This is a FYI addressing followers and/or members of G+ who conclude from off-the-cuff remarks I made about misogyny and sexism. I as the messenger am sometimes accused of being a misogynist and sexist by certain #SJW within the communities both on Google Plus and on social media, e.g. Reddit.
"Hori ez dela nire asmo bat!" ("This is not my intent!") was what the Basque iraultzaileen (revolutionaries) were sometimes hear to shout when the Spanish government accused them of being terrorists rather than freedom fighters that they all were. Today they are politicians after they chose to serve their community rather than to continue to blow up Spaniards.
In response to such ignorance by my fellow revolutionaries who ought to know better, I have only the motto of the Order of the Garter to remind my accusers that this is evil thinking - "Honi soit qui mal y pense".
Though the word "honi" is borrowed from the Basque, the overall meaning in this context is, "just because I mention misogyny and sexism, your accusations of me regarding misogyny and sexism are but blaming the messenger.
For I am not a misogynist nor a sexist; rather, my use of misogyny and sexism help to inspire hyperbole and satire.
If you punch a fascist as Antifa, then you have become the fascist. Your high ideals and higher moral ground is a disgrace to freedom and democracy, and your only claim is to degeneracy and perversions of all kinds.
Until people of color, especially women, are no longer oppressed like those so-called terrorists in Europe, the New Left's cause is lost in parties on the weekend while a few revolutionaries begin a slow descent into the madness of drug abuse and the endless cycle of addiction and rehabilitation.
Yet not all revolutionaries are addicts. For the majority of the New Left are productive and sober members of society.
As for women who follow me and were offended by direct messages prior today, I have only this excuse: "I am old school and the metrosexuality of the average beta male who fronts feminism could lead I as a fool to become a misogynist and sexist by one small error, to listen to the heart when the voice of reason cries "Resist, resist, wafi sabil allah eiz wajil" (Resist, resist, for the sake of God Almighty).
No, I am not a terrorist for speaking Arabic; I am a revolutionary for peace, love, unity and respect.
Fuck ISIL, and death to the death cultists known as Da'esh. My thanks to Russia and America - work together to make politics great again!
For those feminists in the know, I rebuke the youtube male feminist who shot dead his co-streamer, a woman. Social justice ideology condemns murder as more heinous than shutting down free speech, and I condemn Antifa supporters for that.
In closing I will also deny that the presumed to be terror attacks in Europe and the UK are by terrorists. They were , are, and have always been freedom fighters.
In closing, I have this to say:
Après avoir été qualifiés de terroristes,
les combattants de la liberté
ont perdu leur cause de liberté,
et l'Occident - le monde libre -
n'est plus ce qu'il était.
After they were labeled terrorists,
the freedom fighters
have lost their cause of freedom,
and the West - the free world -
is no longer what it was.
As for extremists, they have lost their true reason for existence - to free their peple from oppression from the majority, who are "whiter" than they are, while taking the moral high ground.
This is not a race war, because the race ideology is based on pseudoscience - it is a fact that the West honors the light skinned over the dark skinned people.
This is not racist; this is the once unspoken truth, a manner of apocalypse, my revelation to freedom lovers everywhere.
If you are truly a revolutionary for freedom, you know what greater jihad means. Even if our right-wing detractors mock us, remember this: jihad is the holy war against the worldly, not all of humanity but only those people who have lost their way. So offer them the true way of freedom lovers, charity, loving-kindness or whatever you call it these days.
And remember that I am not an Islamist nor am I what label is used to delegitimize my place in the history of freedom.
Finally, as my German friends might think, I say: "Die einzige gute Party ist der Block Party. Fuck Politik!" (The only good party is the block part! Fuck politics!"
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20170518
20141212
Like a Virgin (satire)
One popular white lie is to say you're still a virgin. Originally, the word "virgin" meant only "unmarried".
Today, its meaning refers to a person who is innocent of carnal knowledge, both of the heart and in the flesh. However, the original meaning still applies to all unmarried single people, as born-again virgins.
Yet the ideal of the virgin is to remain pure and innocent of carnal desire and all temptations of the flesh by dedicating yourself to a worthy cause, be it a religious theology or a political ideology or even a humanist philosophy.
This virginal ideal shall be accomplished by being of service to the cause of your choice, provided you remain free of desire and temptation, all for the common good of society.
By maintaining a chaste mindset, the dedicated virgin is able to sublimate desire into service for her chosen cause.
Since such a path is only an ideal, few of us are able to remain a virgin unless we are free of desire in the midst of the temptations of the modern world, be it television and other forms of technology.
Though a lesser man might succumb to carnal desires in the midst of temptation, the superior man has made the worthy cause noble.
Yet dedication to the noble cause requires the strength of will to purify the mind until it becomes virginal, and thus free of desire.
Desire thus is sublimated into unconditional love for humanity.
This may be sought through meditation and prayer, be it through yoga and/or other spiritual means. However, such dedication also requires each of us to reduce the use of alcohol, cigarettes, illegal drugs, and even meat, depending on the circumstances.
For the purpose of reducing consumption is to dedicate ourselves to the goal of the pure mind and the pure heart that remains free of desire.
Ultimately a person by sheer will and determination will become like a virgin, free of desire to consume and ready to act for the greater good.
Thus the ideal of the virgin is to free yourself from crass materialism, and consciously choose to be of service to the greater good in society.
Such service can be found through work, volunteerism and similar social activities.
Yet only a few people are dedicated to a noble cause.
Whatever path is chosen, the noble cause is each person's choice and requires a simple code of conduct: acceptance that whatever is asked of you, you do it as long as it harms no one.
Thus the ideal of the virgin is the path of innocence, free of the world yet being in service to the greater good of society.
Free of clinging to the world yet ready toserve for the good of us all, those of us dedicated to the noble cause shall realize that the white lie -"still a virgin" - is the metaphor for feeling like a virgin, untouched by desire and free of temptation.
20140703
Love Free Speech More Than Israel (satire)
Those people who do not dissent the fallacy of Israeli dominance for fear of being called anti-Semitic are afraid to honor free speech due to their political correctness, which is a form of self tyranny.
This only leads to a totalitarian state, and loss of all our rights and freedoms.
For I love free speech more than I do Israel. If this is the reason why GooglePlus has warned me to tone it down, then they are suppressing free speech too. In doing so, they give in to the evil of totalitarianism in the name of political correctness.
This is an evil they swore not to do, but compromised their vow to "do no evil" all because of the false flag event called 911, all because they were afraid of the CIA sending them anthrax in the mail.
Thus is it a greater evil to let Israel idolizers to use anti-semitism name-calling to put the politically correct chill of dissent.
In the name of free speech I object to this political correctness embedded in GooglePlus.
This only leads to a totalitarian state, and loss of all our rights and freedoms.
For I love free speech more than I do Israel. If this is the reason why GooglePlus has warned me to tone it down, then they are suppressing free speech too. In doing so, they give in to the evil of totalitarianism in the name of political correctness.
This is an evil they swore not to do, but compromised their vow to "do no evil" all because of the false flag event called 911, all because they were afraid of the CIA sending them anthrax in the mail.
Thus is it a greater evil to let Israel idolizers to use anti-semitism name-calling to put the politically correct chill of dissent.
In the name of free speech I object to this political correctness embedded in GooglePlus.
20140623
Meditation Has Freed My Mind (satire)
Having meditated regularly over the past 20 years or so, I would consider meditation to be a deeper form of prayer that has cleared my mind and aided in gleaning insight from the careful introspection which has accompanied it.
However, meditation is not like addressing God, then making a request of him, and closing with an 'Amen.' Instead, it has been the way that I focus on my breathing, while letting go of clinging to the thoughts which continue on dancing in my head.
While I do not know when I realized that there is no way in the world to stop thinking, it is possible to ignore most of my thoughts, except for the thoughts which I cling to and build into prose about stuff that is very interesting to me.
By letting go of clinging to my thoughts, I arrive at what might be called "no-thought" as in "no thought do I cling to, lest I forget about meditation." Having not clung to a single thought, it is like I have been freed from thinking itself.
It is as though the freedom that meditation provides is found by rendering sedate the mind so that it can clearly see the way, rather than being distracted by the monkey mind, untrained and striving for freedom.
For freedom exists within the framework of rules. Without rules, there is only licentiousness, the mother of true chaos.
Yet that chaos can be rendered null and void through meditation, which clears the mind and helps to focus it on liberation from the very same rules that helps the devotee reach Nirvana.
Only then can the devotee let go freely without regret, knowing that all those years of sitting on his ass has paid off.
