----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 1:37
PM
Subject: Re: [Futurework] Riots in
Riyadh?
Well Arthur, maybe you are correct; considering the proclivity of the
Bush admin. to produce "mini-nukes" for their agenda. As Lawrence has stated
below, the extremists (those who would do well to be
genetically altered) will bring on another world war.
Is this too sarcastic, because the
ideas are already out there
and being worked on.
The current trend toward "terrorism" is the outcome of interference by
those not wanted. Any peoples deserve the right to manage their own
problems; to revolt, should they be so inclined.
But, how can a people manage their problems if they do not have the
education to give them the insight and the nurtured
intelligence to comprehend the rising of a problem before it is out
of hand?
Nurturing begins in the home and can only
be added to by the
schools. The poor
who are struggling
to stay alive rarely
have time to nurture either intelligence
or education.
Any authoritarian government or ruling body
I include the U.S. and Canadian governments as becoming
more authoritarian.
automatically attempts to corrupt learning; to sway
or brainwash the populace to their desired ends of control.
Perhaps the words: "to direct the learning process
toward a more productive society" are less
offensive. Unfortunately, it means the same in the long
run.
Ray has often bemoaned the lack of the Arts in the N.A. school system
(with which I concur) and , as Harry pointed out through "Gatto" (thank you
Harry), the desire of the school system is to create a society of worker
bees who do exactly as they are told and (I will add) through the aspect of
"team sports" will learn the idea of "nationalist fervour" to the point of dying when you
are told (war).
TEAM sports, not athletics. In high school I was both an "athlete" (track
and field) and involved in "team sports". As an athlete, I competed
against myself, my limitations; as a member of a team I did
as the coach told me. The "team", the battalion, the unit, or the
country; it is all the same. Support the guy next to you, without question.
He has his job, you have yours. The coach, or Commander-in-Chief knows what
he is doing so just follow orders. Any questioning will place you on the
bench or be considered treason.
Add to this the "fans" or, as another post stated
"fanatics". The perpetuation of aggressive behavior that feeds the
aggression of a suppressed population but channels that aggression toward
the opposing team and their fans rather than toward those who would
misrepresent them. Thus another form of control
The "team" is now being used in the workplace. Be a
member of the "team", do not question the authority of the "boss". Do not
ask for a raise because you have experience and expertise, you are a member
of a team. Do not seek a livable wage (gee, would this be
Futurework? ooops; sarcasm again) which minimum wage is not, because you
will be taking money from the boss and his/her board-of-directors, or the
stockholders because without them you won't have a job. Oh, wait, without
the worker there will be no business. Hmmm! Quandary! I know, let's increase
the economic slave base; keep them fighting one another for jobs, then
they'll never be able to get above minimum wage so that the top of the
pyramid can get RICHER. Ahhh! the American dream! OR, we
can send all those jobs over-seas. Ahhh! the American dream!
It is far easier to control an ignorant populace
than an intelligent one.
Considering intelligence, how many intelligent
post-secondary graduates are found in the armed forces front lines,
slogging through the mud and crap? How many are sales clerks or cashiers,
cleaners or other service oriented jobs (which, by the way, make up
the majority of jobs in the western hemisphere)? Most people of intelligence
will not be interested in these jobs which pay only minimum wage or in
placing their lives at risk on the front lines of battle. But a poor and
ignorant populace with nothing else to lose, has no choice in either
respect.
NOTE: I did not say educated as "intelligence" and "education" do not
appear compatible in today's lexicon.
This is public schooling; up to and including grade
12; the basis of those above mentioned jobs; the base of the pyramid that
supports others in the lives they have become so accustomed to that they may
be blinded as to what is now occurring as well as many of the basic
university degree holders.
How many in the middle ages felt they were living
in a dark age? It may have depended upon which end of the sword was in their
direction if they even thought of it at all.
Have you forgotten the Patriot Act(s)? Does this
relate to a suppressed and misrepresented populace that could have
recalled their elected officials and saved their constitution? And could
this all be related to keeping the populace ignorant of the facts with very
few of the populace showing the intelligence to question their leaders,
coaches, commanders? Bush - 1, Constitution - 0.
