Hi,
This blogger finds that there are as many readers in foreign countries following the blog as Americans. Is it because we are all experiencing degrees of the same problems and need answers that don't seem to be forthcoming?
When this blogger worked for newspapers and magazines, it was always a joy to reach people across town, then across the country, and sometimes if luck was with you in another land.
But technology has changed that. Not only can a blog reach across the world but a blogger can write free and independently without instructions from someone higher up in a hierarchy. It is a true freedom of opportunity made possible by the internet and those who believe in it. It is one of the great benefits of our new technology that the answers to problems that are universal can be shared and discussed and answers sought.
We should pay tribute to those elements in technology that can create a world-wide forum and make contributions of knowledge, ideas, and answers to universal problems. This blogger believes that Government is a entity that constantly creates questions involved in all elements of ethics, morals, and human welfare. Our lives are deeply affected by people we have never met and who have no knowledge of our individual problems or history. Polls came about to add some semblance of the reality of what people think, how they live, and what they feel but although it is certainly better than nothing, it's not much better. And like everything beneficial, it is open to corruption.
Technology can be misused to the extent that information can be twisted, or used as propaganda or for personal gain either monetarily or aggrandizement. Just like in Government, good can become evil and twisted. This, of course, means that in spite of how busy we are or the problems personally surrounding us, we can never close a watchful eye on our politicians. Unfortunately, this is not the case and those who most affect our well being are aware that this is so. We elect them to take the responsibility for us but we forget that there have to be constant checks and balances so that responsibility doesn't become a license for complete dictatorship or thievery or both. OR SIMPLY A LICENSE TO KILL THE OPPOSITION WITH WHATEVER MEANS AVAILABLE. IT BECOMES A CHALLENGE TO REFORM GOVERNMENT OR PERISH.
Power is a heady business and absolute power is the stuff that mass murder thrives on. Hitler is always a good example here. He did everything in Germany, legally, but managed to control, create an absolute rule, and beside making war on others, kill masses of his own people for whatever reason he deemed necessary. Minorities and the poor always suffer the most under these circumstances when ethics and morals disappear and are replaced by one person dictates.
Politicians and Government represent a power that only a very few wealthy or acclaimed individuals can match and once it gets out of hand, more blood flows to attempt to stem the tide of single minded onslaught.
Religion was once as strong and powerful as Government and created a semblance of balance between the two but man has outsmarted himself by showing how smart he is not to believe in anything so mystical. Folks are outsmarted because the very protection against the ugliness in mankind and Government was the very mystery of a higher power to judge one's actions. WITHOUT THAT THREAT THE "KIND" IN MANKIND OFTEN DISAPPEARS COMPLETELY !!!!!!!!!!!
Unfortunately, the only replacement is ETERNAL VIGILENCE OVER GOVERNMENT. THOSE FOLKS WHO HAVE THE RESPONSIBLITY FOR YOUR COUNTRY AND WELL BEING. AS COMMUNISM COMSUMES THE WORLD THERE IS MORE AND MORE RESPONSIBILITY BEING TAKEN AWAY FROM YOU FOR YOUR WELFARE!!!!!!!!!!COMMUNISTS NO LONGER CONSIDER THAT THEY HAVE TO ANSWER TO A HIGHER ORDER. THEY CONSIDER THEMSELVES THE HIGHER ORDER AND THAT IS THE DANGER THAT MUST BE KEPT IN CHECK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THIS IS A RAPIDLY !!!!!!!!!!! CHANGING WORLD THAT IS MOVING INTO TECHNOLOGY. A TECHNOLOGY THAT IS FAR BEYOND ANYTHING WE HAVE YET EXPERIENCED !!!!!!!!!!!!WITHOUT SOME ETHICAL AND MORAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE MEANING OF THESE CHANGES, THE COUNTRIES OF OUR WORLD MAY FIND CHAOS WHERE SIMPLE PEACE WAS ONCE THE NORM !!!!!!!!!!
The world is always in flux and experiencing ups and downs but this change is more critical because of the interconnectivity that is being felt.
It is no LONGER one hidden country BUT THE VIEW is of a larger territory. Citizens of each country do not necessarily feel the effects. BUT EACH COUNTRY IN ORDER TO THRIVE MUST FEEL THE RESPONSIBITY FOR THEIR GOVERNMENT BEFORE IT GETS OUT OF HAND TO AVOID CONFLICTING WITH OTHER GOVERNMENTS AROUND THE WORLD. THAT DOESN'T MEAN GIVING UP AUTONOMY BUT RATHER EMBRACING THE IDEA OF WHAT RELIGION CALLED BROTHERHOOD.
IF CITIZENS BECOME AWARE THAT TRUSTING ALONE IS NOT ENOUGH TO CONTROL THE INEVITABLE POWER RAISED BY GOVERNMENTS. WITH THE ADDITION OF CITIZENS' CHECKS AND BALANCES WE HAVE A REAL SHOT AT REFORM !!!!!!!!!! A REFORM BASED ON ETHICS, MORALS, AND FINANCIAL REASON TO CURE THE ILLS THAT AIL US IN A TECHNOLOGICAL WORLD, PERHAPS ONE EVEN CONDUCTED BY ROBOTICS.
THIS BLOGGER HOPES THAT THIS BLOG WILL BE A STEP TOWARD THE UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IS MISSING AND WHAT IS NEEDED FOR A MORE SECURE AND PEACEFUL LIFE.
CHEERS, CONNIE
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