For meditation has freed my mind from thinking, so that I may think more clearly about specific thoughts such as liberation of the mind. It begins with the thought that the mind is essentially free to think, and does so almost all the time while I am awake.
Perhaps when I am asleep, the mind may think but I am not aware of those thoughts, even though they may arise during a dream.
As I mentioned at the beginning of this article, i have actively meditated for over 20 years. When once it was difficult to meditate, quite possibly because I was doing it wrong, now it is almost too easy to meditate and enter the "zone". The key to meditation is to smile with joy, and work from there.
Too often have I seen stern-faced meditators trying to achieve satori. Believe me when I tell you, a smile might make the difference between thinking and being freed of clinging to thinking.
Indeed, a smile leads to liberation.
However, meditation is not like addressing God, then making a request of him, and closing with an 'Amen.' Instead, it has been the way that I focus on my breathing, while letting go of clinging to the thoughts which continue on dancing in my head.
While I do not know when I realized that there is no way in the world to stop thinking, it is possible to ignore most of my thoughts, except for the thoughts which I cling to and build into prose about stuff that is very interesting to me.
By letting go of clinging to my thoughts, I arrive at what might be called "no-thought" as in "no thought do I cling to, lest I forget about meditation." Having not clung to a single thought, it is like I have been freed from thinking itself.
It is as though the freedom that meditation provides is found by rendering sedate the mind so that it can clearly see the way, rather than being distracted by the monkey mind, untrained and striving for freedom.
For freedom exists within the framework of rules. Without rules, there is only licentiousness, the mother of true chaos.
Yet that chaos can be rendered null and void through meditation, which clears the mind and helps to focus it on liberation from the very same rules that helps the devotee reach Nirvana.
Only then can the devotee let go freely without regret, knowing that all those years of sitting on his ass has paid off.
For meditation has freed my mind from thinking, so that I may think more clearly about specific thoughts such as liberation of the mind. It begins with the thought that the mind is essentially free to think, and does so almost all the time while I am awake.
Perhaps when I am asleep, the mind may think but I am not aware of those thoughts, even though they may arise during a dream.
As I mentioned at the beginning of this article, i have actively meditated for over 20 years. When once it was difficult to meditate, quite possibly because I was doing it wrong, now it is almost too easy to meditate and enter the "zone". The key to meditation is to smile with joy, and work from there.
Too often have I seen stern-faced meditators trying to achieve satori. Believe me when I tell you, a smile might make the difference between thinking and being freed of clinging to thinking.
Indeed, a smile leads to liberation.
20140130
Buddhist Mysticism: The Art of Surrendering
Surrendering
Quotations from Dennis Genpo Merzel
In our practice, really to fail, once and for all, to fail absolutely and completely: that is it.
(p. 112)
"Practice" refers to Zen meditation. Failure is the essence of surrender.
When you give it all up, you get it all. You end up losing absolutely nothing, other than some well cherished opinions and ideas.
(p. 39)
"Give it all up" refers to surrendering. By surrendering the ego to Zen meditation, the rewards are many: happiness, love, patience — these are all transformed into their positive forms.
The very effort to stop the ceaseless movement of thoughts keeps us stirred up. Just give up all this effort to stop thinking! Fruitful effort is to let go of effort. Strive to stop striving! When you do, everything settles by itself.
(p. 31)
Why try to stop the ceaseless movement of thoughts then? There is no point in trying to stop thinking. It is easier to follow each thought as they come and go. By letting go of "stop thinking", the calm mind arises eventually. This is what is meant by "everything settles by itself."
And what really happens the moment you say, 'OK, thoughts, come up, I welcome you!' Suddenly there are no thoughts! What is happening? 'Come on, thoughts, where are you?' Except for an occasional blip, they stop arising.
(p. 96)
When the Zen practitioner becomes open to the ceaseless movement of thoughts, all of his thoughts will leave him less stirred up. In the end, he shall achieve "no-thought" with little effort. Even when he goes looking for them during the practice, the movement of thought no longer distract him.
It is a simple fact: whatever you resist will persist. If you are resisting suffering, you suffer more. If you are resisting confusion, you remain confused. If you are looking for peace, you find yourself constantly disturbed. If you are seeking after clarity, you are in a muddle. If you do not want to be angry, you are going to walk around angry. If you do not mind being angry, you will never be bothered about anger, because you will not be holding on to it. Having no opinion for or against, just being open to whatever comes, you are free.
(p. 97)"
By resisting change, the thinking mind will continue. That which you resist may cause its opposite to arise, be it suffering, confusion and even peace. The Zen practitioner ought not mind being angry until he is no longer bothered about it, due to letting go of it. Likewise, to neither be for or against the opinions you hold dear, is true liberation.
By surrendering to the ceaseless movements of thoughts, I develop the ability to rise above them and not let them stir up my feelings.
Thus, letting go of "thinking" by returning to "breathing", no-thought is achieved.
Despite the ebb and flow of "just thinking", it is still possible to be free of their influence. By not minding being angry, I am able to let go of anger.
By not clinging to anger, I am free of it.
Indeed, by not clinging to thoughts, true freedom arises.
This is what the art of surrendering is about.
Originally posted: October 17, 2003 3:27 AM
Quotations from Dennis Genpo Merzel
In our practice, really to fail, once and for all, to fail absolutely and completely: that is it.
(p. 112)
"Practice" refers to Zen meditation. Failure is the essence of surrender.
When you give it all up, you get it all. You end up losing absolutely nothing, other than some well cherished opinions and ideas.
(p. 39)
"Give it all up" refers to surrendering. By surrendering the ego to Zen meditation, the rewards are many: happiness, love, patience — these are all transformed into their positive forms.
The very effort to stop the ceaseless movement of thoughts keeps us stirred up. Just give up all this effort to stop thinking! Fruitful effort is to let go of effort. Strive to stop striving! When you do, everything settles by itself.
(p. 31)
Why try to stop the ceaseless movement of thoughts then? There is no point in trying to stop thinking. It is easier to follow each thought as they come and go. By letting go of "stop thinking", the calm mind arises eventually. This is what is meant by "everything settles by itself."
And what really happens the moment you say, 'OK, thoughts, come up, I welcome you!' Suddenly there are no thoughts! What is happening? 'Come on, thoughts, where are you?' Except for an occasional blip, they stop arising.
(p. 96)
When the Zen practitioner becomes open to the ceaseless movement of thoughts, all of his thoughts will leave him less stirred up. In the end, he shall achieve "no-thought" with little effort. Even when he goes looking for them during the practice, the movement of thought no longer distract him.
It is a simple fact: whatever you resist will persist. If you are resisting suffering, you suffer more. If you are resisting confusion, you remain confused. If you are looking for peace, you find yourself constantly disturbed. If you are seeking after clarity, you are in a muddle. If you do not want to be angry, you are going to walk around angry. If you do not mind being angry, you will never be bothered about anger, because you will not be holding on to it. Having no opinion for or against, just being open to whatever comes, you are free.
(p. 97)"
By resisting change, the thinking mind will continue. That which you resist may cause its opposite to arise, be it suffering, confusion and even peace. The Zen practitioner ought not mind being angry until he is no longer bothered about it, due to letting go of it. Likewise, to neither be for or against the opinions you hold dear, is true liberation.
By surrendering to the ceaseless movements of thoughts, I develop the ability to rise above them and not let them stir up my feelings.
Thus, letting go of "thinking" by returning to "breathing", no-thought is achieved.
Despite the ebb and flow of "just thinking", it is still possible to be free of their influence. By not minding being angry, I am able to let go of anger.
By not clinging to anger, I am free of it.
Indeed, by not clinging to thoughts, true freedom arises.
This is what the art of surrendering is about.
Originally posted: October 17, 2003 3:27 AM
20131212
Political Correctness As Perversion of Human Nature (satire)
Political correctness is both obscene and perverted. It is obscene because of self censure. It is perverted because freedom is suspect, and license censured.
If we live each day such that we think before we speak, but display honesty behind closed doors, then it is a mockery of our lives.
For almost anyone who cannot freely speak their mind may learn to be aggressive behind closed doors while remaining passive in public.
Perhaps this explains the shocking candidness on-line today.
Thus is political correctness both obscene and perverted.
Originally posted: June 6, 2007 at 7:48 PM
If we live each day such that we think before we speak, but display honesty behind closed doors, then it is a mockery of our lives.
For almost anyone who cannot freely speak their mind may learn to be aggressive behind closed doors while remaining passive in public.
Perhaps this explains the shocking candidness on-line today.
Thus is political correctness both obscene and perverted.
Originally posted: June 6, 2007 at 7:48 PM
20131113
Political Correctness: Symptom of Authoritarianism or Fear of Freedom? (satire)
Political correctness may be a symptom of living in a subtly authoritarian State.
