|
What kind of question is that - if you have killed any children lately? Obviously most of you will proudly proclaim that you don't kill or maim children. There is the rare exception, but most of us will really believe that we do not kill children, but maybe we should take another look. let us start with looking at some pictures so that we get in the mood... Also this one is still rather easy to handle... Let's get a little bit tougher... How about some classics that you might have seen before... But now let's get real tough, but I still really want you to look... And this one really seems to be dead - I mean like in 'DEAD'... And now imagine that I have the galls to say you are responsible for all that! And I really mean YOU - the person here in front of your computer reading these lines. I know you are feeling a lot of objection down there inside of you, but I can't, and would not, release you from this uncomfortable feeling, that this might in fact be true. If there is not at least a little voice that tries to tells you, yes, you are responsible for that, then this is probably the wrong article for you to read and you should type YouTube into your browser and forget about what you saw here. OK, you are still here, good - then there is a chance that we can change something about that. Only if we face what really IS, do we have a chance to make changes. Obviously you see where I am aiming at, right? All these atrocities are committed by some form of government, and all these governments get the money from - whom? - the good tax-payers of these governments, right? Sometimes the citizenry is coerced into paying at gun point, sometimes it gives freely because they believe in the good intention and righteousness of 'their' government. There is no way around it - the money to buy the bullet, that blew off that boys leg, was paid by somebody and it might well have been you through your contribution on tax day. For most of us that would be hard to live with, wouldn't it? Many of you have the excuse that they did not have a choice but to pay, otherwise they would have gotten into trouble. That might certainly be true, but if you trade the life of another human being for your own convenience then I actually don't want you to continue reading my words - please go back to America's Funniest Home Videos. ... still here? Good! Now we are getting somewhere, but I am sure that by now the group of my readers has considerably thinned out. There are not that many of us that have principles strong enough to overcome the fear of the tax collected and stand up to the egocentricity of staying out of trouble whatever the cost - - for somebody else. If you are still with me now but have not taken steps yet to stop the money flow to buy more bullets or napalm you must have been doing something to silence that nagging voice inside of you. Which did you chose? Did you give freely to charity, did you adopt a foster-child in the developing world or have you joined the peace corps? I personally was in the second group - and am actually still part of it. The first adopted foster children I had were taken over from my father when he passed away. He had made the commitment to support these two children in Africa up to the age of 18 and I kept that promise in his name. Later, within my own family, we continued with a new set of children after these first two graduated from the Childreach program, now called PlanUSA. I still believe that it is a good idea to help children this way but I know that I can do a lot more by taking the funds away from the people who create those inhuman conditions in the first place, getting rich while doing so. I can certainly not tell you what to do. Despite the first amendment I would be accused of interfering with the administration of the tax laws, if I would tell you to shut off the money flow to such immoral and unethical causes. So I will not because I want to continue ranting, but I can ask you to scroll up and look at the pictures above once more and then make your own decision. If you are not quite at the point where you want to take responsibility for some children on the other side of the world that you never have, and never will have, anything to do with, you may take, for now, a bit more egotistical point of few. Let us take the golden rule of "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." Doesn't that mean that if you buy bullets to maim or kill the children of other parents that you want those parents to buy bullets to kill your child or children? That hits a little bit closer to home, doesn't it? I know, I am pretty mean, but I want to give you this last picture on your way as you go on making money and paying it to the henchman... Footnote: Did I mention that anything a government does is done better by a profit oriented enterprise - just in case you want to argue that most of your taxes pay for schools and roads and all the good stuff. Why? Because they are using hammers that cost six bucks instead of sixty. Even defense can be handled that way. A big poster on the internet: Osama Bin Laden - Dead or Alive - One Billion Dollars! What chances, do you think, bin Laden would have had? Very efficient, a lot cheaper, and that little boy above would not have that box closed permanently over him. But as you gave our 'leaders' all that money, they needed to spend it to show you that it was correct that they collected it from you. Now... if you want to change something, but that fear of the taxman with the gun is bugging you so much that you are just frozen, there will be help to overcome that on this site. Start by registering and let me know that you are willing to make some change. |
