A Code

Believe this.

Believe that every second spent following this code is a second not spent leading your own life.

Believe that every second spent contemplating this code is a minute not spent acting.

Believe that you cannot dismiss every conceivable situation with a convenient quotation from this code.

Believe that every situation deserves individual calculation and contemplation, and

Believe that this code cannot help you.

Believe that that this code is indecipherable.

Believe that living by this code is conforming with this code.

Believe that every dogmatic word of this code is a chain around your neck.

Believe that this code says you should do what I think is right, not what you think is right.

Believe that to challenge this code will mark you out as a dissident and your prospects for advancement will be automatically reassessed.

Believe that once you accept this code, you will be just like all the other people who accept this code.

Believe that learning this by heart means that you can recite it without thinking of its damaging implications.

Believe that there is nothing to believe here.

Believe that there is nothing to see here.

Move along.

Richard Francis Irvine