*-IF VISITORS TO MY AWARD-WINNING WEBSITE HAVEN'T FIGURED OUT BY NOW, IF THEY HAVE ARRIVED AT THIS FOOTNOTE TO THE (NINTH) PAGE IN THE SEQUENCE OF THE TEXT OF MY 1983 STATEMENT TO THEN-PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA PIERRE E. TRUDEAU AND THEN-EXTERNAL AFFAIRS MINISTER ALLAN J. MacEACHEN, THIS SUBMISSION TO THEM WAS A DISSERTATION ON "ETHICS" AND GOVERNMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY.
EXPLAIN THIS AND ALSO QUOTE THE "GREATEST EVIL"
FROM QU'RAN AND LINK TO NETANYAHU LIST OF CONTENTS AND THE 1982
CARTER REFERENCE TO QU'RAN AND THE ONE FOUR YEARS LATER TO
CLOVIS MAKSOUD. HERE IS THE SPOT TO RELATE THIS QUOTE TO RALPH
NADER, MY INABILITY TO CONTACT HIM COURTESTY OF THE B.C. NURSES
ASSOCIATION, AND PROBABLY TIME TO BRING UP ROSS PEROT.
I WOULD DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE QUOTE
OF THOMAS JEFFERSON ON THE COVER PAGE OF THIS
AWARD-WINNING WEBSITE, AS WELL AS THIS ONE QUOTED DURING THE
COURSE OF THIS "INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMATIC
WORK...ON A DIRECT BASIS" FOR THE WORLD'S CHILDREN.
"...AND SAY,* FINALLY, WHETHER
PEACE IS BEST PRESERVED BY GIVING ENERGY TO THE GOVERNMENT, OR
INFORMATION TO THE PEOPLE. THIS LAST IS THE MOST CERTAIN, AND
THE MOST LEGITIMATE ENGINE OF GOVERNMENT. EDUCATE AND INFORM
THE WHOLE MASS OF THE PEOPLE. ENABLE THEM TO SEE THAT IT IS
THEIR INTEREST TO PRESERVE PEACE AND ORDER, AND THEY WILL
PRESERVE THEM. AND IT REQUIRES NO VERY HIGH DEGREE OF EDUCATION
TO CONVINCE THEM OF THIS. THEY ARE THE ONLY SURE RELIANCE FOR
THE PRESERVATION OF OUR LIBERTY. AFTER ALL, IT IS MY PRINCIPLE THAT THE WILL OF THE
MAJORITY SHOULD PREVAIL. IF THEY APPROVE THE PROPOSED
CONSTITUTION IN ALL ITS PARTS, I SHALL CONCUR IN IT CHEERFULLY
IN HOPES THEY WILL AMEND IT, WHENEVER THEY SHALL FIND IT WORKS
WRONG. THIS RELIANCE CANNOT DECEIVE US, AS LONG AS WE REMAIN
VIRTUOUS; AND I THINK WE SHALL BE SO, AS LONG AS AGRICULTURE IS
OUR PRINCIPAL OBJECT, WHICH WILL BE THE CASE, WHILE THERE REMAINS
VACANT LANDS IN ANY PART OF AMERICA. WHEN WE GET PILED UPON ONE
ANOTHER IN LARGE CITIES, AS IN EUROPE, WE SHALL BECOME CORRUPT
AS IN EUROPE, AND GO TO EATING ONE ANOTHER AS THEY DO THERE.
WE THINK, IN AMERICA, THAT IT IS NECESSARY TO INTRODUCE
THE PEOPLE INTO EVERY DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT, AS FAR AS THEY
ARE CAPABLE OF EXERCISING IT; AND THAT THIS IS THE ONLY WAY TO
INSURE A LONG-CONTINUED AND HONEST ADMINISTRATION OF ITS POWERS.
WERE I CALLED UPON TO DECIDE, WHETHER THE PEOPLE HAD BEST BE
OMITTED IN THE LEGISLATIVE OR JUDICIARY DEPARTMENT, I WOULD SAY
IT IS BETTER TO LEAVE THEM OUT OF THE LEGISLATIVE. THE
EXECUTION OF THE LAWS IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE MAKING
THEM."
*-JAMES MADISON
(EXCERPT FROM 'THE LIVING THOUGHTS OF THOMAS
JEFFERSON PRESENTED BY JOHN DEWEY', COPYRIGHT ©MCMXL,
DAVID MCKAY CO., INC.)
DON'T THINK THE WISDOM
OF THOMAS JEFFERSON IS
PASSÉ YET IN WHAT YOU ARE ENTITLED TO FROM YOUR
GOVERNMENT? LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD: TAKE A BRIEF SIDESTEP HERE TO SIGN MY
GUESTBOOK.
1-link to the Magnificent Seven allusion to BOB
2-THROUGHOUT THIS AWARD-WINNING WEBSITE, WHEN THE WORD "POWER" IS USED, LINKAGE HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED TO A TERM OF REFERENCE ABOUT IT IN THE POLITICAL OR MORAL SENSE OF THE WORD'S USE.
