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To: average joe who wrote (86581)	8/26/2000 11:06:22 PM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Pretty irrelevant to the discussion, joe. In upholding the dignity of the individual, one cannot merely assert one's own value, for there is no reason for others to recognize it unless it is a universal principle. But if it is a universal principle, then what happens to others matters too, and we have an interest in refraining from harming them, and helping them when it is reasonable to do so. There are limits to reasonable aid, for one's own fate matters too, and because it is possible for the long term effects of some aid to be harmful. But the fact that help must be given prudently does not mean that it is not desirable, and in some cases obligatory, to be helpful. In any case, it has nothing to do with worshipping "we".......

To: average joe who wrote (86581)	8/27/2000 9:51:55 AM
From: Frederick Smart	Respond to of 108807

We Worship...... >>"At first men were enslaved by the gods. But he broke their chains. Then he was enslaved by the kings. Then he was enslaved by his birth, by his kin, by his race. But he broke their chains. He declared to all his brothers that a man has rights which neither god nor king nor other men can take away from him, no matter their number, for his is the right of man, and there is no right on earth above this right. And he stood on the threshold of the freedom for which the blood of the centuries behind him had been spilled. But then he gave up all he had won, and fell lower than his savage beginning. What brought it to pass? What disaster took their reason away from men? What whip lashed them to their knees in shame and submission? The worship of the word "We."">> Corruption is what feeds and fuels the "power of the collective." All it takes is for ONE person that winks and looks the other way to start these black holes. At the root of the power of WE is the failure of individuals to claim their personal responsibility to be thankful, joyful and happy. Our refusal to embrace the unlimited God given spiritual light, energy and love within us means that we have nothing to share with others which moves, elevates and inspires them. And since, deep down we all know this is the lie, the game, every individual becomes a suspect in a universal witchhunt for the hidden agenda. For the power of "WE" does not believe or have hope in the verticality of the universe where there are no limits and where there is an inexhaustible source of energy, light and love. So we all learn to blame others for our failure to take personal responsibility. Hence the witchhunt for evidence "out there" which rationalizes our personal failure to not claim and share our internal energy. The whole universe takes on a dark/opaque backdrop. All light gets seen as something "relative to" that which I/WE don't have/possess, etc. All energy, light, love and hope is not to be believed, but to be questioned. Cynicism becomes the corrupt core of this Religion of WE. WE is politics. WE believes ALL individuals can be bought. WE believes everything, even freedom is for sale. WE believes in the power of fear. WE is the force that slices, dices, fragments, divides and conquers anyone who has the guts to say ME. For real freedom to be exercised, more individuals must be willing to risk turning the system upside down with ONE thing: a personal, timeless message of light and hope. Every individual has the unlimited power to shine a bright light across the world, put and stake in the ground and sing a song of hope which can sow new fields of optimism, energy, growth and progress. But the vast majority of people play the waiting/judging game. They believe in the power of WE which has convinced them that all the answers are "out there" in the soup of the collective WE. So we are fall into the trap of simply "waiting to see" instead of having the courage to be. Peace. .