Democracy

The Refuge of Democracy Is The Australian Solution

 

This poem below is reposted given the Australian Federal Government debate on refugees and the recent deaths of 90 refugees where help didn’t come in time. I heard on the news the distress signals were received before the accident. It seems to have weighed heavily on the conscience of some politicians. I wondered… Continue reading

When Will India Learn Gandhian Nonviolence in Kashmir?

I just received a virus from a friends email address book who is a journalist in Kashmir. I tried to write back to her to say her email was being violated. In the subject heading it had iluvterror. I opened the email to find this message luvterorr&terroristundrmilittywach

I am in no doubt which government responsible… Continue reading

Evolution of A Global Peace System

As we start to see ourselves as one with each other a responsibility to protect the environment and each other emerges. It is to learn to engage in nonviolent approaches to resolve conflict and to see conflict as an opportunity for growth rather than persecution. What we have seen over history is a clear trend… Continue reading

Unity: Gross National Happiness is the Real Indicator of Success

When you win I win, when I win you win  When we all win we experience unity.

 
UNITY = DIVERSITY + EQUITY (HAPPINESS)

To ask questions,
Is to question beliefs,
A Socratic dialogue,
Revealing an agora of infinite possibilities,
When to know thyself is to not know,
But to feel what is true,… Continue reading

Rupert Murdoch: A Personal Inquiry into his Ethics?

I’ve just moved to another place and just by impulse turned on the t.v. to see the Leveson Inquiry and in particular, Rupert Murdoch. I want to start this blog with some observations.

I noted he has aged significantly and he had a sad mouth. No news will report that as they will go for… Continue reading

John F. Kennedy: Secrecy is Repugnant & Citizens To Be Fully Informed

We appear to have lost our way and lost sight of the values that created democracy.  Democracy is not a western notion it is an open and visible society that is unafraid of differences and advocates for independence and freedom.  John F. Kennedy was a leader who subscribed to the founding fathers values… Continue reading

Mohandas Gandhi

“Nobody can hurt me without my permission.”

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