IN THIS CASE, THERE IS A LINK FROM THAT TERM OF REFERENCE TO THIS ONE BECAUSE I BELIEVE IT NOW NECESSARY TO BRIEFLY EXPLAIN MY REASONING PROCESS IN THIS REGARD.
I BRIEFLY CONSIDERED ESTABLISHING ALL THOSE LINKS FROM ANY FORM OF THE ROOT WORD "POWER." (POWERS, POWERFUL, ETC.) BUT I ULTIMATELY DECIDED AGAINST IT.
ON THE ONE HAND, "ALL OF US" NOW LIVE IN A WORLD WITH ONLY ONE (SO-CALLED) "SUPERPOWER." AND CERTAINLY THIS IS RELEVANT TO WHAT YOU FIND IF YOU TAKE A BRIEF SIDESTEP HERE TO CONSIDER A NECESSARY CONSIDERATION IN RESPONDING TO "CONCERNS" ABOUT THE PEOPLE AND "SITUATION" IN THE HOLY LANDS/MIDDLE EAST.
AND THAT I AM EXPLAINING THE CORRELATION BETWEEN THAT TERM OF REFERENCE AND THIS ONE, WITH THE THOMAS JEFFERSON PRINCIPLE CLARIFIED, I WOULD TRUST, SUBSTANTIATES THAT I DO NOT ONLY RESPECT THE REASONING OF THE AUTHOR OF AMERICA'S "DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE" BUT THAT I AGREE WITH HIM WHEN HE SAYS THAT "THE EXECUTION
OF THE LAWS IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE MAKING THEM" AND THAT THOSE WHO ARE GIVEN "POWER" OR INFLUENCE OVER THE LIVES OF THEIR FELLOWS OUGHT TO CONDUCT SUCH "ACTIONS" IN PART...BY EXAMPLE.
OR, AS THOMAS JEFFERSON SAYS, "EDUCATE AND INFORM THE
WHOLE MASS OF THE PEOPLE" MORE OFTEN THAN "GIV(E) ENERGY TO THE GOVERNMENT," AND "AS LONG AS WE REMAIN
VIRTUOUS," (USUALLY) "THE WILL OF THE MAJORITY SHOULD
PREVAIL."
YES, I CONSIDERED WHETHER TO DO THE LINKAGE ALSO FROM THE USE OF THE WORD "ENERGY" ON MY AWARD-WINNING WEBSITE IN THE SENSE OF ITS USE AS IS USED HERE BY THOMAS JEFFERSON, BUT ULTIMATELY THOUGHT THAT HIS USE (HERE) IS ALMOST ARCHAIC AND RARELY IS USED IN THE WAY HE HAS DONE SO IN THIS STATEMENT OF HIS PRINCIPLES.
THERE ARE TWO CAVEATS TO MY STATEMENT OF AGREEMENT WITH THIS JEFFERSONIAN STATEMENT IN ITS CONTINUING USE.
ONE, UNLESS THE GOAL OF ITS APPLICATION IS TO ACHIEVE WHAT IS SUMMARIZED IN WHAT YOU FIND IF YOU TAKE A BRIEF SIDESTEP HERE, IT WOULDN'T DESERVE TO "PREVAIL."
AND IN THAT REGARD, BEAR IN MIND THAT IN RELATION TO THE FIELDS ADDRESSED BY MY INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMATIC WORK...ON A DIRECT BASIS" FOR THE WORLD'S CHILDREN, IT WAS WELL-DOCUMENTED THAT IT WAS PREPARED "FOR CHILDREN AND PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROTECTING THEIR WELL-BEING--OUR COMMON FUTURE."
THERE ARE THE COMPONENTS OF IT THAT RELATED TO THE CONTINUING UNITY OF CANADA, MY COUNTRY OF BIRTH AND MY HOMELAND (IF IT TO SOME THERE IS SOME DISPUTE WHETHER THEY ARE SYNONAMOUS AND INTERCHANGEABLE).
AND, OF COURSE, THERE IS WHAT YOU FIND IF YOU TAKE A BRIEF SIDESTEP HERE AND THEN RELATE THAT TO WHAT YOU FIND IF YOU TAKE A BRIEF SIDESTEP HERE...EVEN AS THE TWO MAJOR AMERICAN POLITICAL PARTIES BOTH FAVOUR SOME FORM OF MISSILE DEFENSE TO PRESUMABLY PROTECT THEM FROM WHAT YOU FIND IF YOU TAKE A BRIEF SIDESTEP HERE [Iraqi threat], THEN YOU TAKE A BRIEF SIDESTEP HERE [Iran-India thing], THEN YOU TAKE A BRIEF SIDESTEP HERE [North Korea-Carter thing]...AND THEN TAKE THE SERIES OF SIDESTEPS HERE [proliferation estimates] ABOUT HOW MANY OTHERS LIKE THAT THERE MAY ALREADY BE...
TO RESUME YOUR CONSIDERATION OF THIS 1983 DISSERTATION ON
'ETHICS', TAKE YOUR NEXT FOOTSTEP
HERE.