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Could it be "Statan"?!
Ernest Hancock Website: www.ernesthancock.com Date: 01-04-2013 Subject: Just For Fun! A
few weeks ago I was told about how a prosecutor was trying to challenge the
character of a witness testifying here in Arizona by pulling out a Facebook quote of
the witness. The goal was to
demonstrate her anti-government tendencies by reading a sentence where she
referenced the evils of “Statan”. She was confused at the time and could only speculate
that it was a typo (instead of a Freudian slip of the finger). Only later after
telling the story to others did she realize the humor of it all. Well,
the prosecutor was left flat and didn’t get the response that he was hoping for
and would lose the case against my friend. But I was floored by the obvious use
of the word as a meme and quickly positioned myself in front of my monitor to
see just how much this word had been used to reference the shared traits of the
State and Satan. In
the Bible, Satan is described as being ‘the model of perfection, full of wisdom
and perfect in beauty’. But then these traits lead to pride, arrogance and the
idea that he should rule by whatever means available. Sounds like the path
taken by every government I’m aware of. The word “Statan” must
have seemed like a neon flashing light to a prosecutor and I’ll bet that he was
very excited about bringing to the judge’s attention the use of such an evil
word in reference to The State… aka ‘Statan’.
My only shock was that it hasn’t been used more often. Just a fun aside I
thought that I would share :) |