Not too long ago…
House on Red Corner · 2006-08-25
The band U2 toured the world and had an interesting piece where they presented the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which was warmly received in many places, but was truncated in the United States because the audience was not nearly as receptive to it.
Today I read through the original document and could not see anything that I thought was disagreeable nor unreasonable for Americas, albeit there was no clauses that suggested that every human has the right to drive SUVs, watch large screen cable televisions and drink lots of Starbucks coffee, but that was the only thing.
It is my theory that many Americans, particularly those who are parading around with great pomp, are fearful at losing the superpower status and can not believe that an organization such as the United Nations can be trusted to look out for the USA agenda. Well, it can’t and that’s not its mandate, the UN is there to look out for the planet and if this country can not come to terms with the fact that we are not the only ones here, then there will be some pretty drastic results.
We could begin to transistion to a universal governance beneath the guidance of the United Nations, or we could lose our ’superpower’ status through violent means, and everyone is quite aware that we are under violent attack even now. We are not going to win any war on terrorism simply because the Who we are fighting is in a shadow. There is the distinct possibility that they could win, and currently are winning, especially as we are no longer allowed to carry bottled water and other liquids, not to mention many other liberties which have been extricated from our persons. The third way, and one which will even ensure that there is a greater chance for peaceful existence is universal governance that supports the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.