The Day of the Sandwich

Hello my fellows.

One must not begin a grand collection of his ideas without first examining who he his and where he comes from. I will now explain exactly where these future GRAND NOTIONS will derive from.

My name is irrelevant. I am a student at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario Canada. For those of you who can't seem to locate my country, just point to the United States and real subtle-like move your finger up. That's it. Canada. The second largest country on earth. Canada has a wonderful advantage over every other: it is a mixture of North American and European social and economic models. Our 10 provinces and 3 territories have relative autonomy from the federal government and so are able to experiment and adapt the best practices. Sometimes, however, they do not.

So I have introduced myself in relation to my title and nationality. I am a Canadian, but before all I am a human being, like the rest of us. If all of us put our HUMANITY before our other relations, then perhaps we might be able to achieve greater things. But that is the subject of a later post.

What do I want? You will see, in future posts. What do I fear? Tyrrany. Tyrrany comes in many forms. It is the opposite of liberty. George W. Bush is a tyrant. Yes, I said it. Have you read the Patriot Act? Oh, and look up in your history books LEAGUE OF NATIONS and consider the links between that and the UN today. "We will have peace in our time!" Religion is also a form of tyrrany. A Church/Synagogue/Mosque can tell you what to do and enforce its will through sin/morality/heaven/hell. This is not freedom. Relgion constrains liberty through a series of ancient, non-applicable moral laws that do not align with modern realities. Freedom and liberty allow an individual or group to pursue thier happiness as long as their actions do not impinge on the liberty and happiness of others. Those who seek to bring/impopse religion unto others are tyrants for obstructing libery. George Bush seeks to do this, amongst his other vile plans.

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What is my aim? Publicly, to expose tyrrany and those who oppose liberty through provoking others to THINK. I am not always correct in my assumptions (nobody is perfect) and I am very often biased. I seek to show my fellow humans their potential and their future based on the choices they make. I encourage all to THINK, very critically, about the world shaping around them. Things always change, but individual and group actions can alter the way that the world changes. I challenge all to change the future for the better. Privately, my will is to improve our world and integrate all nations to a common goal: Unity. Not like the United Nations, which as we have seen is a failure along the lines of the League of Nations. I mean a single administrative body for all, with each jurasdiction represented in a GRAND PARLIAMENT. United, our race's potential is unlimited. We could focus our resources to solve world problems and begin to reach beyond our petty planet.

Change is the result of action. Each individual action alters the choices available to their fellow humans. Never feel insignificant, but always be humbled by the complexity of our pluralist race. Vote, if you can. If you cannot, seek to change things so that you can. All human beings aged 17 and older, all around the earth, deserve a say in how their fellows are governed. I say 17 because memories of the immaturity of my collegues before that age are still fresh in my mind, even though highschool was now five years ago. A certain gestation period is required so that our citizens can make informed decisions. Change the world if you don't like it. Complaining does very little. One individual CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

There. You have a framework for understanding my Grand Notions. Liberty, action, and the future are my concerns. These ideas will be further elucidated through lessons in history, economics, and practical philosophy. Ultimately the future is up to you, my fellow human beings. We are all actors and destiny is our director. I wish you luck in your endeavours.