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From Acknowledge the Confusion Master. 1990 Deaf Records.

"Like erasing pencil from paper and rewriting in pen, our forced unwanted
conditioning must be replaced by our true thoughts to develop a personal will
and thus gaining true mental freedom. Until recently hardcore and punk were at
the forefront of this vital progression, but like most truths, when it becomes
organised by "sussed" people it becomes something quite different - usually
serving the needs of those who pervert it. True mental freedom - like religion
- in reality has to be approached from the most personal level. What people
say and do is quite irrelevant and at most a tool or aid you may or may not
use. The calculated mind rape that we have all been subjected to is on a scale
and depth that is near impossible to comprehend, but not impossible if you truly
seek total mental freedom and the potentials it offers. So to rid ourselves of
the immense problem of forced unwanted conditioning we need a method more
potent than the problem. There is only one method in my view which can raze
our mental state and this is insanity. Forget all preconceived opinions on
this subject - they are all lies. The steps available on this path are
infinite, from the controlled use of drugs to inward sense distortions - but
two further understandings are imperative, these being: a strong intention for
mental progression; all methods to achieve this must be carried out in
solitude. The root problem we have is forced unwanted conditioning which stems
to ignorance which bears egotism on our tree of hate. We can raze all these
mental restrictions and progress if we acknowledge the confusion master within
us all."

Shrew, 1990