Hi! I'm writing this post because I have learned to dislike "Smoke and Mirrors," for it betrays a certain cynicism which I find reprehensible.
I want to draw musicians together at my upcoming blog, http://bostonmusicianscoop.com, and later at a sequel, http://worldmusiciansmovement.com, in hopes of using music as a means of making the world more caring, loving, and tolerant, and bringing about a change of heart toward the home planet, Earth.
As part of that, I have tried to "put a face on kids of the future," not yet conceived or born, but "real" none the less in this arbitrarily segmented matrix called space and time, or "reality."
Declaration of Dependence
When, in the course of human events, a population of as-yet-to-be-conceived persons is forced to seek the aid of a person alive in the time-space matrix called “2009,” in a place known as Massachusetts, in states at that moment are still united and called “America,” we are fortunate to have one ally serving as out spokesperson.
He was born during the reign of “Der Fuerher” in Germany and “Franklin D. Roosevelt in his own country, a man who fathered four children and taught perhaps a thousand or more in his fifty years of teaching, and who influenced thousands with his concept of Hands On Science, and his invention and production of the Lou-Vee-AirCar, and who has lived over twenty three years in Germany and Thailand, and spent years in Louisiana, New Mexico, Texas, New York, and Massachusetts, and, at last, this man has begun to tell the world of our plight as young people who will be trying to cope with the difficulties and sufferings caused by the legacy of terrorism, injustice, intolerance, ignorance, hatred, disrespect for human dignity, disrespect for the millions of other living species that are familiar yet unappreciated by his generation, and the massive disrespect for the air, water and land that must remain intact if there is to be hope for his and all future generations of currently living beings.
Some truth-tellers have come forth with warnings and well-founded scientific predictions about climate changes caused by human beings, but still others, many with great power and influence, have threatened and intimidated those who foresee our predicament. While some speak truth, others deliberately spread misinformation for personal gain. While some reduce their abuse of the atmosphere and the waters of the planet and try to block the ruthless exploitation of resources, too many perpetuate the unfair distribution of food, water, and medicines, and continue to promulgate religious rules that prohibit use of simple devices that can reduce the spread of infectious diseases.
Our ally, whom we call “Dr Waug,” tries to inspire the world through his writings and his leadership. Strangely, though he was a science teacher and editor by profession, he has stepped forward to unite musicians worldwide in the creation of uplifting song, music and dance that will reach billions of people, and, we hope, persuade large numbers to be more humane to one another and more kindly to the planet Earth that we will inherit.
We, the people of the What About Us? Generation, therefore Declare our Dependence on this man, who wants to be anonymous in this Declaration, and his whole generation of human beings. We thank him from the ambitious scope of his work, and urge all others living on this planet, and the handful of people circling Earth on the primitive space vehicles of his time, to join together in all the various clubs, political parties, religions and families that promote better relations among human beings and societies, human beings and living things, and human beings and Earth itself.
At this interlude in space-time, we await changes; we desperately hope you who read this Declaration of Dependence and take us totally seriously, for our well being and the quality of our lives will be determined not only by us, who will inherit the earth you leave behind, but by you, who are every day either making things more tolerable for us, or making things more difficult.
Deny it if you must, but the changes your best scientists are warning you about are going to affect us in all the future decades, and we can expect things to get worse decade by decade. We cannot say for how many more generations may survive, for that is not revealed to us. But it is totally clear to our awakened spirits that we are in peril. If the temperature in tropical oceans gets just 2 degrees warmer, and the coral reefs, home to so many thousands of species of animal and plants, including the friendly, harmless Whale Shark, Earth’s largest fish, will die out. All indicators suggest the warming will continue and go well beyond two additional degrees.
For examples of things people in 2009 are doing that will create problems for us, look at the way sharks of all sorts are being killed faster than they can reproduce. They are important players in the control of harmful fish, so driving them to extinction is going to be bad. Bird species, too, are dying out because their habitats are being destroyed by humans. Amphibian species that once covered vast area in Central America have already disappeared due to pollution.
The great mega-fauna, elephants, tigers and especially gorillas are being killed by humans who destroy their natural habitat and kill them for “sport” or sell their parts to ignorant buyers who think they are useful medicines.
The forest homes of innocent, primitive people in Brazil and elsewhere are being destroyed by “cultured” and “civilized, educated” people bent on making profits or applying destructive slash and burn methods to raise crops.
Methane gas is pouring into the atmosphere as Siberia’s frozen bogs thaw out as Earth’s weather changes. The Arctic ice cover is quickly disappearing. We can see it from our timeless viewpoint, yet you have those among you who refuse to look at the satellite pictures and deny it simply out of stupidity, ignorance or greed, or to maintain their “importance” among certain followers who applaud their false beliefs.
Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas, and will increase the rate of warming; without its reflective ice cover, the bare, dark blue Arctic Ocean will absorb more sun energy and warm up faster and faster, releasing more CO2 and methane that is currently in solution in the cold salt water. How can we, the unborn, know this, and you cannot?
If we could all come together and shout to you people of the current “GDNG” (Great Do Nothing Generation), we would scream with one voice,
“Stop ruining the earth! Stop killing one another! Stop the injustice and tyranny, the ethnic cleansing, the stifling of truth-speakers, the murder of protesters and the enslaving of children and grown men and women in the sex trade, the deadly mines, the sweat shops, and the savage drug wars and crime waves that you will leave as part of your legacy!”
We are not born. Does that mean we have no rights?
We have no money. Does that mean we are worthless?
We have no radio, television, Internet or newspapers under our control. Does that mean we deserve to be ignored?
Remember, modern physics finds truth in its concept of symmetry, or balance; are there any of you who temporarily alive people who think you can go through your whole life hurting others, or ignoring the burdens you place upon us, the as-yet-unthought of WAUG Kids of the future? Is there no final justice? Do you think our dependence upon you imposes not obligation or moral responsibility?
It is a sobering thought, that someday, in some unknown dimension that science cannot thus far detect, there may be a reward for those who do good things, and penalties for those who do evil things.
We are not aware of that sort of justice, but it seems like it would be a good idea. But even if you think that’s never going to happen, and even if you are right, you still have a heart, a whole human nature, and surely you will rest easier and be more content with yourselves if you practice the Golden Rule. All we are asking is, “Give us a chance!” So far, it looks pretty bad for us.
Won’t you join our few supporters and Save the WAUG Kids?
We cannot sign this declaration of dependence, but would you add your name to those who hear our plea? Who care at least a little bit about how we will survive in a world where weather systems are out of control? Please, add your name, and then do something for us!
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The least you can do is send this on!
Our little website is at http://savethewaugkids.blogspot.com. We hope that soon Dr. Waug will be found on his privately funded website, http://bostonmusicianscoop.com, with e-mail at james@bostonmusicianscoop.com.
Again, please remember we are dependent on you through no choice of ours and no fault of your own. It’s just how Nature has things set up.
