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J_rod7 · 03-12-2009, 02:03 PM

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Good Day - All Here that Love Truth, Life, and Freedom,

This will be a 'guest editorial' today. These are the words expressed in the Editorial by Kate and Richard Mucci, of the Matrix News Network.com

What Evil Lurks in the Heart of Man

I know it is late for someone at my age, in my chosen career, to finally get around to reading Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s “Gulag Archipelago”, but, and I admit it, I didn’t have the nerve until just recently. “1984” and “Brave New World” gave me nightmares for months after I initially read them, so I just didn’t think I could get through this tome. But something has been gnawing at my subconscious, and when I was recently going through a pile of neglected books, I came upon it again. It was time.

And so, here I am. Immersed in the blackest black of the human psyche, wondering what it is in man that inspires him to commit such terrible brutality upon others of his kind, or for that matter, upon any living thing.

In the opening chapter, a description of “the midnight arrest” strikes fear in my heart, not because it happened to the narrator on another continent a lifetime ago, but because I know that it happens today. It happens to families in Iraq when American mercenaries storm their homes. It happens in China and Israel, and England, and yes, in this very country, to people just like me.

Never mind the Special Forces invasions. The IRS, the INS, the ATF, even the FDA send agents of terror into homes and businesses, using their badges and their guns and their threats to make grown men cower in fear.

Their actions are glorified on television and in movies. They are the “good” guys, insuring that the land of the free and the home of the brave is protected from terrorists, tax evaders and of course those who have found natural cures for cancer.

Whether it’s jackboots through the door in the middle of the night or threats of audits, it is control through fear. It is as common and effective here as ever it was in the Soviet Union or Nazi Germany or present day Red China. It is government action, often completely contrary to the Constitution, but it would never happen if it were not for the complicity of the mercenaries who are paid to do this work.

And that is what I ponder here today.

What makes someone do this kind of job? What is it in the minds or hearts of these men and women that they get satisfaction out of such a job? Is it because it empowers them? Are they forced to do it, or tricked into it? Or is it simply for the money?

I’m told by a good friend that I must not judge people, and I try really hard not to. But when I see the devastation that is wrought over and over again by people “just doing their job” I find it hard to suspend judgment.

The American military man who tortured prisoners because “it came from higher up”, the Israeli soldier who targeted defenseless civilians because his Rabbi told him “it is good, sometimes to be cruel”, the SS officer who rounded up innocent Gypsies, Jews and Blacks and sent them to the camps or starved or beat them when they got there because of Hitler’s vision of a master race… how did any of them sleep at night?
The IRS agent who seizes the bank account of an innocent citizen because he needs to boost his collection rating, or the police officer who tasers an old man for protesting an unlawful search on his home… what goes through their heads as they do their “appointed” deeds? Or do they even think about it? Do they have any concept of the evil, or have they been so brainwashed by the system that they do not realize what they do?

What evil lurks in the hearts of men? Is it inborn, or is it learned? If it is inborn, then I fear that writing about it, talking about it on national television, even praying to some “god” will make no difference. If it is true that men inherently have evil in their hearts, if the urge to kill and enslave are imprinted on our DNA, then only the complete destruction of the human race can remove this scourge upon the earth.

But if this behavior is learned, if it is the system upon which the planet distributes wealth and resources that creates these monstrous agents of terror, then perhaps there is hope.

If there is no need to accumulate wealth, if there is no fear that that there will not be enough food, or adequate shelter, is it possible that there would be then no reason for thugs, government or otherwise, to attack others? Perhaps. If the abundant resources of the planet were distributed freely and equally, would anyone have to horde or steal? Would there be any need to invade a country because oil or natural gas was under its soil? What if there was no financial benefit in suppressing clean alternative energy sources or the cures for cancer?

If the pharmaceutical industries were not in existence just to make money, there would be no need for FDA henchmen to enforce their monopoly on “health” care, and the holistic and natural cures that are already in existence could flourish, and suffering would diminish. If the monetary system was abolished, the IRS and the “Federal” Reserve would go the way of the dinosaur.

There would be no surveillance, no RFID chips. There would be no need for TSA thugs to take away your bottles of water or baby formula because there would be no place for “terrorism” in a system where everybody was free to come and go as they please and to partake of the bounty of the earth. Resources would be managed, perhaps most reasonably by interconnected computers, for the benefit of the earth and the people and animals living on it, not for the benefit of a few wealthy families.

People all around the world have come up with plans that would eliminate the current monetary system and replace it with something that would impartially and reliably distribute resources while protecting the environment. The Venus Project, is one vision of the future, but there are many more.

If evil truly does reside organically in the hearts of man, then no Utopian plan will ever work. But if hate and cruelty are in fact learned, by removing the system that creates greed and want, we could change the world into a place where all the people are “living for today, nothing to kill or die for, a brotherhood of man”.

John Lennon’s pleas for peace and equality were silenced all too soon, but he wasn’t the only one with the dream. Many of us hold it dear to our hearts, and perhaps, if there are enough of us, we can make this a world where we all can live as one.

http://matrixnewsnetwork.com/categor...rt-of-man.html

And also these words of John Lennon: Imagine ALL the People...

