Democrazy...
Democracy...the most socially friendly system of governance, the most people friendly, the one that makes most sense for everyone, the most fair, where one is rewarded for his/her abilities...by the people, for the people.
There is one small thing that the propagators of this system forgot to include in their calculations...My guess is most of them are similar to me, they must have been Idealists...Dreamers...I thank them for such a cool contribution to society...if i am here blogging away my thoughts without fear of censorship or being burned at the stake or the guillotine hanging over my head, its thanks to them and the history behind them.
But as i way saying...there is one small thing that they forgot to consider...that other people are not like them. Only when someone is socially responsible and has the guts to change him/herself and are content with their own lack of corruption and guile will the system of democracy work. For this, the seeds should have been sown at the very early stage...58 years of independence in India...and it seems to me and to lot like me that the seeds were washed away in a flood of greed and angst. Social pressure they say...i say bull shit! Start thinking man...
Please do read my previous post called "Viagra for the country" for some related thoughts...
Sigh...optimism takes over eventually in the hopeful...and i guess its only a matter of time until education and the lessons learnt from the generations before will lead to a truly good life for everyone human. By good, i mean not everyone having a house and a car and a lawn to mow with a contented smile each sunday with the dog frolicking about...no...i am talking about the purity of the soul and the inherent shunning of the negative elements defined by Webster. We sould save so much space and memory and paper and trees cut down for it when those words are erased from Websters... :)
But until then...democrazy.
There is one small thing that the propagators of this system forgot to include in their calculations...My guess is most of them are similar to me, they must have been Idealists...Dreamers...I thank them for such a cool contribution to society...if i am here blogging away my thoughts without fear of censorship or being burned at the stake or the guillotine hanging over my head, its thanks to them and the history behind them.
But as i way saying...there is one small thing that they forgot to consider...that other people are not like them. Only when someone is socially responsible and has the guts to change him/herself and are content with their own lack of corruption and guile will the system of democracy work. For this, the seeds should have been sown at the very early stage...58 years of independence in India...and it seems to me and to lot like me that the seeds were washed away in a flood of greed and angst. Social pressure they say...i say bull shit! Start thinking man...
Please do read my previous post called "Viagra for the country" for some related thoughts...
Sigh...optimism takes over eventually in the hopeful...and i guess its only a matter of time until education and the lessons learnt from the generations before will lead to a truly good life for everyone human. By good, i mean not everyone having a house and a car and a lawn to mow with a contented smile each sunday with the dog frolicking about...no...i am talking about the purity of the soul and the inherent shunning of the negative elements defined by Webster. We sould save so much space and memory and paper and trees cut down for it when those words are erased from Websters... :)
But until then...democrazy.
posted by Maharaj at 7/01/2005 02:13:00 AM
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Only one thing remained inside: Hope.
So, despite everything pointing to the opposite, despite all my sadness, this feeling of impotence, despite being this very moment almost convinced that nothing is going to get better, I cannot lose the only thing that keeps me alive: hope – that word always used with such irony by pseudo-intellectuals who consider it a synonym for “fooling someone.” That word so manipulated by governments who make promises fully aware that they are not going to keep them and tear the hearts of the people even more. That word is with us so often in the morning, is wounded in the course of the day and dies at nightfall, yet always rises with the dawn.
Yes, there is a saying that goes: “there is no argument against force.” But there is another saying that goes: “where there is life there is hope.”
- Paulo Coelho
from http://www.warriorofthelight.com/engl/index.html
Pandora's Box:Issue No.97
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