HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0120.002 2002-2004
WHAT IS THE MOST SERIOUS PROBLEM FACING
HAWAII COUNTY TODAY ? AND I ADD, THIS
STATE, THIS NATION, THIS PLANET' S R~ee~v°~s
MOST SERIOUS PROBLEM ? ANSWER ~'::ez_._
"THE INTOLERANCE AND DISRESPECT (~F~ca^~
OTHER IDEAS AND LIFESTYLES."(MAYOR KIM)
IN THIS VERY COMPLEX, MULTIFACETED
GLOBAL COMMUNITY, WE ARE NOW FACED WITH
MANY, MANY DISASTERS. DISASTER CAUSED
BY WHAT WE HAVE DONE AND ARE DOING, NOT
ONLY ENVIRONMENTAL, ECONOMIC, BUT ALSO
IN THE REALM OF TECHNOLOGY.
TECHNOLOGY'S MOST RECENT DISASTER THE
SHUTTLE COLUMBIA, BUT IN A LARGER SENSE
COULDN'T THE SPACE PROGRAM IN ITSELF BE
THIS PLANET'S BIGGEST DISASTER ?
SPENDING TRILLIONS AND TRILLIONS IN
SPACE. WHILE HERE ON EARTH THE PROBLEMS
OF DISEASE, STARVATION AND INHUMANITIES
SPIRAL OUT OF CONTROL AND ARE ONLY
ADDRESSED BY SERVICING THE EFFECT AND
NOT THE ROOT CAUSE. WILL WE ALWAYS
SACRIFICE THE PRESENT FOR THE FUTURE ?
WE ARE NOW GEARING UP MILITARILY (ONE
OF THIS PLANET'S GREATEST TECHNOLOGICAL
ACHIEVEMENTS) TO ONCE AGAIN ELIMINATE
RATHER THAN SOLVE OUR SOCIAL/ECONOMIC
PROBLEMS. TECHNOLOGY'S BIGGEST ACHIEVE-
MENT ? WIDENING THE FISSURES OF CASTE.
SPECIALIZATION IN VERBIAGE,
CLASSIFICATION AND MECHANIZED THINKING
HAS PUT MAN OUT OF TOUCH WITH THE MANY
POWERS OF INSTINCT, ENABLING US TO DO
NOTHING, BUT TO PURSUE THE FUTURE
FASTER AND FASTER. Nu. ~•'Z
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ALL WANT THE PROTECTION OF BEING
"EXCLUSIVE & SPECIAL",SEEKING TO BELONG
TO THE RULING CLASS, THE RIGHT CLUBS,
WITH CONNECTIONS IN ALL THE POWERFUL
PLACES AND THE DESIRE FOR SECURITY,
PROTECTED FROM THE FLUX OF LIFE.
OF COURSE IT IS ALL DONE IN THE SINCERE
BELIEF THAT WE ARE DOING THE RIGHT
THING AND IT IS ALMOST A DUTY TO DO SO.
ALL CLINGING TO AND JUSTIFYING THEIR
BELIEFS, LACKING TRUE FAITH TO LET GO.
WITH ALL OF THE WORLD'S ISMS UNDER THE
DELUSION THAT THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE IS
HELD IN ORDER BY THE CATEGORIES OF
HUMAN THOUGHT AND WHAT IS NOT
CLASSIFIED IS IRREGULAR, UNPREDICTABLE
AND DANGEROUS, WE FIND ALL ISMS IN
CONTENTION FOR DOMINANCE, WITH CAPITAL-
ISM LEADING AND FORCING THE WAY.
ALL ISMS IN CONTENTION FOR DOMINANCE
AND ALL SO FAR FROM THE PURE DEFINI-
TIONS OF WHAT THEIR ISMS ARE ALL ABOUT.
SO FAR, THAT IT HAS BECOME APPARENT TO
MANY THAT THE HUMAN RACE IS NOTHING
MORE THAN A PAWN IN THIS, DELIBERATELY
CONTRIVED, "WORLD MILITARY INDUSTRIAL
COMPLEX" WAR GAME.
WITH MOST ALREADY ENCRUSTED IN THE HARD
SHELL OF CULTURE AND TRADITION, LIVING
THEIR LIVES AS ONE LONG EFFORT TO
RESIST THE UNKNOWN, THERE ARE FEW
GROUNDS FOR HOPING THAT, IN ANY
IMMEDIATE FUTURE, THERE WILL BE ANY
RECOVERY OF SOCIAL SANITY.
2.
THAT IS WHY, KEEPING THE ABOVE IN MIND,
I AM ASKING OUR GOVERNESS AND ALL WHO
NOW OCCUPY SEATS OF POWER TO PUT
HUMANITIES IN THE PRIME POSITION IN THE
DECISION MAKING PROCESS. HUMANITIES
ABOVE ALL, FOR THE FUTURE WILL NOT
JUDGE US ON OUR TECHNICAL ADVANCEMENTS
OR OUR MATERIAL GAINS, BUT RATHER ON
HOW WE TREATED OTHER HUMAN BEINGS, OUR
CHILDREN, ARE POOR, ARE ELDERLY. WE
MUST START TO UNDERSTAND THAT ALL LIFE
ON THIS PLANET IS PRECIOUS AND THAT IT
IS NOT THROUGH UNDERSTANDING THAT WE
DESTROY, BUT THROUGH MISUNDERSTANDING.
MUST THIS VICIOUS CYCLE OF
MISUNDERSTANDING BECOME MORE
INTOLERABLE BEFORE ANY LARGE NUMBERS OF
HUMAN BEINGS AWAKEN TO THE TRAGIC TRICK
WE ARE PLAYING ON OURSELVES ?
AND DOES THE PROPHECY OF "ARMAGEDDON"
LIE SOMEWHERE IN THE NOT TOO DISTANT
FUTURE ?
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