Freedom of speech comes with responsibility and the use of common sense. However, it's not negotiable and if you don't understand the importance of freedom of speech, then you don't understand the values, which have led us to where we are today. Everyone should express who they are and it is a part of Human Rights. Democracy has made us prosperous and it is because of it, we are proud to fight for freedom in places where there is no freedom at all. Many fundamentalists want us to compromise because they feel offended by our approach on religion. Our forefathers have made many sacrifices so that we can have the freedom, we have today. Religious fundamentalists take advantage of society and people so much that they want us to remain silent, when it comes to criticize their faiths. And the United Nations wants us to cave in, by selling our values for the sake of not causing offense to religious bigots. I believe, we need to be well-ballanced when it comes to free speech, but we must not allow it to be under attack.
Monday, 3 August 2009
The Struggler for Power and the Fight for Survival
What I want my readers to know about the Struggle For and the Fight for Survival is that throughout life, man seeks for the ability to have the power to turn things around from one way to the other. Survival has always been a part of lives, since our prehistory. Without it, we wouldn’t be here. We can either survive by doing fruitful things, which can be beneficial for us and others or we can think that we are doing evil things by thinking that we’re surviving, without knowing sometimes that they’re not beneficial for ourselves, our surroundings and our nations’ well being .
What makes the difference is the way we use our power. We can either turn it around in constructive ways or we can choose to turn around in destructive ways. No matter how we choose to do so, the impact can either make us or break us. Tyranny is one of the examples of the things that break us. I.e. Communism and dictatorships in Africa and around the world. People who are dictators sometimes had bad histories. They use power to oppress their people and seek for acceptance, perhaps the acceptance they never had in their childhoods.
They abuse their people by suppressing their rights to free speech and other universal rights. It’s important that we treat people with diseases like AIDS and other deadly diseases like human beings. It’s important that we focus on solutions, rather than the problems or the origins of these diseases and who or what stood behind them. The world needs results, not excuses, lies and manipulations. I talk about abuse in several levels. Both at social levels, but also at personal levels as well. Unfair trade is the reason behind many problems we face in our Western nations like: illegal immigration, terrorism, climate change, hunger, crime etc. We fear to see some developing countries make progress because we don’t want to lose our welfare, but what some of us don’t understand is that it’s in our best interests that the developing world makes progress so that they can be able to feed their people and live decent lives. I personally believe that the financial crisis is the root of lots of problems we are facing in our societies today. Lots of people lose their jobs, many companies aren’t performing well as they used to and fear of what the future holds. That’s why it’s important that we have hope as we make decisions. The number one root behind terrorism is poverty and the poor feels left out by their corrupt governments and the international community and they get driven by ideologies, which are barbaric and destructive for themselves and others in their community and our part of the world. They become easy targets for those who have destructive mindsets and those who promote religious bigotry. Such ideologies are inexcusable and we need to use our power to fight it and build lives so that they can be somebody in life. When they do that, they are free and freedom makes them fly like birds. If you’re free, you’re happy. Peace without justice is like wanting to get out of a prison, without a key.
What makes the difference is the way we use our power. We can either turn it around in constructive ways or we can choose to turn around in destructive ways. No matter how we choose to do so, the impact can either make us or break us. Tyranny is one of the examples of the things that break us. I.e. Communism and dictatorships in Africa and around the world. People who are dictators sometimes had bad histories. They use power to oppress their people and seek for acceptance, perhaps the acceptance they never had in their childhoods.