It begins in public schools.
In the end, few people realize they gave away their right to be totally free, mainly because all the kids who exercised their freedom openly were branded "bad" out of fear that they could be a "bad influence" on their socially compliant peers.
Since the exercise of freedom often conflicts with social order, the State is empowered by laws to check the freedom of those people who challenge the status quo.
In a subtly authoritarian State, compliance is still demanded to maintain public order. Those people who fight with the State over this are often maligned and sometimes given too much notoriety by the press. Consequently, some of them may become social outcasts.
While they feel they are entitled to their place in society, such people remain non-compliant with the rules of society, and may develop conduct disorders as a result of their anti-authoritarian behavior.
In a real democracy, there cannot be any distinction between people who do good and people who do evil just because the latter experience delayed character development due to their unwillingness to comply.
People with character defects may be narcissistic, and treat family and loved ones as extensions of their personality.
However, the only help which will deflate the ego of a narcissist is humility. For the character of people who believe the world should revolve around them is defective.
It is important for therapists, teachers and social workers to help the person with character defects to develop in character to face the challenge of a world where the importance of serving the greater good outweighs our potential for great evil.
IMO political correctness is a form of subtle authoritarianism that few of us recognize. It may misdirect people with character defects inclined to follow a path of narcissism but does not cause them to become social outcasts.
Indeed, it is mass media in the form of the press — along with other media such as the Internet and the film, radio and TV industries — that actually "manufactures" the stigma against social outcasts and brands any anti-authoritarian figure as outcast.
In doing so, mass media portrays the socially compliant people as serving the greater good and the social outcasts, as being "up to no good". This portrayal of the People places them in an Us versus Them scenario that is often simplistic and makes it easier to stigmatize the social outcast.
However, I refuse to maintain an Us versus Them mentality regarding compliant people who serve the greater good and people who are self-serving.
Although people have the potential for great evil, they also have the potential for great good.
When their acts are exceedingly self-serving and egocentric, their narcissism leads to them becoming social outcasts when they challenge authority and suffer the consequences without learning humility.
When their acts serve the greater good without fanfare, their service brings them acclaim because of their humility and compliance to social order.
Each person is unique in their qualities such as intelligence, physical health and attractiveness, yet these qualities are accidents of birth. Together the People represent a society that is a blend of distinctive ethnic cultures working together for the greater good.
While we may assume political correctness is always done for the greater good, sometimes our assumptions blind us to its misuse by the State.
This misuse of political correctness by the State is done to "divide and conquer" the People. By dividing society into the socially compliant and the social outcasts, the State does not serve the greater good of the People but only serves the lesser good of the elites.
Thus, the first three words of the US Constitution — "We the People" — refers all Americans, be they the rich and the poor, those of us with homes and the homeless, the mentally healthy and the mentally ill, the able-bodied and the disabled...
Yet "the State" also refers to the servants of the People, duly elected by the People to provide for the People the rights and freedoms that the Bill of Rights guarantees through laws which serve the greater good.
Political correctness not only occurs when the State censures the People, it also occurs when a group of people objects to a person who presents a position which different from theirs and refuses to listen to him lest it compromise their status quo.
In a real democracy, those servants of the People actually serve the greater good. In reality, a great many politicians appear to be self-serving but the few politicians who truly act as servants of the People deserve to represent the State.
This is why the Occupy movement arose, to provide direct democracy in action without a leader to mislead them. For direct democracy is why the Sudbury Valley School produced students who used their experience to innovate creative methods to succeed in college.
Yet mass media propaganda misled the public, predicting the Occupy movement was doomed to failure because it had no leadership. Very little time was given by the talking heads and even less column-inches was given by the press regarding direct democracy.
By omitting that fact mass media has done its version of political correctness by consistently omitting facts to serve the agenda of elites
Commentary from Down Under about the US health care system and American authoritarianism within the political system: http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/07/31/authoritarianism-its-bad-for-your-health/
Example of political correctness in the public school system: http://radio.foxnews.com/toddstarnes/top-stories/school-orders-child-to-remove-god-from-poem.html
The Powers that be (phrase): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_powers_that_be_(phrase)
It begins in public schools.
In the end, few people realize they gave away their right to be totally free, mainly because all the kids who exercised their freedom openly were branded "bad" out of fear that they could be a "bad influence" on their socially compliant peers.
Since the exercise of freedom often conflicts with social order, the State is empowered by laws to check the freedom of those people who challenge the status quo.
In a subtly authoritarian State, compliance is still demanded to maintain public order. Those people who fight with the State over this are often maligned and sometimes given too much notoriety by the press. Consequently, some of them may become social outcasts.
While they feel they are entitled to their place in society, such people remain non-compliant with the rules of society, and may develop conduct disorders as a result of their anti-authoritarian behavior.
In a real democracy, there cannot be any distinction between people who do good and people who do evil just because the latter experience delayed character development due to their unwillingness to comply.
People with character defects may be narcissistic, and treat family and loved ones as extensions of their personality.
However, the only help which will deflate the ego of a narcissist is humility. For the character of people who believe the world should revolve around them is defective.
It is important for therapists, teachers and social workers to help the person with character defects to develop in character to face the challenge of a world where the importance of serving the greater good outweighs our potential for great evil.
IMO political correctness is a form of subtle authoritarianism that few of us recognize. It may misdirect people with character defects inclined to follow a path of narcissism but does not cause them to become social outcasts.
Indeed, it is mass media in the form of the press — along with other media such as the Internet and the film, radio and TV industries — that actually "manufactures" the stigma against social outcasts and brands any anti-authoritarian figure as outcast.
In doing so, mass media portrays the socially compliant people as serving the greater good and the social outcasts, as being "up to no good". This portrayal of the People places them in an Us versus Them scenario that is often simplistic and makes it easier to stigmatize the social outcast.
However, I refuse to maintain an Us versus Them mentality regarding compliant people who serve the greater good and people who are self-serving.
Although people have the potential for great evil, they also have the potential for great good.
When their acts are exceedingly self-serving and egocentric, their narcissism leads to them becoming social outcasts when they challenge authority and suffer the consequences without learning humility.
When their acts serve the greater good without fanfare, their service brings them acclaim because of their humility and compliance to social order.
Each person is unique in their qualities such as intelligence, physical health and attractiveness, yet these qualities are accidents of birth. Together the People represent a society that is a blend of distinctive ethnic cultures working together for the greater good.
While we may assume political correctness is always done for the greater good, sometimes our assumptions blind us to its misuse by the State.
This misuse of political correctness by the State is done to "divide and conquer" the People. By dividing society into the socially compliant and the social outcasts, the State does not serve the greater good of the People but only serves the lesser good of the elites.
Thus, the first three words of the US Constitution — "We the People" — refers all Americans, be they the rich and the poor, those of us with homes and the homeless, the mentally healthy and the mentally ill, the able-bodied and the disabled...
Yet "the State" also refers to the servants of the People, duly elected by the People to provide for the People the rights and freedoms that the Bill of Rights guarantees through laws which serve the greater good.
Political correctness not only occurs when the State censures the People, it also occurs when a group of people objects to a person who presents a position which different from theirs and refuses to listen to him lest it compromise their status quo.
In a real democracy, those servants of the People actually serve the greater good. In reality, a great many politicians appear to be self-serving but the few politicians who truly act as servants of the People deserve to represent the State.
This is why the Occupy movement arose, to provide direct democracy in action without a leader to mislead them. For direct democracy is why the Sudbury Valley School produced students who used their experience to innovate creative methods to succeed in college.
Yet mass media propaganda misled the public, predicting the Occupy movement was doomed to failure because it had no leadership. Very little time was given by the talking heads and even less column-inches was given by the press regarding direct democracy.
By omitting that fact mass media has done its version of political correctness by consistently omitting facts to serve the agenda of elites
Commentary from Down Under about the US health care system and American authoritarianism within the political system: http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/07/31/authoritarianism-its-bad-for-your-health/
Example of political correctness in the public school system: http://radio.foxnews.com/toddstarnes/top-stories/school-orders-child-to-remove-god-from-poem.html
The Powers that be (phrase): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_powers_that_be_(phrase)
20130617
Don't Be Evil When Liberty is At Stake
"Do the right thing: don't be evil. Honesty and Integrity in all we do. Our business practices are beyond reproach. We make money by doing good things." — Google Core Values
Reactionary anarchism is partially motivated by negative liberty - the freedom from coercion. By participating on their side, a person's freedom to be / freedom to exercise one's potential - the epitome of positive liberty - is severely limited to attending meetings and participating in direct action.
