On Sat, 2 Sep 2000 19:46:16 -0700, nessie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted
article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
which said:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED],Internet writes:
> >How do you suggest we proceed to stop police brutality?
>
> By creating a society in which there is no division between civilians,
> military and police because all three are subsumed by the citizen's
> militia.
I don't see that happening, and if it does happen, I don't see it
lasting. Men's hearts have to change. Peace can't be legislated and
peace can't be maintained through fear. Peace does have to come from
within each person.
David Arkenstone said it best in his CD "Citizen of the World":
"I like to think that we, as individuals within a global society,
are approaching the end of the line. The end of lines on maps.
The end of lines drawn defiantly in the sand. The end of lines
carved into our landscapes that become etched into our hearts.
The end of lines that cause separation and suspicion and lead us
to invent such words as geopolitics and xenophobia. An end to the
lines and barriers that cause You and Me to think in terms of Us
and Them.
"I look forward to the day when children can study a globe where
land masses are free of the quiltwork of colors that imply
isolation and conflicting points of view. I anticipate a time
when the Great Walls crumble and flags are regarded as historical
artifacts. I imagine a moment when the final stamp in every
passport bears the words of 19th century poet James Russell
Lowell: "Before Man made us citizens, great Nature made us men."
"Perhaps such thinking is simply a fanciful creation of a
musician's over-amplified imagination. Perhaps. Meanwhile I
choose to explore and expand the common links of our collective
home through music. In so doing, I embrace the notion that I can
be a Citizen of the World."
So when I envision a world with militias, I envision a world with flags,
armies, guns, symbols and guarded peace. Perhaps we'll pass through a
time like that. But I'm looking forward to a time when we can have all
the things we have now -- flags, guns and symbols, and yet know in our
hearts that these are just items and they don't define us unless we, as
individuals, allow it.
Ty
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