"Not to go on all-Fours; that is the Law. Are we not Men?"

[norml]

"Say the words," said the Ape Man, repeating, and the figures in the doorway echoed this, with a threat in the tone of their voices. I realized that I had to repeat this idiotic formula, And then began the insanest ceremony. The voice in the dark began intoning a mad litany, line by line, and I and the rest to repeat it. As they did so, they swayed from side to side, and beat their hands upon their knees, and I followed their example. I could have imagined I was already dead and in another world. That dark hut, these grotesque dim figures, just flecked here and there by a glimmer of light, and all of them swaying in unison and chanting:

"Not to go on all-Fours; that is the Law. Are we not Men?

"Not to suck up Drink; that is the Law. Are we not Men?

"Not to eat Flesh or Fish; that is the Law. Are we not Men?

"Not to claw the Bark of Trees; that is the Law. Are we not Men?

"Not to chase other Men; that is the Law. Are we not Men?"


—H. G. Wells, The Island of Doctor Moreau (Chapter 12, "The Sayers of the Law"), 1896. New York: Bantam Books, 1994, pp. 64-65.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. We are Devo.

[mike_c]

2. beat me to it....

[norml]

3. Children of Belial

According to the Edgar Cayce readings, these mutants were
the result not only of genetic tampering but also the union
of animals (Homo Sapiens?) with the "THINGS". The most
renowned psychic reader of the century left us the following
record on the Atlantean era: "There was not a labouring for
the sustenance of life (as in the present), but rather
individuals who were children of the Law of One--- and some
who were the children of Belial (in the early experience)---
were served by automatons, or THINGS, that were retained by
individuals or groups to do the labors of a household, or to
cultivate the fields or the like, or to perform the
activities of artisans." Interpreting his father's readings
on Atlantis, Edgar Evans Cayce says the term "THINGS" refers
to "the life form creations of the spiritual beings believe, the Nephilim] who had projected themselves into
materiality....the earth was proceeding along anevolutionary
pattern...which was interrupted by the projection into
materiality of these thought forms. It sounds as if they,
in many cases, mixed with animals, the results being
sometimes quite bizarre." Based on his Cayce research, Brad
Steiger in his book ATLANTIS RISING concludes that some of
these creatures carried "physical deformities, such as
feathered appendages, webbed feet, and other animal-like
features". As an extra, insidious feature of Atlantean
culture, the sons of Belial soon discovere cybernetic
control of the human brain. They cracked the DNA code,
enabling them to shape heredity. Such control resting in
unethical hands could only result in the creation of more
"THINGS". Well, it was precisely this violation of the RNA
and DNA chains that interfered with and severly curtailed
Man's relationship to god. "How could this be?" you say.
You see,through the control of the brain waves and the
neurological system with its delicate balance in the
interchange of the life-force from Spiritual Man through the
chakras to the organs and cells of genetic man, the sons of
Belial, to use the Cayce term, altered humanity's genetic
capacity for psychic (soul or 'solar') awareness.

snip http://www.skepticfiles.org/silly/fallen.htm

[ET Awful]

4. No Spill Blood.

Animals came from miles around
Tired of walking so close to the ground
They needed a change, that's what they said
Life is better walking on two legs
But they were in for a big surprise
'Cause they didn't know the law!

(What is the law)
No spill blood
What is the law
(No spill blood)

(Who makes the rules)
Someone else
Who makes the rules
(Someone else)

The rules are written in the stone
Break the rules and you get no bones
All you get is ridicule, laughter
And a trip to the house of pain!

(Who makes the rules)
Someone else
Who makes the rules
(Someone else)


(What is the law)
No spill blood
What is the law
(No spill blood)

We walk on two legs not on four
To walk on four legs breaks the law
What happens when we break the law?
What happens when the rules aren't fair?
We all know here we go from there
To the house of pain!
To the house of pain!

(What is the law)
What is the law

(Who makes the rules)
Who makes the rules

We walk on two legs not on four
To the house of pain
To the house of pain
To the house of pain
To the house of pain
To the house of pain
(No spill blood)

- Oingo Boingo

(edited to fix title and add entire lyrics)