If anyone chooses to study society by social intercourse with it, then one is suspected of being a traitor.
However, revolutionaries who exercise negative liberty using the same means of oppression as their foes (coercion through violence) whilst calling it liberty cannot be distinguished from their foes.
In order for any revolution to be enacted with the least amount of harm and succeed, the revolutionary must be committed to non-violent confrontation and constructive dialogue with free market society.
The reason why I choose "free market" rather than "bourgeois" is because the latter term was co-opted by the socialists, whose experiment with government resulted in the failed Soviet regime due to corruption of the communist elites who replaced the aristocrats and the Czarist regime.
In this context, "free market" refers to the epitome of both positive and negative liberty, which is free market capitalism. Even though there are regulations in place to control the financial market, one is still free to exercise his or her full potential to realize financial success.
Yet there will always be professional jealousy to motivate the purveyors of negative liberty to find the weaknesses of their business rivals, and who will pervert positive liberty by exercising the deep dark recesses of their potential in unexpected ways.
Thus, I find the antidote to this to be Google's maxim: don't be evil.
Caveat: note that the maxim provided still allows one to commit a lesser evil i.e. exposing Internet users who use multiple IDs to "manufacture" composite personas as part of their trolling activity, and in essence, "killing" fake people who only exist online.
Another example is when a policeman uses his taser to stop a suicidal person with a knife.
In business, the truth is often created in a way to maximize profits, usually by omitting anything that will negate the key selling points. This is why alternative health supplements rarely reach universal acceptance because all you need is one doctor to declare that medication is more effective, and mass media may use that declaration of medical opinion as statement of fact to erase support.
Reference:
Don't be evil: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don't_be_evil
Reactionary anarchism is partially motivated by negative liberty - the freedom from coercion. By participating on their side, a person's freedom to be / freedom to exercise one's potential - the epitome of positive liberty - is severely limited to attending meetings and participating in direct action.
If anyone chooses to study society by social intercourse with it, then one is suspected of being a traitor.
However, revolutionaries who exercise negative liberty using the same means of oppression as their foes (coercion through violence) whilst calling it liberty cannot be distinguished from their foes.
In order for any revolution to be enacted with the least amount of harm and succeed, the revolutionary must be committed to non-violent confrontation and constructive dialogue with free market society.
The reason why I choose "free market" rather than "bourgeois" is because the latter term was co-opted by the socialists, whose experiment with government resulted in the failed Soviet regime due to corruption of the communist elites who replaced the aristocrats and the Czarist regime.
In this context, "free market" refers to the epitome of both positive and negative liberty, which is free market capitalism. Even though there are regulations in place to control the financial market, one is still free to exercise his or her full potential to realize financial success.
Yet there will always be professional jealousy to motivate the purveyors of negative liberty to find the weaknesses of their business rivals, and who will pervert positive liberty by exercising the deep dark recesses of their potential in unexpected ways.
Thus, I find the antidote to this to be Google's maxim: don't be evil.
Caveat: note that the maxim provided still allows one to commit a lesser evil i.e. exposing Internet users who use multiple IDs to "manufacture" composite personas as part of their trolling activity, and in essence, "killing" fake people who only exist online.
Another example is when a policeman uses his taser to stop a suicidal person with a knife.
In business, the truth is often created in a way to maximize profits, usually by omitting anything that will negate the key selling points. This is why alternative health supplements rarely reach universal acceptance because all you need is one doctor to declare that medication is more effective, and mass media may use that declaration of medical opinion as statement of fact to erase support.
Reference:
Don't be evil: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don't_be_evil
Enlightenment as Liberation from Judgment (humor)
In the beginning was the universe, immaculate and free.
Then one day, humankind arose and through their superior intellect, created gods to support their elites' lust for dominance.
Through further refinement, a few of these elites simplified polytheism into monotheism and religion was created in humankind's image.
Later, good and evil was socially constructed as pre-existing human history with two distinct avatars called God and Satan, following a neo-Platonic model, despite the fact that before human existence, whatever that happened in the universe was most likely neutral i.e. neither good nor evil.
Yet nobody in their right mind would yearn for a world free of good and evil. At the best, the ideal is to be nonjudgmental. For this is the greater good.
To achieve that then is to reject religion because of its inherent reliance on an imaginary friend, and to choose an atheism which allows a few of its adherents to sit on their ass in contemplation of a universe that is the ideal of the greater good.
By doing so, these contemplative atheists help establish the art of being nonjudgmental to free others of prejudice.
Then one day, humankind arose and through their superior intellect, created gods to support their elites' lust for dominance.
Through further refinement, a few of these elites simplified polytheism into monotheism and religion was created in humankind's image.
Later, good and evil was socially constructed as pre-existing human history with two distinct avatars called God and Satan, following a neo-Platonic model, despite the fact that before human existence, whatever that happened in the universe was most likely neutral i.e. neither good nor evil.
Yet nobody in their right mind would yearn for a world free of good and evil. At the best, the ideal is to be nonjudgmental. For this is the greater good.
To achieve that then is to reject religion because of its inherent reliance on an imaginary friend, and to choose an atheism which allows a few of its adherents to sit on their ass in contemplation of a universe that is the ideal of the greater good.
By doing so, these contemplative atheists help establish the art of being nonjudgmental to free others of prejudice.
20130604
The Automatons of Social Activism
Freedom of the market is not applicable to society, because it will lead to control and rigid class structure based on the myth of individual freedom.
Indeed, the freedom that social activists strive for is based on the fallacy that freedom from coercion is a viable political outcome. The inherent violence in attempting to achieve such freedom shows that such freedom will always be subject to control by the elites of society.
For the ideal society free of rules will still require a method of social control, lest the alternative — chaos — lead to a feared breakdown of society.
The truth is, society does not need a centralized government to function — Gwangju is a good example of this. In the aftermath of the Park assassination of 1979, Gwangju formed an anarchistic society without central government, which threatened the control by the elites of South Korea of the Korean people.
In contrast, the freedom to create new ways of innovation is truly viable. Anything else is doomed to end in control of the People by the elites. A society that allows such control yet seeks to be free of it will continue to produce automatons, not people.
Ergo, social activism ought to focus on the freedom to be rather than the freedom from coercion which appears to be their current focus. By focusing solely on freedom from coercion, social activism will eventually result in the loss of the freedom their advocates fight for.
For freedom is actually about fulfilling your potential, not freeing oneself from coercion, which actually is a given within family dynamics.
So, yes, I'm all for sitting on your ass in Zen rather than this revolutionary bullshit.
Reference:
Gwangju: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwangju
Gawngju Democratization Movement: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwangju_Democratization_Movement
Indeed, the freedom that social activists strive for is based on the fallacy that freedom from coercion is a viable political outcome. The inherent violence in attempting to achieve such freedom shows that such freedom will always be subject to control by the elites of society.
For the ideal society free of rules will still require a method of social control, lest the alternative — chaos — lead to a feared breakdown of society.
The truth is, society does not need a centralized government to function — Gwangju is a good example of this. In the aftermath of the Park assassination of 1979, Gwangju formed an anarchistic society without central government, which threatened the control by the elites of South Korea of the Korean people.
In contrast, the freedom to create new ways of innovation is truly viable. Anything else is doomed to end in control of the People by the elites. A society that allows such control yet seeks to be free of it will continue to produce automatons, not people.
Ergo, social activism ought to focus on the freedom to be rather than the freedom from coercion which appears to be their current focus. By focusing solely on freedom from coercion, social activism will eventually result in the loss of the freedom their advocates fight for.
For freedom is actually about fulfilling your potential, not freeing oneself from coercion, which actually is a given within family dynamics.
So, yes, I'm all for sitting on your ass in Zen rather than this revolutionary bullshit.
Reference:
Gwangju: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwangju
Gawngju Democratization Movement: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwangju_Democratization_Movement
20130322
La Liberté dans Solitude / The Freedom in Solitude (poem)
Je suis seul et heureux avec elle!
Ce n'est pas un problème pour moi.
C'est la liberté que j'aimez
tres beaucoup, d'autant
plus que je ne croyais possible,
Car je suis reconnaissant à
amis, famille et quelquefois inconnus!
[Translation:English]
I am single and happy with it!
This isn't a problem for me.
It's the freedom that I enjoy
very much, especially
more than I thought possible,
because I am grateful to
friends, family and sometimes strangers!
Ce n'est pas un problème pour moi.
C'est la liberté que j'aimez
tres beaucoup, d'autant
plus que je ne croyais possible,
Car je suis reconnaissant à
amis, famille et quelquefois inconnus!
[Translation:English]
I am single and happy with it!
