The fisherman, then, who chooses his pursuit out of love and aligns his actions with his deepest affections, is making a stand for Being against Non-Being, asserting the possibility of a life lived in accordance with an inner truth, a life that partakes of that Parmenidean oneness rather than being endlessly fragmented by external demands and hateful necessities, a quiet affirmation of the pro-nomian principle that life should be ordered towards enduring values, not just economic expediency, and a nod to the Christian understanding that our true vocation is found in aligning our will with God's, not in slavery to Mammon. This choice, to engage in what one loves, is thus a profound act of ontological affirmation in a world largely mired in the shadows of what is not.

We're raiding mackinac island of its fudge. We're poor, we're armed, we like fudge.