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Originally posted by IEtherianSoul9
reply to post by TheKeyMaster
I might collapse under the weight of holding such a huge responsibility on my shoulders, especially one concerning our entire species and the only home we have.
Regarding the non-fiction element... What if I do this.. what if I go through the info and simply write down all the facts and re-word the facts in my own words.. then is it completely legal no matter how much info I use? Though I think the order the info is presented is also key.
Originally posted by TheKeyMaster
reply to post by sirric
What do your instincts tell you... that someone would have this information right now of all times?
Originally posted by TheKeyMaster
Imagine that just recently you felt you discovered all the answers to the riddles we have been looking for... and you were debating with yourself when you should reveal this information... knowing that this Dec 21st date was supposed to be soo key to everything... would you reveal this info now OR not reveal it fearing that you yourself could be the cause of the Dec 21st event?
Also... IF you did have this information... how would you reveal it if you wanted to keep a low profile?
True democracy is based on the gift of freedom, and the gift of freedom comes from the knowledge of truth. "You shall know the truth" means that truth is attainable, truth is knowledge, truth matters. "The truth shall set you free" means that truth is not abstract and irrelevant, but powerful and liberating. Truth changes everything. Lies kill everything.
Many people around us have given up on a search for truth. It just seems too costly, too frustrating, too ethereal. Many fear that the truth, if we can ever find it, will trap us with rules and regulations, turning us into slaves. Many years ago, the world’s most famous human being said: ‘You shall know the truth and the truth will set you free.’ A radical claim indeed.
The problem with the truth is that it is most often deeply inconvenient, morally inconvenient, socially inconvenient, financially inconvenient, politically inconvenient. I remember how Mark Twain once said that it is not the parts of the Bible which he doesn’t understand that trouble him, but rather the parts that he does understand. The truth will set us free, if we are willing to pay the price. But the cost can be very high indeed. The gift of democracy has been won again and again because many of our ancestors laid down their lives so that we might be free.