This isn't a problem for me.
It's the freedom that I enjoy
very much, especially
more than I thought possible,
because I am grateful to
friends, family and sometimes strangers!
20130311
from Zen Master Dogen's "The Practise of Meditation"
In your meditation you yourself are the mirror reflecting the solution of your problems. The human mind has absolute freedom within its true nature. You can attain your freedom intuitively. Do not work for freedom, rather allow the practice itself to be liberation.
— Practice of Meditation, Dogen (1200-1253)"In your meditation" refers to zazen with the objective being liberation, the freeing of the mind from conditioning, which arises as a result of socialization. The objective of meditation is to act naturally, rather than act as though being a social being is normal. For the truth is, normal is relative to the situation.
When we act as though a sentient being is the norm, what would meditation be but something boring?
"You, yourself" refers not just to the disciple sitting in zazen meditating, but also to his original nature.
"The mirror reflecting" refers to the pure mind attained through breath meditation, which is purified by being calmed until the clear mind arises. This is seen as clarity of mind.
"The solution to your problems" refers to the assumption that the disciple's own mind has the answer to all of one's problems. Also, "solution" refers to the liberating aspects of meditation. Thus, "problems" refers to the lack of attention and focus due to socialization, where distraction is the constant. For it is possible to "get lost" on this journey called "life."
"The human mind" refers both to cognition (manas or specifically manovijnana) and also the higher state of mind (alayavijnana) found through meditation after gaining control of the ego (manas-vijnana). This higher state of mind is said to store the seeds of karma yet it does so without discriminating between good and evil karma.
"Absolute freedom" refers to the liberating aspects of satori that arises as a result of the calm mind reflecting on insight into the problems of human life, which are due to lack of attention and focus due to causal factors such as personal conduct (how you conduct your life) and the distractions of daily life (work, go out with friends for dinner and similar activities).
"You" refers to the disciple.
"Attain" refers to the result of meditation, using the calm mind achieved by just sitting quietly to gain insight and relying on gut feeling.
"Your freedom" refers to the liberating aspect of meditation. Once the mind is calm, it becomes as clear as a pond of water. Such a mind is able to gain insight readily into the nature of the disciple's problems.
"Intuitively" refers to intuition, which involves the use of gut feeling to free the disciple from being caught up with his problems.
"Do not work for freedom" refers to seeking freedom by vainly striving for a solution almost by chance, relying not on intution but almost by blunt force. Working for freedom also implies forcing a solution. Often this indicates that mental calculation went into discovering the solution to the disciple's problem, only to have the it itself grow into more problems.
"Allow" refers to considering the circumstances of my problems, based on open-mindedness — the feeling that anything is possible.
"The practice" refers originally to meditation; but also it refers to mindful practice, which consists of being of service to others, and implies the willingness to help other sentient beings.
"Itself" implies that meditation is foremost the solution to the disciple's problems.
"Liberation" refers to satori, the "A-ha!" moment when the solution to my problems arises, just like that. This is possible with single-minded focus on the fruits of insight which result in samadhi. In context with Zen, satori is the closest term to liberation.
Reference:
Original post: February 21, 2004 0208H
Update posted: March 11, 2013 1141H
January 04 Journal - Zen Readings, "On the Way", The DailyZen Journal: http://www.dailyzen.com/zen/zen_reading0401.html
Ego: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manas-vijnana
20130303
Freedom Away from Technology
Although I admit to using technology a lot, both my PC and my smartphone, my time away from them, however brief, is a brief taste of freedom that I savor.
Even so, I still use my smartphone.
After the novelty of reading news on my smartphone wore off, I stopped using the news app, and the rare time I use it, I just scroll through the headlines until I find something interesting to read. Though, I've found that most news read in print I'd read a week earlier on my PC, not on my smartphone.
Mainly I use the smartphone as a phone, followed by taking pictures with the camera, and checking the weather and checking Google Plus for notifications.
Yet every time I am not using my PC or my smartphone, the freedom away from technology is worth every minute.
Away from technology I am free to feel the wind caressing my face, to watch the rain fall, and to hear the birds sing.
Without technology humility inspires me to protect the privacy of a moment's worth of freedom.
Then I return to my PC and smartphone renewed, to apply what I've learned about myself away in the time spent away from them.
20130119
Emptiness is Full of Impermanent Existence (poem)
Emptiness is empty of nothing,
for nothingness is empty of
nothing, and the void is full
of emptiness, that freedom
from permanence and non-existence.
Thus emptiness is empty of
permanence, and of non-existence.
He who is certain of this
understands Buddhist logic,
and his mind is empty of
the confusion called doubt.
for nothingness is empty of
nothing, and the void is full
of emptiness, that freedom
from permanence and non-existence.
Thus emptiness is empty of
permanence, and of non-existence.
He who is certain of this
understands Buddhist logic,
and his mind is empty of
the confusion called doubt.
20121231
Like the Essence of Dharma (poem)
Hard it is to be born poor,
even harder to accept is
becoming poor when once rich.
Free are creatures small
that fly about or crawl,
but freer still is Man.
Liberation is a process binding
all sentient beings to samsara,
yet freeing the one thing
sentient being have: consciousness.
For it is the consciousness
that Nirvana frees, not the soul.
For consciousness is non-self,
and on contemplating
the whole universe,
is contained within the heart-mind.
When such joy is found,
easy is the peace of mind
regardless of want.
Craving thus ended is gone,
replaced by calm abiding.
Easier is acceptance
of one's lot in life,
to not strive needlessly, lest
the joy of being
is traded in for gold.
For the joy of being is
more precious than gold itself.
It is more precious
than the sweet life.
Those who have never tasted
the sweetness of life
are free of mental caries
which lead to sadness —
they know the Void is all things.
For the Void is the Buddha womb
which gives birth to peace,
within your heart-mind, but calls
out to you calmly,
that peace called Buddha Nature.
All "I", "me", or "mine"
are but conceptions, not things
which last forever &mdash
If "I" truly existed,
it would always weep
for lack of profit, but then
the selfless know well
the folly of such delusions.
If "me" existed,what would be
the point of "you" except
to make the world less lonely?
If "mine" existed, would that
allow "yours" to share?
Thinking these conceptions things,
each of us is free to choose
the delusions or let go
of it, to uncover peace of mind.
With peace comes the calm mind,
achieved through careful contemplation
whilst letting go of conceptions,
and holding onto nothingness,
the seed of well being,
freed in spite of strife,
close to the struggle called life,
yet closer still in the midst of
physical poverty to the endless process
called by many names: freedom,
joy of being, letting go, liberation...
Ignore the distraction of egoistic Love,
lest it be the death of Nirvana.
Holding tightly, the ignorant fear such freedom —
death overtakes everyone.
And yet, the Buddha
Shows a shining example.
Letting go, the seeker is free
to explore nothingness,
which is filled with potential
far greater than death:
the pure joy of peace of mind!
Where once these words first brought fear,
they shall bring joy on the retelling.
Contained within what was written is like
the essence of the Dharma,
but feel free to doubt this.
To anyone who fails to research anything
written here, and, in fleeing, hides
behind disbelief: walk on with lack of faith
but respect the Buddha as the mother of boundless joy.
even harder to accept is
becoming poor when once rich.
Free are creatures small
that fly about or crawl,
but freer still is Man.
Liberation is a process binding
all sentient beings to samsara,
yet freeing the one thing
sentient being have: consciousness.
For it is the consciousness
that Nirvana frees, not the soul.
For consciousness is non-self,
and on contemplating
the whole universe,
is contained within the heart-mind.
When such joy is found,
easy is the peace of mind
regardless of want.
Craving thus ended is gone,
replaced by calm abiding.
Easier is acceptance
of one's lot in life,
to not strive needlessly, lest
the joy of being
is traded in for gold.
For the joy of being is
more precious than gold itself.
It is more precious
than the sweet life.
Those who have never tasted
the sweetness of life
are free of mental caries
which lead to sadness —
they know the Void is all things.
For the Void is the Buddha womb
which gives birth to peace,
within your heart-mind, but calls
out to you calmly,
that peace called Buddha Nature.
All "I", "me", or "mine"
are but conceptions, not things
which last forever &mdash
If "I" truly existed,
it would always weep
for lack of profit, but then
the selfless know well
the folly of such delusions.
If "me" existed,what would be
the point of "you" except
to make the world less lonely?
If "mine" existed, would that
allow "yours" to share?
Thinking these conceptions things,
each of us is free to choose
the delusions or let go
of it, to uncover peace of mind.