They abuse their people by suppressing their rights to free speech and other universal rights. It’s important that we treat people with diseases like AIDS and other deadly diseases like human beings. It’s important that we focus on solutions, rather than the problems or the origins of these diseases and who or what stood behind them. The world needs results, not excuses, lies and manipulations. I talk about abuse in several levels. Both at social levels, but also at personal levels as well. Unfair trade is the reason behind many problems we face in our Western nations like: illegal immigration, terrorism, climate change, hunger, crime etc. We fear to see some developing countries make progress because we don’t want to lose our welfare, but what some of us don’t understand is that it’s in our best interests that the developing world makes progress so that they can be able to feed their people and live decent lives. I personally believe that the financial crisis is the root of lots of problems we are facing in our societies today. Lots of people lose their jobs, many companies aren’t performing well as they used to and fear of what the future holds. That’s why it’s important that we have hope as we make decisions. The number one root behind terrorism is poverty and the poor feels left out by their corrupt governments and the international community and they get driven by ideologies, which are barbaric and destructive for themselves and others in their community and our part of the world. They become easy targets for those who have destructive mindsets and those who promote religious bigotry. Such ideologies are inexcusable and we need to use our power to fight it and build lives so that they can be somebody in life. When they do that, they are free and freedom makes them fly like birds. If you’re free, you’re happy. Peace without justice is like wanting to get out of a prison, without a key.
The Depth of My Soul
The title behind the Depth of My Soul is about going deeper with my poems, when I write about social circumstances that occur in our lives everyday. I am not going to deny that I also talk about stories of abuse in this book. I use my emotions to talk about my story, but mostly the abuses like genocides, wars of crimes, dictatorship and torture. CNN was the inspiration behind this book because I watched Christiane Amanpour’s documentaries Scream Bloody Murder and the God’s Warriors, where I discovered how cruel we can be when we choose to kill each other based on racial, political, religious and tribal reasons. It was an opportunity for me to get myself educated about many circumstances; I didn’t have any knowledge about. I watch CNN every single day and I see it as an opportunity for me to learn and educate myself. When I talk about all these evil doings, I am very often one sided. How can’t you be? Especially when you that wrong is wrong no matter how you see it.
Freedom of press the sitting duck
The person who has spoken about these kinds of attacks is Christiane Amanpour from CNN who is one of my favourite anchors. I was watching a documentary “Scream Bloody Murder” and by accident, I discovered her message on Youtube. I was shocked about what she said because the press has a right to report where they are in the world. In the EU article 6, everyone has the right to be free. In article 11, it says that we have a right to freedom of speech and freedom of information. These are our fundamental rights.
Journalists or anchors are human beings like us and they do what they do because they love it and they make a living of it. The purpose of the free press is to inform is about the circumstances that they see around the world so that we can have an idea about what is going on in our communities and around the world. My hope is that laws are enforced by the UN, if the UN cares about free speech and the freedom of press. I hope that CPJ keeps fighting a big battle against bandits who are so insecure that they would have to kill for their survival.
My thanks to Christiane Amanpour from CNN for brining this topic on Youtube and I owe this book to her and many other journalists who risk their lives reporting in dangerous places. My hope is that the families of the victims get the help and the justice they need so that they can be healed. Thank you for stepping in this blog. I am very grateful that Christiane Amanpour is such a great inspiration. I dedicate this book to her and many other anchors around the world. In Freedom of Press, the sitting duck, I use poetry to talk about different situations, journalists can endure. I am not specific on characters because anyone of them can be in similar situations. I relate this situation with others who go through it too: Authors, Human Rights activists, Greenpeace activists, freedom fighters, aid workers etc.
Journalists or anchors are human beings like us and they do what they do because they love it and they make a living of it. The purpose of the free press is to inform is about the circumstances that they see around the world so that we can have an idea about what is going on in our communities and around the world. My hope is that laws are enforced by the UN, if the UN cares about free speech and the freedom of press. I hope that CPJ keeps fighting a big battle against bandits who are so insecure that they would have to kill for their survival.
My thanks to Christiane Amanpour from CNN for brining this topic on Youtube and I owe this book to her and many other journalists who risk their lives reporting in dangerous places. My hope is that the families of the victims get the help and the justice they need so that they can be healed. Thank you for stepping in this blog. I am very grateful that Christiane Amanpour is such a great inspiration. I dedicate this book to her and many other anchors around the world. In Freedom of Press, the sitting duck, I use poetry to talk about different situations, journalists can endure. I am not specific on characters because anyone of them can be in similar situations. I relate this situation with others who go through it too: Authors, Human Rights activists, Greenpeace activists, freedom fighters, aid workers etc.
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