CHARACTER IS DESTINY Commentary: Beyond The Southern Sun According to Clark K. Kuebler, “we are battling over ideas and ideals; and, as we battle, we realize more and more what man believes in, he is and does. ‘Character is destiny.’ In fighting for democracy as opposed to totalitarism in any form, we are involved in a struggle, which is only superficially one of politics and economics; fundamentally, it is one of values.” (Edward Said, Humanism and Democratic Criticism, P.35 (2004)). The first genetic blueprint of all human life traces more than 1 million years ago to East Africa. