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The Retreat Certificate

(First written in London on 31may97. Now updated on 2june97.)

"Retreat" will have a standard document, called a Retreat Certificate (RC), with two sections. The first section A will have standard copy, dated to give the date of issue of the copy plus the date of the original issue. The second section B, hopefully usually short, will be "Retreat"'s official response to the particular case. It will be dated and signed. It will probably begin "On the basis of the information given in writing by the father/husband, Retreat recommends (a) retreat from any further attempts by the father to access his child(ren) in any way; (b) retreat from the white economy, possibly into the black or grey economy; (c) retreat from salaried employment into the future." This may be followed by comment on the alleged facts of the case as provided to Retreat by the father. The document will specifically repudiate secrecy at any level, including that imposed by the courts.

This is a first draft of the standard section Section A.

Retreat recognises that ethical considerations have no bearing on society's treatment of children (or of fathers) which now are the chattels of their mother. Retreat recognises that considerations of justice and of the law, or of the rights of the child, or of its well-being, play no part in the deliberations and decisions of our secret family courts. Retreat recognises that the sole consideration driving our secret family courts is that of Power, linked with the maximisation of legal and court costs.

Retreat recognises that a divorcing or divorced man has no right at any time in the future to (a) access to his children, (b) access to income, (c) access to or accumulation of assets, including his home. Retreat recognises that a father/husband has no power whatsoever in today's society. It sets out to validate a man's rational response to his position. It validates his acceptance that he has no power whatsoever, and therefore no responsibility to his children or to his wife or ex-wife. He also has no responsibility for the proper functioning of the state, or for any involvement in the political process. The reaction to be validated by Retreat is similar to that of the Boston Tea Party, except that today's helot man getting the support of Retreat probably eschews violence. The other precedent is Consciencious Objection.

It is expected that judges and social workers etc. will at some point in a case receive copies of the RC document created by Retreat, which will signal that that family's case - courts, social workers, CSA etc. is now over. This is because the issues of money (there being no more money to disperse) and access to parents by children have ended by default.

It is expected that files of RC certificates will be set up for each court and for each judge. Should RCs generally contain more than cursory treatment of each case, they will prove invaluable for the process of blackballing specific judges, social workers and courts. The accumulation of more than a certain number of RC's on one functionary will lead to that functionary ceasing to practise, because in future, men will not attend their meetings or communicate with them.

It is important to register that Retreat's operational model is that there is no point in men attending or arguing their case in the family courts as today constituted, and that this situation will continue for more than twenty years. This is because judges are habituated to ignoring the law, and will continue to do so for a long time into the future.

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