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To: the navigator who wrote (46266)5/22/2004 7:42:43 PM
From: IQBAL LATIF  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 50167
 
Alexis de Tocqueville ‘I confess that in America I saw more than America; I sought the image of democracy itself, with its inclinations, its character, its prejudices, and its passions, in order to learn what we have to fear or hope from its progress.’

You said that < A democracy is characterized by one simple thing that is the right to vote. > In response to my idea that a democracy is characterised by one simple thing that is ability to dissent and not being punished, when I told you that you were not by birth democrats you did usurped rights of many and learned it hard way by fighting a civil war before you gave it to blacks and denied the rights of vote to women until 1920, your response was < And I definitely do not demand these rights for the rest of the world. That is our president who feels it is his calling. It is my wish that every country is able to choose their own path. And I believe it is the responsibility of every people to fight for their path, not our responsibility to endow it upon them. >

When I threw this your way < “The New Colossus,” by the nineteenth-century American poet Emma Lazarus. “The New Colossus,” describing the Statue of Liberty, appears on a plaque at the base of the statue. It ends with the statue herself speaking:

Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me:
I lift my lamp beside the golden door.>

I did not mean you as individual for me every American carries an oath that of safeguarding its constitution and Bill of rights and your state is signatory to UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS (Adopted by UN General Assembly Resolution 217A (III) of 10 December 1948) that ensures rights of every human being, US is signatory to this by the way for your info and read this carefully..

usconstitution.com

for me inscriptions on Statue of Liberty are hope for mankind and I don’t want to live without hope, American forefathers sold a dream to everyone of you that of freedom and rights, you cannot stomach it is your shortcoming and your failing, your state is signatory of Universal decleration of Human rights..

Human sacrifice and human misery is a collective property and responsibility and our combone heritage, my father fought the second world war and we gave 100,000 dead to save the world from a fascist, we have all the rights that you have, right of vote is not your call to decide, it is mean of you to think so provincial and so insular << sold you nothing, we offer it in our country. It's up to you to claim it in your own.>

Do you have any idea of this contract I have highlighted above and reproducing below..;

<<Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world,

Whereas disregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of mankind, and the advent of a world in which human beings shall enjoy freedom of speech and belief and freedom from fear and want has been proclaimed as the highest aspiration of the common people,

Whereas it is essential, if man is not to be compelled to have recourse, as a last resort, to rebellion against tyranny and oppression, that human rights should be protected by the rule of law,

Whereas it is essential to promote the development of friendly relations between nations,

Whereas the peoples of the United Nations have in the Charter reaffirmed their faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person and in the equal rights of men and women and have determined to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom,

Whereas Member States have pledged themselves to achieve, in cooperation with the United Nations, the promotion of universal respect for and observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms,

Whereas a common understanding of these rights and freedoms is of the greatest importance for the full realization of this pledge, >>

All goodness is property of commons, all good ideas are in public domain, you cannot have propriety rights over goodness, successful ideas are universally acceptable, ideals have to be protected by arms if necessary especially when those are contracted responsibilities. You take most of the world and want to give nothing that is not on.

You being 4 percent of the world population are responsible for 32 percent pollution of the globe, and your abusive calorie consumptions add misery to many who are equal partners on this planet but the little help for hope and freedom that lesser soul can demand is problematic for you, but you are minority within your own body politic, meanness is not that abound as your insular mind thinks, generosity and inclusion is the name of the game in this unified world where we al realize that we cannot have inequities that may tear us apart, it is for this reason the people who matter have send soldiers and sons of Americans to sacrifice it is for this reason people like you will never understand your President, your mindset is all about that burger you wish to sell that MSFT software that you wish to export but with global Imperialism comes global responsibility ask the Anglo Saxons they will teach you a page from the lessons of history.,

< It is not our responsibility to force our way of life or our system of government on to other peoples. If you want what we have in our form of government, it is up to you to claim it. We are not raising our children to be sacrificed in your country to force our form of government on you and your people. >

Democracy is not your form of government it is too rich and too off the cuff remark, please read ~ Alexis de Tocqueville ‘Democracy in America.’ It is property of commons, a common heritage of mankind, one who can implement it should do it.

You betray history, you betray sacrifices of your nation in last century from Normandy to Vietnam your entire policy has been exporting freedom and democracy and your government is in total variance to what you are saying, you should express these views on a ballot box until that change happens live in the world where you have responsibilities and by your denial nothing changes!

<The crime of our President, is much greater than you! suspect. He thoughtlessly began an unnecessary war and all the ugliness that is forthcoming as a result of his foolishness is his responsibility, but the whole country must endure it. >

You can say that about many a wars, the crime of your President is that he is making the world free from lurking dangers of unseen enemy, you will be amongst the top screamers if anything happens to homeland that why the security was not in place but you security without doing nothing about it, lecturing from distance like Mr. Clinton did created 911, whilst he was lecturing someone was planning, these planners are now in jail or running for their lives and I can see that you consider this to be crime of your President, your political objectives and blindsided attitude has made you devoid of conventional reasoning. In last decade alone an unseen enemy was lurking after your nation and had planned to destroy the entire global economic system, an enemy that was set loose because no one really thought that stone age vandals can bring global economy to a standstill for 10 days. War in Iraq destroys the core of the government that created chaos and confusion in the Middle East, that enslaved millions of those Iraqis whose abuse is killing these liberals, these 40 million Iraqis in violation of Charter of Human rights were being abused, the whole Abu ghrieb prison was infamous for nameless graves 300.000 of them, now that someone has made an effort to change it is indigestible, freedom is chaotic and democracy is difficult but free nations and big nations have a responsibility towards collective heritage of mankind, that is saved by your Presidents actions.