she asked without interest. "An explorer,"said the tramp. "The greatest explorer that ever lived. The man who found the fountain of youth." "Give me another cup. Black," said the old bum, pushing his cup across the counter. "John Galt spent years looking for it. he crossed oceans, and he crossed deserts, and he went down into forgotten mines, miles under the earth. But he found it on the top of a mountain. It broke every bone in his body. it tore the skin off his hands, it made him lose his home, his name, his love. But he climbed it. He found the fountain of youth, which he wanted to bring down to men. Only he never came back." "Why didn't he?, asked Dagny. "Because it couldn't be brought down." The part in red italics applies to me as of now- to be fair I have to "make that clear" at the outset. As far as that part about 'the fountain of youth'- come and "see for yourself" -N-51i |