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lbutler.gate.net (Lee Porter Butler) wrote:
>What do you think of this? I am trying to create a lens of focus group,
>which could present and advocate practical solutions to our present
>problems. I would appreciate your help. I believe that if we can language
>the request properly, millions of people who feel just like we do and can
>not express it, will respond with support and add power to our message.
I think you will have to express it in more clear language!
>The
>DOLPHIN GREEN
>Planetary Prosperity Project©
>We are a group of individuals seeking environmental equilibrium
>
>& a voluntary world order through
>€A Return of economic and political responsibility
>to the neighborhoods and communities.
It's a sentimental idea which presumes people will voluntarily
cooperate together [without a leader I suppose] for the environment and
world peace. They won't do it!
Nothing substantial has ever been accomplished without a leader. If
people have faith in a leader and the leader is actually qualified then
your objects could be achieved. You have to face reality. The vast
majority of people are not capable of making decisions considering all
angles of vision. I have been involved in many cooperative decision
making groups and committees and invariably they don't work as a group.
Everyone is trying to push their own ideas...
>€A voluntary world order based on self discipline,
>non-violence, strength, courage, compassion and trust.
Once again sentimental and unrealistic [it sounds nice though!]. In
reality there will always be rebellious people and if there is no
strong government to check them they will just exploit the citizens and
create havoc in society. What would your "peaceful, non-violent
collective government" do about them? It's not practical. Non-violence
is not for governments. The government is responsible to protect the
citizens so they have to curb the disturbing elements in society and
sometimes violence is necessary, they have to protect the citizens from
attacks from outside so violence is sometimes necessary here also.
>€The protection of individual civil liberties,
Sometimes this requires violence on the part of the government.
>private life styles and religious freedom.
I don't understand what you mean by "private lifestyles". Religious
freedom is ok. But people have to follow some bona fide religious
system properly. The government should see to this.
>€The commercial development of intentional, sustainable, floating
>communities, powered by solar, gravity, geothermal and other
>universally abundant ecologically harmonious sources of energy.
Why not just get some land and some cows and bulls? You can use the
bulls to plow the fields and grow grains and vegetables, you can milk
the cows and you can get building materials from the forest. What more
could you want?
Better to develop simple, local communities rather than such a complex
thing as you have mentioned.
I'm in the process of getting a WWW site together at:
/sudarsana
You will find "Changing the Face of the Earth" there [soon]. I think you will
be interested.
Thank you. Hare Krishna.
Thank you. Hare Krishna!
Madhudvisa dasa
(madhudvisa@krishna.org) /sudarsana
All glories to His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada!
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