Kent Crispin didn't have any better sense than to write:

When I said "voluntary" I meant voluntary, not some Orwellian variant of the word, OK? Not "mandatory voluntary"

I know what a "label" is. What is a "voluntary" label? A "voluntary" label is nothing more than a threat, plain and simple. It is the first volley in a coming war of censorship. The town I live in sent me a form for paying a "voluntary" fine for my dog running loose. I thought that was great. I sent them a letter telling them I would pay my "voluntary" fine when I came in for my "voluntary" execution. I'm old enough to know better, but I was still naieve enough to be surprised when a gun-toting Mountie with handcuffs and mace and two billy clubs dropped by to ask me when I was going to pay my "voluntary" dog fine. Sure enough, it turns out that if I fail to pay the "voluntary" fine, a man with a gun comes with a summons requiring me to answer to the charge in the presence of the King. {Not Elvis} I walked down to the city office with my dog, who came in and ran around sniffing the Mountie and city employees as I paid their fine for not cruelly imprisoning her. I asked how much I owed them for not beating her, too, but they just looked at me funny until I left. And this is a small country town, with "voluntary" stop signs. I think I'll get a knife or gun, climb through a bedroom window, and find someone who wants to "voluntarily" have sex with me. "Ma'am, the reason I climbed through your window in the middle of the night was to protect your children from inadvertantly walking in and viewing the obscenity that's about to take place. "As a matter of fact, I think there is pending legislation to _require_ you to have sex with me when I crawl through your bedroom window in the middle of the night. It's for your own protection, so that I don't have to bring a weapon, next time." VoluntaryMonger "I _choose_ to be an asshole."