Those individuals with whom I have met here in Esquimalt who are
enlisting in the Navy have only high school (or a couple of years in a trade
school) -- all workers at the lowest pay scale and who, under the present
Canadian administration, have no future but economic slavery at minimum wage
IF they can find a job. These are not well educated people. For
whatever reasons, they have had problems with the present school system.They
are only worker bees awaiting instruction from the Queen (uh-oh, did I get
into Royalty again?).
Their lives in the military will be no better but, once again, they do
not have the education or nurtured intelligence to realize this.
For some unknown reason (ego, ignorance?), those who have clutched the
"power" unto themselves and their families throughout the generations, I
feel, fully believe they will survive any true holocaust or "ARMAGEDDON" if
they stay out of the general front line action and hide in the safety of
their bunkers. And it is these genetically corrupted humans (if I can make
this jump from the recent homosexual prattle) that will create the problems
as would appear to be the case throughout history. Or, conversely, they
could simply be "nurtured" in this direction by their private schooling, or
religious teachings, or... (feel free to fill in the blank).
And where is the Canadian side regarding the
sell-out and corruption of our country as we are being poured down the tubes
of greed?
How about in Canada? Sell off all our natural
resources, sell off control of our energy; U.S. - 2, Canada - 0.
Uh-oh, does this bespeak control? Well,
I guess most Canadians are suppressed and being cheated of their
intelligence too.
Darryl
If there are any other clarifications I can make,
drop a line.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 7:51
AM
Subject: RE: [Futurework] Riots in
Riyadh?
In my more gloomy moments it seems that the Biblical
prohecies seem to be unfolding inexorably.
Armageddon. ...
arthur
US policy is being used for a narrow set of interests: the
Christian evangelicals seem determined to create a clash of religions --
Christianity vs Islam. Oddly, a branch of them, the
Christian-Zionists, have added to the portfolio an Israel-first agenda.
Given the Christian-Zionist belief that all non-Christians will be
destroyed, it seems strange that some elements in Israel have embraced
an alliance with these Christian-Zionists, but then the Israelis
probably don't think that God has that in store for them, so don't
much care for the beliefs and values that lie behind Christian-Zionism,
happy to settle for the political support the Christian-Zionists offer
Israel.
In case any of you missed it, by Christian-Zionist I am referring
to people like Tom DeLay -- see the very interesting speech he gave to
the Israeli Knesset recently.
Right now, the Christian evangelical and Christian-Zionist agenda
is powerfully placed within the Administration: Rove, DeLay, Feith,
Perle, Bolton, Reed...et al. US policy toward the rest of the
world generally and the Arabs and Muslims specifically has been hijacked
by these folks, and is now working against the interests of the country.
Sometimes these US policies are justified by the 'war on terrorism' --
one of the inventions of the Christian evangelicals -- but the sad fact
is that the 'war on terrorism' is actually aggravating the terror
threat, not diminishing it. This is a pedantic way of saying that
Americans will die thanks to these Christian
evangelicals.
As the rest of the world reacts to what they see as a US out of
control, we will see a broadband resistance to the US take shape. Not
only will there be further terror attacks on US interests, but trade
relations will suffer, and cultural ones. I don't know if you ever had a
desire to take your art overseas, but the chances of that happening have
taken a nose-dive in the last two years. Then, also, we have the
trillions of dollars that this 'war on terror is costing us, or rather
costing future generations. And the impact on US civil liberties, e.g.
the 'sneak and peek' and unlimited uncharged detention policies pushed
by Ashcroft and the President.
The Christian evangelicals simply do not care about these costs
to the US and our interests: they give their religious goals precedence
over US interests.
The American public is gullible. How many Americans have ever
traveled to the Muslim or Arab worlds (other than in a tank)? How many
Americans even know Arabs or Muslims who live in this country, as their
neighbors? Hell, how many people even on this
list???
Americans are patriotic. Combined with their gullibility, this
leaves them open to being exploited, to being conned into giving their
support, if only a passive support, for policies that would readily
appear inimical to a populace that was more knowledgeable, thoughtful,
and skeptical.
While the gullibility of Americans is
saddening, the pernicious behavior of those who are willing to exploit
this gullibility is nothing short of
criminal.
