| EQI.org Home | Democracy Democracy and Steve I was just thinking of how governments force you to pay for things you don't even use. For example, when talking to people in Goulburn, Australia, I was told many times that the local government would charge them for the use of services they weren't even using. For example, people told me that they were charged for garbage collection, when the city didn't pick up their garbage. They were charged for sewage, when they had their own septic tanks and weren't even connected to the sewage system. To me, this would be like being charged for a toll-road you weren't driving on. This adds to my belief that the people have given too much power to those who they pay to "serve" them. S. Hein Tears suddenly just came to my eyes... triggered by the thought "the word democracy means something to me..." I looked up a quote from someone - I thought it was Patrick Henry -- but it wasn't. Anyhow, the quote was, "I have not yet begun to fight." I thought of this when I thought of writing to one of the councillors. I think a lot of people were hoping I'd forget about this once I left Australia.. well, to the contrary, it might be more accurate to say
I know so many "secrets" - things people told me but were afraid to have their name used. There is too much fear in Goulburn. You wouldn't see it from the outside, but I could feel it and see it there. I will write more about that later... Allah, God and Godzilla willing. But for now I want to say that all the propaganda in the USA about freedom, liberty, democracy -- the quotes like "Give me liberty or give me death" and "Live free or die" - they mean something to me... I wrote about freedom somewhere else... if I find it I will add that link.. But anyhow, I need freedom. Like air and water. It isn't just nice to have for me. I need it like a Catholic needs Jesus. I believe in it. I believe in the concept of democracy, again like the Christians and Muslims believe in their gods. I want young people to be more free. I want them to have a better life than I had. I don't want them to be abused in so many ways like I was. For anyone who has no idea of the work I have done over the past 15 years or so, here is a page I am very proud of... Ok that is all for now. S. Hein Manila |
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