With peace comes the calm mind,
achieved through careful contemplation
whilst letting go of conceptions,
and holding onto nothingness,
the seed of well being,
freed in spite of strife,
close to the struggle called life,
yet closer still in the midst of
physical poverty to the endless process
called by many names: freedom,
joy of being, letting go, liberation...
Ignore the distraction of egoistic Love,
lest it be the death of Nirvana.
Holding tightly, the ignorant fear such freedom —
death overtakes everyone.
And yet, the Buddha
Shows a shining example.
Letting go, the seeker is free
to explore nothingness,
which is filled with potential
far greater than death:
the pure joy of peace of mind!
Where once these words first brought fear,
they shall bring joy on the retelling.
Contained within what was written is like
the essence of the Dharma,
but feel free to doubt this.
To anyone who fails to research anything
written here, and, in fleeing, hides
behind disbelief: walk on with lack of faith
but respect the Buddha as the mother of boundless joy.
20121229
Ahmad's a Real American
The following essay is a pro-American statement that denies Dye and Zeigler's contention that the small educated and wealthy elite in America wrote the US Constitution.
This revisionist view of American independence is a form of socialist thought that is undermining not only American values promote by the Constitution, but also compromising US foreign policy both with its global allies but also with the Middle East.
In this essay, a Kuwaiti denies the socialist view of the US Constitution and does honour to America including Jefferson and especially Bush.
Give Ahmad US citizenship. He deserves it, rather than psychotherapy.
Dye and Zeigler contend that the constitution of the United States was not “ordained and established” by “the people” as we have so often been led to believe. They contend instead that it was written by small educated and wealthy elite in America who were representative of powerful economic and political interests. This paper will CRITICALLY analyze the US constitution and how it was a progressive document FOR ITS TIME. And how it symbolizes and embodies what America is today a just and democratic society where all men and women are created equal and that men and women are free to pursue their own happiness and fulfillment.
I completely disagree with Dye and Zeigler’s contention that the founding father had ONLY their best interests at heart and that that the constitution of the United States was a progressive document for its time compared to the aristocratic monarchies of Western Europe (excluding Britain). The American constitution worried monarchs in Europe. The right for men to choose their own representatives was unheard of in the rest of the world. Yet in a young country which freed itself from the shackles of the greatest empire of the time. The founding fathers were stalwart heroes who led the brave young men of this great land and in order to establish a democracy maybe not a direct or perfect democracy but one that guarantees the freedom of its citizens. It is ludicrous to assume that a direct democracy can succeed in the United States. Yet in the last ballots of November 2nd 2004 the people of the United States DID get a chance of influencing their political decisions in their country and that is thanks to the US constitution established by the great men of America like George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.
These men paved the way for what America is today the country of opportunity and freedom. These men were men of nationalism and men who took great pride in formulating what is today the greatest country in the world and thank god that it is so. Because of America the world is free. America vanquished Nazi Germany. America helped establish the great nation of Israel a democratic society in a troubled region. America freed Japan and South Korea. America freed Kuwait and now is currently in a fight to free Iraq and its 25,000,000 residents and vanquish the tyranny and monstrosity of Saddam Hussein. The US constitution and the Founding Fathers helped build the foundation to which all this was established.
It is through the efforts of America’s great leaders like George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, Frederick Delano Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan, George HW Bush, current President Bush and most importantly the American troops who risked their lives for the freedom of America and the freedom of others that this country is so great and prosperous.
The US constitution might have required many amendments for its to catch up with modern times but no nation had a constitution which challenged the US in terms of equality and freedom at that particular time which made the document a very sophisticated one for its time a document which was feared by monarchs as being “too progressive”. It’s because of the American constitution and the American “elites” that Dye and Zeigler could critique this constitution and Americas Founding Fathers. It is because of America’s constitution that thousands of people wish to live there and walk amongst the free. “The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest.”
President Thomas Jefferson.
The United States constitution might have excluded the majority of people at the time. But it progressed and America like every nation in the world progressed and became a greater nation the constitution is now a document held in great esteem by Americans the Founding Fathers of America are greatly enshrined in dollar bills and the American people are proud of their country and history.
It is the American constitution that helps the American government to solve its problems in legal ways and in ways that will bring true American justice and resolve. The American foundation was built by the American constitution and the Founding Fathers and nothing can destroy these foundations.
“Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve.” President George W Bush.
America is a nation which has survived problems and many attacks on its soil yet the American will did not hesitate. America stood its ground and the Founding Fathers are the ones who built the Foundation that this ground were built upon. It is wonderful to have the freedom to argue Dye and Zeigler contentions and that is also due to the US constitution.
If the constitution was so negative then how did the United States the most powerful nation in the world today. If it was so negative how did the Soviet Union collapse in the Cold War? The United States constitution is a great document which for its time was extremely progressive and the evidence to the that is the United States’ accomplishments to date.
Reference:
Original essay: http://www.studentsforacademicfreedom.org/archive/December2004/Ahmad%27sessay121004.htm
Michelle Malkin's spin on the al-Qloushi incident: http://michellemalkin.com/2005/01/17/grading-ahmad-al-qloushi-2/
This revisionist view of American independence is a form of socialist thought that is undermining not only American values promote by the Constitution, but also compromising US foreign policy both with its global allies but also with the Middle East.
In this essay, a Kuwaiti denies the socialist view of the US Constitution and does honour to America including Jefferson and especially Bush.
Give Ahmad US citizenship. He deserves it, rather than psychotherapy.
Dye and Zeigler contend that the constitution of the United States was not “ordained and established” by “the people” as we have so often been led to believe. They contend instead that it was written by small educated and wealthy elite in America who were representative of powerful economic and political interests. This paper will CRITICALLY analyze the US constitution and how it was a progressive document FOR ITS TIME. And how it symbolizes and embodies what America is today a just and democratic society where all men and women are created equal and that men and women are free to pursue their own happiness and fulfillment.
I completely disagree with Dye and Zeigler’s contention that the founding father had ONLY their best interests at heart and that that the constitution of the United States was a progressive document for its time compared to the aristocratic monarchies of Western Europe (excluding Britain). The American constitution worried monarchs in Europe. The right for men to choose their own representatives was unheard of in the rest of the world. Yet in a young country which freed itself from the shackles of the greatest empire of the time. The founding fathers were stalwart heroes who led the brave young men of this great land and in order to establish a democracy maybe not a direct or perfect democracy but one that guarantees the freedom of its citizens. It is ludicrous to assume that a direct democracy can succeed in the United States. Yet in the last ballots of November 2nd 2004 the people of the United States DID get a chance of influencing their political decisions in their country and that is thanks to the US constitution established by the great men of America like George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.
These men paved the way for what America is today the country of opportunity and freedom. These men were men of nationalism and men who took great pride in formulating what is today the greatest country in the world and thank god that it is so. Because of America the world is free. America vanquished Nazi Germany. America helped establish the great nation of Israel a democratic society in a troubled region. America freed Japan and South Korea. America freed Kuwait and now is currently in a fight to free Iraq and its 25,000,000 residents and vanquish the tyranny and monstrosity of Saddam Hussein. The US constitution and the Founding Fathers helped build the foundation to which all this was established.
It is through the efforts of America’s great leaders like George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, Frederick Delano Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan, George HW Bush, current President Bush and most importantly the American troops who risked their lives for the freedom of America and the freedom of others that this country is so great and prosperous.
The US constitution might have required many amendments for its to catch up with modern times but no nation had a constitution which challenged the US in terms of equality and freedom at that particular time which made the document a very sophisticated one for its time a document which was feared by monarchs as being “too progressive”. It’s because of the American constitution and the American “elites” that Dye and Zeigler could critique this constitution and Americas Founding Fathers. It is because of America’s constitution that thousands of people wish to live there and walk amongst the free. “The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest.”
President Thomas Jefferson.
The United States constitution might have excluded the majority of people at the time. But it progressed and America like every nation in the world progressed and became a greater nation the constitution is now a document held in great esteem by Americans the Founding Fathers of America are greatly enshrined in dollar bills and the American people are proud of their country and history.
It is the American constitution that helps the American government to solve its problems in legal ways and in ways that will bring true American justice and resolve. The American foundation was built by the American constitution and the Founding Fathers and nothing can destroy these foundations.
“Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve.” President George W Bush.
America is a nation which has survived problems and many attacks on its soil yet the American will did not hesitate. America stood its ground and the Founding Fathers are the ones who built the Foundation that this ground were built upon. It is wonderful to have the freedom to argue Dye and Zeigler contentions and that is also due to the US constitution.
If the constitution was so negative then how did the United States the most powerful nation in the world today. If it was so negative how did the Soviet Union collapse in the Cold War? The United States constitution is a great document which for its time was extremely progressive and the evidence to the that is the United States’ accomplishments to date.
