The Law of Eristic Escalation
This Law (originally found in the
Honest Book of the Truth,
Gospel According to Fred, 1:6) pertains to any arbitrary or coercive
imposition of order. It is:
Imposition of Order = Escalation of Chaos
Fenderson's Amendment adds that the tighter the order in question is
maintained, the longer the consequent chaos takes to escalate, BUT the
more it does when it does! [The Thudthwacker Addendum to
Fenderson's Amendment goes on to prove that the presence of a nonlinear term
which crops up in Fenderson's calculations serves to cause the escalation of
chaos to be completely unpredictable in terms of the original imposition of
order -- Ed.]
Armed with the Law of Eristic Escalation and Fenderson's Amendment [And
Thudthwacker's Addendum -- Ed.] any imbecile -- not just a sociologist --
can understand politics.
So I will translate them into the lingua franca of the Western world: An
imposition of order creates a chaos deficit, which compounds until it is paid
off (by enduring all the outstanding chaos).
Of course, Eris thinks all chaos is outstanding. But we mortals find too much
of a good thing a little overwhelming. Thus we cringe when we encounter an
anerism -- a pronouncement, that is, which is innocent of the Law of
Eristic Escalation.
If you hear that outlawing prostitution will eradicate rape, you are listening
to an anerism -- a manifestation of the Aneristic Delusion. (If you read
The Sacred Chao
-- instead of skipping over it in the recommended way -- you will
comprehend the anamysticmetaphysics of aneristics.)
An anerism nearly always enters the world through the mouth of a politician --
but it can come by way of any authority figure such as a minister or a teacher
or a parent or a boss or Ronald McDonald.