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FREELOVER
News Views
(Top Posts - Philosophy
(FREELOVER) - 030701)
...
regarding some of the recent happenings on our
planet ...
The
pentagon has announced a new weapon which
inflicts pain instead of potential death/disabling injury.
There is risk of death if the weapon is used with that
intent, or eye damage, if the weapon is aimed at the
eyes. 'Tis good, the lack of death and reduction in
risk of crippling injury. 'Tis bad, the pain.
A
better way?
Disable
temporarily without pain or threat of death.
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The
Taleban stated their devotion to Islam was
causal in deciding to destroy statues of Buddha
which had survived for well over 1,000 years.
A
better way?
Recognition
that an idea, a thought, a single deed
of kindness, a concept of freedom of religion and
freedom to live free of religion, those are far more
pro-human and productive than is maintaining a
cadre of religious police (who attack humans as
well as statues) to maintain an Islamic theocracy,
which reminds most of the modern world of what
it must have been like in days gone by when reli-
gions ruled the western world and disbelief, or
holding a belief in the 'wrong' religion, was punish-
able by torture or death.
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Another
school shooting and another revelation of
the inadequacy of the American system to deal with
or prevent it. Discussions of efforts to reduce bully-
ing have been in the news recently.
A
better way?
Development
of weapons which disable but don't kill,
which defend but don't permanently disable and which
don't inflict pain as a substitute for death. In the mean-
while, use secured gun locks which require fingerprint
matching/secured code prior to use. Have teaching/prac-
tice of pro-humanism in schools, not as an empty and
pointless exercise, but as an integral part of school
curriculum and tying into a pro-humanism aspect of
society which is currently lacking.
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Regarding
that part of society which is currently
lacking pro-humanism, a recent article:
http://www.cnn.com/2001/CAREER/trends/03/06/mistrust/index.html
Excerpt:
"We
are a society that recycles paper, plastic, metal,
and now we recycle people."
Those
are biting, bitter words from a battle-scarred
veteran of the tech world -- and the attitude is hardly
an aberration.
"Loyalty
stopped," says another, "when companies
ceased thinking about their employees welfare and
shifted their awareness to the bottom line."
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A
better way?
A
brotherhood and sisterhood of humankind,
all humans for all humans, knowing in our hearts
and minds that the system we are currently living
in is not the best system that there can ever be, is
not a system whereby promotion of human welfare
is rewarded over promotion of human greed, and
that there is a way that we can learn from the failures
of the past and create a newer, freer, more pro-
human world *IF* and only if, we're willing to take
that first step away from the way things are and the
way things were, towards a better tomorrow for
all of humankind.
Deciding
to take that step, to make that commitment,
to believe that humankind can and must do a better
job of taking care of one another in this, our one and
only *sure* shot at it, that's a bold belief, a brave
behavior, a brighter by-and-by that awaits us *IF*
we have the courage to become all that we can be,
on this earth, in this life, at this time.
With
peace, liberty, freedom, hope, and love for all,
I remain ...
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