Reference:
Original essay: http://www.studentsforacademicfreedom.org/archive/December2004/Ahmad%27sessay121004.htm
Michelle Malkin's spin on the al-Qloushi incident: http://michellemalkin.com/2005/01/17/grading-ahmad-al-qloushi-2/
20121222
My Hope for the Future
Overall, reduction of oppression of women of color.This may be done by egalitarian means.
Elimination of child neglect and child abuse.
Elimination of the glass ceiling for women, or better, women executives competing on the same level of men, due to men's enlightened attitude, throwing off patriarchy's disempowerment of both men and women.
Discovering evidence to counter the effect of religion as disempowering women by making Buddhist practice less of a religion and more of a lifestyle change. For Buddhism has shown that when practiced outside of patriarchies in an egalitarian society, demonstrates that Buddhist women benefit as much as men do.
As well, I believe that less oppression and sexism actually occurs in society than it did 100 years ago.
However, neither men nor women should be the privileged sex, as both feminism and patriarchism promise.
Rather, an egalitarian society without glass ceilings, oppression of women and of men, and safety of boys and girls from harm is the ideal.
As well, it's time to change myself for the better to ensure these hopes are put into action first through speech and followed through with action.
.
Elimination of child neglect and child abuse.
Elimination of the glass ceiling for women, or better, women executives competing on the same level of men, due to men's enlightened attitude, throwing off patriarchy's disempowerment of both men and women.
Discovering evidence to counter the effect of religion as disempowering women by making Buddhist practice less of a religion and more of a lifestyle change. For Buddhism has shown that when practiced outside of patriarchies in an egalitarian society, demonstrates that Buddhist women benefit as much as men do.
As well, I believe that less oppression and sexism actually occurs in society than it did 100 years ago.
However, neither men nor women should be the privileged sex, as both feminism and patriarchism promise.
Rather, an egalitarian society without glass ceilings, oppression of women and of men, and safety of boys and girls from harm is the ideal.
As well, it's time to change myself for the better to ensure these hopes are put into action first through speech and followed through with action.
.
20121203
Rise Like Lions
The Montreal student uprising is predated by the writings of Montreal university student Jamaleddine.
Everyone remembers the 2000 G-20 protests in Montreal. During that protest, evidence of police brutality came to light.
12 years later, when the student protests over student fees arose in April 2012, it was met with the same level of police violence as in 2000.
After these protests died as winter drew near, Gilles Vaillancourt,
the mayor of Laval and Gerald Tremblay, the mayor of Montreal had resigned in the wake of corruption charges against them.
Thus, Jamaleddine's words are very prophetic.
“Rise like Lions after slumber
In unvanquishable number,
Shake your chains to earth like dew
Which in sleep had fallen on you -
Ye are many - they are few.”
Post your Vs wherever adequate and repeat the words of ... Shelley.
Let it be your dream too, the day human kind joins in realizing we are bound by the same shackles.
Let North America be, once again, the model of freedom and bravery that it once was.
It is to every man and woman that has a yearning for liberty to rise and demand that our governing bodies remember that they are not to serve but we the people. -- Eyad Jamaleddine
Everyone remembers the 2000 G-20 protests in Montreal. During that protest, evidence of police brutality came to light.
12 years later, when the student protests over student fees arose in April 2012, it was met with the same level of police violence as in 2000.
After these protests died as winter drew near, Gilles Vaillancourt,
the mayor of Laval and Gerald Tremblay, the mayor of Montreal had resigned in the wake of corruption charges against them.
Thus, Jamaleddine's words are very prophetic.
“Rise like Lions after slumber
In unvanquishable number,
Shake your chains to earth like dew
Which in sleep had fallen on you -
Ye are many - they are few.”
Post your Vs wherever adequate and repeat the words of ... Shelley.
Let it be your dream too, the day human kind joins in realizing we are bound by the same shackles.
Let North America be, once again, the model of freedom and bravery that it once was.
It is to every man and woman that has a yearning for liberty to rise and demand that our governing bodies remember that they are not to serve but we the people. -- Eyad Jamaleddine
20121030
Middle Brother: The Foil between Big Brother and Little Brother Actors
In this article, I will introduce the term "little brother" as opposed to Big Brother, which represents oppressive control of the People by the State.
Specifically "little brother" is described as one or more members of an organised group, usually a family, who undermine the work of Big Brother, be it deliberate or unwittingly; through low tech methods such as gossip and white lies.
Within context of these two actors, the act of sabotage is known as "white lying"' i.e. when a Little Brother hides the truth to provide disinformation or misinformation to Big Brother. Its physical analog is an ID card that does not contain address and phone number, and the owner does not give such information.
"Gossiping" is when a Little Brother spreads rumours with manufactured facts and circumstances. Its physical analogue may be fake photo ID for an imaginary friend whose name represents no one living or dead or a fictional character. Admittedly, gossip is harmful when Big Brother has to assume that the information provided is truthful unless careful analysis by forensics detects the subterfuge.
Overall, Little Brother is a part of an undetectable and unorganised group. It is undetectable provided its privacy is protected by law. While Big Brother may spy on the People, the intelligence gathered is not a candid disclosure in-camera. Instead, the watchdog committee is able to communicate with Big Brother but not with Little Brother, due to the unreliability of witnesses.
Big Brother cannot detect Little Brother activity because a large organized group such as a spy agency, be it business, government or military, is unable to detect small unorganised groups which may or may not be practising counter-intelligence.
In fact, the main advantage of Little Brother has over Big Brother is its size — any group representing Little Brother contains 12 or less citizens, and sometimes may also consist of one or more family units.
Most Little Brother groups are not even aware that they are counter-intelligence actors until they are used by Big Brother or other State agency, or a corporation.
When an alleged whistle blower writes on a social media forum, the information cannot be authenticated as true when a pseudonym is used instead of a real name, complete with matching address and phone number and other additional information.
Therefore, alleged whistle blowers could be considered Little Brother actors unless they are committed to full disclosure for the good of the People. This disclosure of their identity may result of their cover being blown and expose confirmed whistle-blowers or sociopaths or even "crooked politicians" to public scrutiny.
Training of Little Brother actors is simple: protect children from child abuse and neglect as well as sexual abuse. Also protection of girls, women and mothers from sexual abuse and assault as well as domestic abuse will assure that children and especial young girls may be safe from harm until adulthood.
Conversely, children may also make great Little Brother actors by depending on their risk to abuse and neglect, bother sexual and physical.
Because it is more difficult for Little Brother groups to form large cohesive organizations, the Little Brother actors who were not adequately nurtured may fall into the following categories:
Criminals: Although not all criminals are from abusive childhoods filled with neglect, the majority tend to admit to abuse when young but become targeted by the State. Soon they learn to keep quiet. but may sometimes act out their respective childhood trauma through anti-social behaviour, provided no one suffers violence. This assessment may require more prison doctors and mental health clinicians to handle the actors who fall this category. Sometimes it takes a court order to break the doctor-patient relationship. Usually this is done in-camera without public knowledge and denied by all parties involved.
Mentally Ill: The mentally ill come in all sizes and shapes, While the actors with truly sick minds fall in this category, not all the people in group homes are that sick. Most of them need counselling to help precipitate a total breakdown before they can be moulded into Little Brother actors. It also helps to over-medicate them to inspire the brave ones to act. Even they may be moulded into Little Brother actors.
Addicts: Regarding criminals, the mentally ill and the addicts; the addicts are the lowest of the low. Sometimes though, it's hard to tell the difference. Physical addictions to drugs certainly motivate Little Brother actors. This is why non-violent actors associated with criminals and the mentally ill use a drug addict to use intimidation and violence against their enemies. One example of non-violent actors are the intelligent members of street gangs known to the State. Therefore addicts are useful human resources providing both non-violent and Little Brother actors, provided that the latter do not expose non-violent actors to embarrassment and ridicule; lest the latter make use of addicts and mentally ill to intimidate Little Brother.
Psychopaths: Well known as liars, these people may even become unwitting victims of child and sex abuse. For their lies make them perfect Little Brother actors, except that psychopaths may experience sudden death by "accidentally" getting in the line of fire. Indeed, the likelihood that the psychopath believes his own lies is unknown, for his choice of truth-telling may have resulted in quiet time in his room at home, detention hall at school, and even criminal arrest. Then at a certain point in adolescence, he realizes that being honest and telling the truth leads to frequent physical abuse from a parent, and lost connection with his grandparents which substitutes for motherly nurturing. Perhaps the only cure for psychopathy is time.
In conclusion, one question remains unanswered: do Little Brother actors actually exist? Is Big Brother able to detect said actors? The choice is yours to make.