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J_rod7 Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Florida, USA Posts: 301	Re: Mankind & Earth: the Necessary Ingredients for a Responsible Love Story * * *** Good Day - All Here that Love Truth, Life, and Freedom, This will be a 'guest editorial' today. These are the words expressed in the Editorial by Kate and Richard Mucci, of the Matrix News Network.com What Evil Lurks in the Heart of Man I know it is late for someone at my age, in my chosen career, to finally get around to reading Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s “Gulag Archipelago”, but, and I admit it, I didn’t have the nerve until just recently. “1984” and “Brave New World” gave me nightmares for months after I initially read them, so I just didn’t think I could get through this tome. But something has been gnawing at my subconscious, and when I was recently going through a pile of neglected books, I came upon it again. It was time. And so, here I am. Immersed in the blackest black of the human psyche, wondering what it is in man that inspires him to commit such terrible brutality upon others of his kind, or for that matter, upon any living thing. In the opening chapter, a description of “the midnight arrest” strikes fear in my heart, not because it happened to the narrator on another continent a lifetime ago, but because I know that it happens today. It happens to families in Iraq when American mercenaries storm their homes. It happens in China and Israel, and England, and yes, in this very country, to people just like me. Never mind the Special Forces invasions. The IRS, the INS, the ATF, even the FDA send agents of terror into homes and businesses, using their badges and their guns and their threats to make grown men cower in fear. Their actions are glorified on television and in movies. They are the “good” guys, insuring that the land of the free and the home of the brave is protected from terrorists, tax evaders and of course those who have found natural cures for cancer. Whether it’s jackboots through the door in the middle of the night or threats of audits, it is control through fear. It is as common and effective here as ever it was in the Soviet Union or Nazi Germany or present day Red China. It is government action, often completely contrary to the Constitution, but it would never happen if it were not for the complicity of the mercenaries who are paid to do this work. And that is what I ponder here today. What makes someone do this kind of job? What is it in the minds or hearts of these men and women that they get satisfaction out of such a job? Is it because it empowers them? Are they forced to do it, or tricked into it? Or is it simply for the money? I’m told by a good friend that I must not judge people, and I try really hard not to. But when I see the devastation that is wrought over and over again by people “just doing their job” I find it hard to suspend judgment. The American military man who tortured prisoners because “it came from higher up”, the Israeli soldier who targeted defenseless civilians because his Rabbi told him “it is good, sometimes to be cruel”, the SS officer who rounded up innocent Gypsies, Jews and Blacks and sent them to the camps or starved or beat them when they got there because of Hitler’s vision of a master race… how did any of them sleep at night? The IRS agent who seizes the bank account of an innocent citizen because he needs to boost his collection rating, or the police officer who tasers an old man for protesting an unlawful search on his home… what goes through their heads as they do their “appointed” deeds? Or do they even think about it? Do they have any concept of the evil, or have they been so brainwashed by the system that they do not realize what they do? What evil lurks in the hearts of men? Is it inborn, or is it learned? If it is inborn, then I fear that writing about it, talking about it on national television, even praying to some “god” will make no difference. If it is true that men inherently have evil in their hearts, if the urge to kill and enslave are imprinted on our DNA, then only the complete destruction of the human race can remove this scourge upon the earth. But if this behavior is learned, if it is the system upon which the planet distributes wealth and resources that creates these monstrous agents of terror, then perhaps there is hope. If there is no need to accumulate wealth, if there is no fear that that there will not be enough food, or adequate shelter, is it possible that there would be then no reason for thugs, government or otherwise, to attack others? Perhaps. If the abundant resources of the planet were distributed freely and equally, would anyone have to horde or steal? Would there be any need to invade a country because oil or natural gas was under its soil? What if there was no financial benefit in suppressing clean alternative energy sources or the cures for cancer? If the pharmaceutical industries were not in existence just to make money, there would be no need for FDA henchmen to enforce their monopoly on “health” care, and the holistic and natural cures that are already in existence could flourish, and suffering would diminish. If the monetary system was abolished, the IRS and the “Federal” Reserve would go the way of the dinosaur. There would be no surveillance, no RFID chips. There would be no need for TSA thugs to take away your bottles of water or baby formula because there would be no place for “terrorism” in a system where everybody was free to come and go as they please and to partake of the bounty of the earth. Resources would be managed, perhaps most reasonably by interconnected computers, for the benefit of the earth and the people and animals living on it, not for the benefit of a few wealthy families. People all around the world have come up with plans that would eliminate the current monetary system and replace it with something that would impartially and reliably distribute resources while protecting the environment. The Venus Project, is one vision of the future, but there are many more. If evil truly does reside organically in the hearts of man, then no Utopian plan will ever work. But if hate and cruelty are in fact learned, by removing the system that creates greed and want, we could change the world into a place where all the people are “living for today, nothing to kill or die for, a brotherhood of man”. John Lennon’s pleas for peace and equality were silenced all too soon, but he wasn’t the only one with the dream. Many of us hold it dear to our hearts, and perhaps, if there are enough of us, we can make this a world where we all can live as one. http://matrixnewsnetwork.com/categor...rt-of-man.html And also these words of John Lennon: Imagine ALL the People... *** * * Last edited by J_rod7; 03-12-2009 at 02:05 PM.