A Bill of Rights for the Generations!

oilfreeandhappy

I don't remember which magazine I found this in, but it was a tear-out page, and they encouraged sharing it --->

A BILL OF RIGHTS FOR THE GENERATIONS!

WE, THE PEOPLE of the future, like the twenty thousand generations who came before us, have the right to breathe air that smells sweet, to drink water that runs pure and free, to swim in waters that teem with life, and to grow our food in rich, living earth.

We have the right to inherit a world unsullied by toxic chemicals, nuclear waste, or genetic pollution. We have the right to walk in untamed nature and to feel the awe that comes when we suddenly lock eyes with a wild beast.

We beseech you, the people of today: do not leave your dirty messes for us to clean up; do not take technological risks, however small, that may backfire catastrophically in times to come. Just as we respectfully ask that you not burden us with your deferred debts and depleted pension plans, we also claim our right to a share of the planet's ecological wealth. Please don't use it all up.

We, in turn, promise to do the same. We grant these same rights and privileges to the generations who will live after us; we do so in the sacred hope that the human spirit will live forever.

A curse on any generation who ignores this plea.

kevincarter

I wrote a list of rights people find more interesting

- The right to watch TV.
- The right to buy useless things.
- The right to eat junk food, including transgenic food and to grow as fat as one wants or cans.
- The right to use as much energy as one needs for heat, cold, transportation or others.
- The right to delegate one’s children education of all values, including moral and universal values, into the school system.
- The right to refuse taking care of one’s mother and father when they are very old.
- The right to refuse to understand any logical argument.
- The right to refuse to listen.
- The right to spend 95% of the time sitting down or laying down.
- The right of being the center of the universe.
- The right to have a boring job in which the only requisite is obedience.
- The right to never question anything.
- The right to only talk about what one saw on TV.
- The right to directly or indirectly teach all those rights to their children and grandchildren.

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When someone interprets as derogatory almost anything that is said about him (or about groups with whom he identifies) we conclude that he has inferiority feelings or low self-esteem.

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oilfreeandhappy

Backstop,
I like your title better too!