For the author is neither Little Brother nor Big Brother. Rather he's the Middle Brother, the name for the actors who represent the dividing line between repressive control of the People by Big Brother and the freedom inherent in Little Brother's lack of organization.
Indeed, he is a representative of the People but also selectively votes for State actors known as politicians. He is not Anonymous because he is neither a John Smith nor a Jane Doe. Rather, he is merely a watcher, and is looking out for both of his Brother actors.
If you find a grain of truth in what I have written, then email me if you trust email, reply here if you trust blogspot, or reply on Google Plus if you trust Google. Without communication between us, I assure you that you will come to doubt me because you trust no one.
:edited 20121111.1620
Specifically "little brother" is described as one or more members of an organised group, usually a family, who undermine the work of Big Brother, be it deliberate or unwittingly; through low tech methods such as gossip and white lies.
Within context of these two actors, the act of sabotage is known as "white lying"' i.e. when a Little Brother hides the truth to provide disinformation or misinformation to Big Brother. Its physical analog is an ID card that does not contain address and phone number, and the owner does not give such information.
"Gossiping" is when a Little Brother spreads rumours with manufactured facts and circumstances. Its physical analogue may be fake photo ID for an imaginary friend whose name represents no one living or dead or a fictional character. Admittedly, gossip is harmful when Big Brother has to assume that the information provided is truthful unless careful analysis by forensics detects the subterfuge.
Overall, Little Brother is a part of an undetectable and unorganised group. It is undetectable provided its privacy is protected by law. While Big Brother may spy on the People, the intelligence gathered is not a candid disclosure in-camera. Instead, the watchdog committee is able to communicate with Big Brother but not with Little Brother, due to the unreliability of witnesses.
Big Brother cannot detect Little Brother activity because a large organized group such as a spy agency, be it business, government or military, is unable to detect small unorganised groups which may or may not be practising counter-intelligence.
In fact, the main advantage of Little Brother has over Big Brother is its size — any group representing Little Brother contains 12 or less citizens, and sometimes may also consist of one or more family units.
Most Little Brother groups are not even aware that they are counter-intelligence actors until they are used by Big Brother or other State agency, or a corporation.
When an alleged whistle blower writes on a social media forum, the information cannot be authenticated as true when a pseudonym is used instead of a real name, complete with matching address and phone number and other additional information.
Therefore, alleged whistle blowers could be considered Little Brother actors unless they are committed to full disclosure for the good of the People. This disclosure of their identity may result of their cover being blown and expose confirmed whistle-blowers or sociopaths or even "crooked politicians" to public scrutiny.
Training of Little Brother actors is simple: protect children from child abuse and neglect as well as sexual abuse. Also protection of girls, women and mothers from sexual abuse and assault as well as domestic abuse will assure that children and especial young girls may be safe from harm until adulthood.
Conversely, children may also make great Little Brother actors by depending on their risk to abuse and neglect, bother sexual and physical.
Because it is more difficult for Little Brother groups to form large cohesive organizations, the Little Brother actors who were not adequately nurtured may fall into the following categories:
Criminals: Although not all criminals are from abusive childhoods filled with neglect, the majority tend to admit to abuse when young but become targeted by the State. Soon they learn to keep quiet. but may sometimes act out their respective childhood trauma through anti-social behaviour, provided no one suffers violence. This assessment may require more prison doctors and mental health clinicians to handle the actors who fall this category. Sometimes it takes a court order to break the doctor-patient relationship. Usually this is done in-camera without public knowledge and denied by all parties involved.
Mentally Ill: The mentally ill come in all sizes and shapes, While the actors with truly sick minds fall in this category, not all the people in group homes are that sick. Most of them need counselling to help precipitate a total breakdown before they can be moulded into Little Brother actors. It also helps to over-medicate them to inspire the brave ones to act. Even they may be moulded into Little Brother actors.
Addicts: Regarding criminals, the mentally ill and the addicts; the addicts are the lowest of the low. Sometimes though, it's hard to tell the difference. Physical addictions to drugs certainly motivate Little Brother actors. This is why non-violent actors associated with criminals and the mentally ill use a drug addict to use intimidation and violence against their enemies. One example of non-violent actors are the intelligent members of street gangs known to the State. Therefore addicts are useful human resources providing both non-violent and Little Brother actors, provided that the latter do not expose non-violent actors to embarrassment and ridicule; lest the latter make use of addicts and mentally ill to intimidate Little Brother.
Psychopaths: Well known as liars, these people may even become unwitting victims of child and sex abuse. For their lies make them perfect Little Brother actors, except that psychopaths may experience sudden death by "accidentally" getting in the line of fire. Indeed, the likelihood that the psychopath believes his own lies is unknown, for his choice of truth-telling may have resulted in quiet time in his room at home, detention hall at school, and even criminal arrest. Then at a certain point in adolescence, he realizes that being honest and telling the truth leads to frequent physical abuse from a parent, and lost connection with his grandparents which substitutes for motherly nurturing. Perhaps the only cure for psychopathy is time.
In conclusion, one question remains unanswered: do Little Brother actors actually exist? Is Big Brother able to detect said actors? The choice is yours to make.
For the author is neither Little Brother nor Big Brother. Rather he's the Middle Brother, the name for the actors who represent the dividing line between repressive control of the People by Big Brother and the freedom inherent in Little Brother's lack of organization.
Indeed, he is a representative of the People but also selectively votes for State actors known as politicians. He is not Anonymous because he is neither a John Smith nor a Jane Doe. Rather, he is merely a watcher, and is looking out for both of his Brother actors.
If you find a grain of truth in what I have written, then email me if you trust email, reply here if you trust blogspot, or reply on Google Plus if you trust Google. Without communication between us, I assure you that you will come to doubt me because you trust no one.
:edited 20121111.1620
20080311
Anarchism: the Path to Freedom and Self-Determination (poem)
"Think globally, act locally."
Pundits told us to embrace this
with open heart, but what did it get us?
Homelessness has gripped our cities,
and with tacit approval of DEA
by Ottawa, gang-related crime has risen.
In response, the social fascists support
harsh treatment of gang-related violence.
Yet this does nothing to solve that violence;
it merely perpetuates oppression of the poor.
"Think locally, act globally."
This is the response of rich social capitalists,
who pour money into poor countries,
sacrificing environmental sustainability
for profit, which is just laundering
money best spent on relieving homelessness and poverty.
If Ottawa was really concerned about the poor,
then how come it has dumped the problem on the provinces?
If each province was truly concerned
about the plight of the poor,
then why does it not protest the myths
perpetuated by the media?
It's a waste of money to criminalize poverty,
yet that is what the State has done.
It digs its heels at relieving oppression
of the mentally ill, and perpetuates
a class warfare mentality among its people.
Yet should we rise to challenge the State,
what guarantees do we have to be treated right,
and not be discounted as "kooks" or worse,
treated like criminals or even, terrorists?
So I'd rather think and act locally,
but remember the plight of the minorities
whose blood was spilled for freedom
and self-determination.
Forget nationalism - its legacy threatens freedom.
Forget socialism - within its heart hides fascism.
Forget state democracy - fascists have perverted its cause.
Thus, anarchism - which supports the family and the tribe -
is the only path to true freedom and self-determination.
Pundits told us to embrace this
with open heart, but what did it get us?
Homelessness has gripped our cities,
and with tacit approval of DEA
by Ottawa, gang-related crime has risen.
In response, the social fascists support
harsh treatment of gang-related violence.
Yet this does nothing to solve that violence;
it merely perpetuates oppression of the poor.
"Think locally, act globally."
This is the response of rich social capitalists,
who pour money into poor countries,
sacrificing environmental sustainability
for profit, which is just laundering
money best spent on relieving homelessness and poverty.
If Ottawa was really concerned about the poor,
then how come it has dumped the problem on the provinces?
If each province was truly concerned
about the plight of the poor,
then why does it not protest the myths
perpetuated by the media?
It's a waste of money to criminalize poverty,
yet that is what the State has done.
It digs its heels at relieving oppression
of the mentally ill, and perpetuates
a class warfare mentality among its people.
Yet should we rise to challenge the State,
what guarantees do we have to be treated right,
and not be discounted as "kooks" or worse,
treated like criminals or even, terrorists?
So I'd rather think and act locally,
but remember the plight of the minorities
whose blood was spilled for freedom
and self-determination.
Forget nationalism - its legacy threatens freedom.
Forget socialism - within its heart hides fascism.
Forget state democracy - fascists have perverted its cause.
Thus, anarchism - which supports the family and the tribe -
is the only path to true freedom and self-determination.
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