Utopia........

There was a land beyond the sea, a land that existed in legend, a magical land that ancient stories referred to as Utopia. It stretched from sea to shining sea, a magnificent land of primeval forests, of mountains and meadows, of prairie and desert; of wild rivers teeming with fish, and birds, so many they blotted out the sun; there were fantastic beasts of all shapes and sizes.
The humans that lived in Utopia were few. They were hunters and gatherers, travelling with the seasons. Content in a land of plenty, they lived lightly upon the land.
And to the land of Utopia, this land of legend came a race of men; adventurers, explorers, seekers of the wild, dreamers seeking fame and fortune, and found a land that surpassed their dreams.
In this Utopia they found that which had eluded the old civilizations. In their struggle, they found unity. And in unity, they found equality. The one thing that set them apart form the rest of humanity that inhabitied all the other countries of the world, a unique and abiding belief in the unity of themselves and of their new land, their Utopia.
They lived and loved and worked and played just like people everywhere; they had prejudices and disagreements and differences of opinion and they fought and died and in general, pretty much carried on like people everywhere. Which is to say that they lied and cheated one another every chance they got. Their courts were full of dissembling lawyers and crooked judges and Justice, being blind, was often sold to the highest bidder. So, as I stated, they were pretty much just like peope today.
This Utopia existed on the concept of equality of man; that all Utopians were created equal in the eyes of the Law; no matter that actual practice often differed completely from that belief; no matter that reality seemed a total contradiction of that concept; Utopians steadfastly believed that they alone kept the torch of equality burning through the darkest night.
Over the years, the Utopians were tested many times. And true to the adage that that which does not kill, makes one stronger, the Utopians survived every test, every assault on their blessed concept of freedom and equality. Tempered by the fires of dissent, they grew stronger and more powerful until they stood like a colussus supreme.
And all the peoples of all the world envied them. And wanted to be Utopians. But even Utopia has limits and there came a day when there was simply no room at the inn. Those who had managed to become insiders fought to keep the outsiders at bay. And to keep the outsiders out of Utopia, the insiders decreed that only Utopians could be equal before the law.
And found the only thing that had been necessary to tumble the colossus was the tinest crack in the foundation.
Equality before the law means equality for all. Especially the idiot fringe. Justin Other Smith