| Title: | Psychic Phenomena |
| Notice: | Please read note 1.0-1.* before writing |
| Moderator: | JARETH::PAINTER |
| Created: | Wed Jan 22 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Tue May 27 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 2143 |
| Total number of notes: | 41773 |
Hi All,
This is a strange note dealing with a strange world from my
perspective. This world that we live in called the Planet Earth is
meant to be home to all of us irrespective of our race, colour,
religion, species, etc, the list is endless.
Yet I see that this is a place where it more of a home to some then
others. Some have more advantages and definitely do not want those
advantages to be taken away from them or diminished in anyway. I often
feel a great deal of sadness seeing the poor and hungry dying around
the world for want of food, clean water and access to basic medical
care. On the other side of the coin you see people who have access to
all these services squandering them and taking them for granted.
Worse of all those people who do not have the basics are treated as
some kind of uncivilised barbaric people. Then comes the worse fate of
all the dreaded loans that these poor nations have to pay which means
that they are unable to invest in the infastructure of the nation that
would benefit the people. Some of the squandering that takes place is
being done by the "leaders" of that nation and many times these
"leaders" are supported by other nations that have interests in that
country.
Living in a nation(s) that are rich and powerful you see the people are
in many cases oblivious to a world that exists outside of their nation.
Many times the people just seem to blame the people of the poor nations
for the ills and come out with cliches such as "They are not very
inventive", "They are not as advanced as us", "They should aspire to
our standards", "They should ....". All the time they forget that we
are all linked and actions of one can have a great impact on the many.
This world is divided into so many little worlds where people are just
living in their own little prisons not many people even want to try to
change things.
On a personal level if I say something that is different some people
come back with "He is strange", when asked why, there is no answer but
laughter. To discuss one's cluture, faith, feeling etc. you know the
kinds of things that make you who you are is called "strange". There
does not seem to be room for another point of view and it's always a
struggle. Little and not so little gangs based upon colour, race,
language and religion exist everywhere, there is no way that they are
going to listen to your point of view. That would be okay but these
gangs have such an impact on this world, it is rather sad.
Gang mentality has meant that these gangs can insult you, assult you,
make your life very difficult and at the same time something in you
wants you to stand up to them. The members of the gang will try to
convince you that you are always wrong hoping to change you enough that
you become a gang member or at least a associate member, not quite
expected but just good enough to be a close outsider. All of this
makes me wonder at times if we are developing into a species of animals
or evolved beings ? For every wrong there seems to be a reason and the
good is just an exception and is only reported if it shows a gang in a
good light. Not many people question what is happening it's just too
hard and the questions they ask are just there to defend there points
of view. I see very little happening in terms of valuing diversity for
the sake of doing it.
Perhaps I have not explained myself clearly and maybe I have left
questions unanswered.
Regards,
Sunil
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| 2063.1 | Compassion and understanding is needed | SMURF::SCHELBERG | Mon Jul 24 1995 12:18 | 9 | |
I think your right....which means that our world is not
ready to accept other beings in the universe. If we can't
accept everyone in our planet, how can we accept people in
other planets? Especially if they look quite different
from us!
oh well...time will only tell.
/bobcat
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| 2063.2 | ALLVAX::KEEFER | Tue Jul 25 1995 18:01 | 9 | ||
winning is more important than learning.
just a select few get the rush of leading many. Hams?
what's so good about being rich if more people aren't poor?
there isn't enough to go around - thus is born winners and losers.
who said humanity is progressing?
organized charity feeds itself.
should humanity be addressed as "We", or as "Countless Individuals"?
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| 2063.3 | PKHUB1::MROPRT | Wed Jul 26 1995 17:08 | 38 | ||
Sunil,
Those "dreaded loans" were given out to countries to improve their
infrastructure through the systems established by the World Bank. Had
this not been done, millions would have starved to death or died of
diseases in countries with exploding post WW2 populations. The
conventional world banking community, being profit seeking and
conservative would have never funded these loans without the guarantees
this new banking system allows for.
In the post WW2 rash of nation building and the end of colonialism,
the loss of the "mother" country meant great disruption and many times
left a void in the new country's infrastructure. (i.e. The end of the
British Raj on the Indian subcontinent led to the ethnic and religious
fighting that necessitated the partitioning of the area into India and
E. and W. Pakistan, E. Pakistan now being Bangladesh.
Agreed, colonialism was wrong and is gladly behind us, but the
economic ties remain in many areas and are a big part of many countries
economies.
Look at all the positives the last 30 years has brought. Leprosy,
tuberculosis and polio are just some of the diseases that have just
about been wiped out. Quick responses to cholera epidemics have cut
deaths by this dreaded, contagious disease to low, low figures compared
with the recent past. Quick, swift international action just recently
contained the deadly Ebola outbreak in Zaire.
Granted, Bosnia is the latest example of how backward and dark-
hearted Mankind can be, but take a look at all the positives that have
occured.
In the last few years, apartheid has ended in S. Africa, black
majority rule has peacefully been established, the Berlin Wall has
come down, Eastern Europe is free, some Soviet republics have
become free of Russian dominance and they all have their freedom on
the token independent level. The UN mission in Somalia saved hundreds
of thousands of Somalis' lives, mostly displaced farmers who then were
given the needed time to return to their village's fields and plant a
crop.
So, things have a long way to go, but don't be too depressed
about it. The world is a far friendlier and peaceful world than the
one of our grandfathers or fathers. BillM
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| 2063.4 | WRKSYS::MACKAY_E | Mon Jul 31 1995 16:38 | 29 | ||
Sunil,
It cuts both ways.
Think of all the progressive western practises that are shunned
by far and middle eastern countries, for example, women's right to
choose their destiny and celebrating the birth of female infants.
For every prejudice against one party/country, there is one coming
back. Prejudice is caused by ignorance and fear, it is found everywhere
on this planet.
Humans are animals. Animals have instincts to survive. The essence
that has carried us this far, for hundreds of thousands of years, is
not culture, is not morals, it is survival of the fittest - natural
selection. For all those eons, only the stong, intelligent and
adaptible survived, the weak were eliminated from our gene pool.
This process made us who we are. It is cruel in a moral sense, but
it is us who have trouble accepting it. This same process happens to
all living things around, except for those we, humans, interfere with.
If life is supposed to be fair and liberal in the political sense,
life would be extinct. It is a humbling experience to accept our
weakness and our own roots.
All IMO.
Eva
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| 2063.5 | Alrighty Then! | STRATA::WADE | Sat Aug 12 1995 13:33 | 4 | |
Well, This is how I see it..........I don't. Live, love and laugh.
Anylizing the world and the government is a waste of thought. Be
happy for yourself and those you love...that's it and that's all.
:)
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