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Thoughts on Anonymous and Hope for Iran

SidGabriel — Tue, 05/03/2011 - 02:11

I cannot endorse or condemn an entity whose existence cannot be
confirmed. While Anonymous
( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymous_(group) ) could easily be a
single individual inspiring those who feel compelled to answer the
call, some believe it is the CIA and some think they are aliens. It could also be everyone, unconsciously turning a blind eye to the clicks and keystrokes of a legion of anonymous citizens of earth who believe they see a way out of the turmoil of the post-war era's wounded 

mentality of nations-before-humans, systems-before-health,
safety-before-freedom and individual compliance-before-individual
existence.  In the United States, our constitution's protection of our
freedom of speech and our right to assemble have kept us safe from the
worst parts of that mentality, while much of the world suffers the
full force of an unchecked fear of people. I've been called a dreamer before. My whole life I have wrestled with a vision, and while I am still told it is impossible, I can see the day is possible, when all human beings accept that we can spill no blood but our own. That there were never any nations, it was only ever people, there is one planet, and there were never any rights granted by god or man to this planet that exclude the rights of any other living person to it. 

It is almost impossible for the previous generations to see it, but
its truth stares us in the face every time we see a person we don't
know. There is a familiarity to them, an intuitive knowledge of them,
and there is a way to coexist peacefully, without the need for
violence or domination. Though we are told otherwise, the majority of
people we have met have not attacked us or diminished us by their
presence. I have made a small leap of faith I recommend everyone make:
that this mathematical fact is not a function of where you went to
school, who you were raised by, what color your skin is, what style of
clothing and music you wear or how effective the military of your
nation is. I believe that the safety we have experienced is not the
result of effectively pushing out the "bad people" and supporting the
"good people". I believe that people are here because people are here,
and people will protect people from harm, will feed people's hunger,
will satisfy people's curiosity about life because that is what we
are. All of us. I do not believe there is such a thing as an anonymous
person.

If it can be accepted that we have seen the cost of holocaust, if it
can be recognized that we do not allow acts of genocide or are even
able to destroy any of the minorities that make up the majority of our
diversity then it can also be accepted that we share the work ahead
and share the wonders of life together. There is a shift happening
now, away from the old disconnected notion of nations, currency and
borders. There is a future possible where there are no terrorists
because there is nothing to terrorize. No standing army as there is no
"other" to defend against. This may not happen during my lifetime,
every time I see an opportunity for this shift to take root, it seems
to tailspin into violence, which is effective in the short term but
our history shows 100% failure to sustain pece through the domination
of others. Even the USA cannot make it work without maintaining near
1/3 of it's population in prison, probation or parole or employed in
the support of the domination of others. Any revolution dependent upon
violence is doomed to loose at least 1/3 of the population involved
just as we have. As we have seen in Egypt, we can not do more of the
same and expect a different outcome as vaguely united "winners"
believing everything has changed, assume the work of becoming exactly
what was defeated.

Though I admit that I do not know the way there, it is my hope that
the old technologies designed to push away, attack and dominate what
we do not want or understand will simply cease to function, and the
new technologies of inclusion, unity and awareness, which transcend
the efficacy of violence, will cloud the many visions of the world we
seek to create, and allow us to place our enduring mutual focus upon
the one world we live in and end the cancerous fixation on division
that has claimed our peace for generations.

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/anonymous_targets_iran.php

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