Looking Beyond The Imperial Thinking of Uniter President Bush |
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Nipawin - Monday - March 24, 2003 - by: Mario deSantis | |||||||
John Paul II, March 22, 2003 |
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At this time of escalation of wars and world wide disorders where the only superpowers are Bush&Co. and the people of the world, we common people, cannot stay mute, as business and politics cannot be as usual! We must work for peace and economic development, and we cannot continue with business as usual by dividing people, by escalating wars and by preaching today's globalization policies. | ||||||
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Business must not be as usual as wars and today's globalization are the intrinsic values of the neoconservative elitists of the world headed by Bush&Co. There is a disconnect between common people and their governments and this is the root problem of the ongoing social disorders, poverty, hunger, wars. | ||||||
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Business must not be as usual and we must change our way of thinking to exclusively deal with "apples with apples" as this kind of thinking limits our understanding of our social and economic predicament. The restrictive way of thinking "apples with apples" narrows down our capacity to shape our possible peaceful future, and reinforces a world environment characterized by the Roman Imperial saying "divide and conquer." | ||||||
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This Roman imperialistic understanding of "divide and conquer" is what characterizes the Bush administration. Bush is not a uniter as he self-proclaimed prior to his occupation of the White House; Bush is a divider. | ||||||
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Life is not made of wars and heroes, life is relationships, it is understanding of our differences, life should be peace among all of us common people. We must learn to understand our differences, our contrasts, our relationships, in a few words, we must widen our way of thinking and be able to think of "apples with apples" and "apples with oranges" and "apples with oranges and with bananas" and so forth. | ||||||
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So today I just want to highlight that business must not be as usual as all of our events are interrelated, and as a consequence we must learn how to understand today's paradoxes that my life is your death, my wealth is your poverty. These are some paradoxes I find today. | ||||||
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A new way of thinking is needed, and certainly not the Imperial thinking of president Bush. | |||||||
References: | |||||||
Pertinent articles published in Ensign | |||||||
Associated Press Pope Says War Threatens Fate of Humanity (PDF) March 22, 2003 | |||||||
The White House President Bush Addresses the Nation March 19, 2003 http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/03/20030319-17.html | |||||||
Burkett, Bill What do you say? March 19, 2003 Online Journal, http://www.onlinejournal.com/Commentary/031903Burkett/031903burkett.html | |||||||
BBC News Chirac warns on 'post-war' plans (PDF) March 21, 2003 | |||||||
White House President Thanks Congressional Leaders. Remarks by the President in Meeting with Congressional Leaders March 21, 2003 http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/03/20030321-3.html | |||||||
TheWBALChannel.com Baltimore Marine Dies In Chopper Crash. Victim's Father Has Strong Words For Bush (PDF) March 21, 2003 | |||||||
Entous, Adam US Readies Aid for Egypt to Offset Iraq War (PDF) March 20, 2003 Reuters | |||||||
MacDonald, Joe U.N. Envoy: N. Korea Preparing for War (PDF) March 21, 2003 Associated Press | |||||||
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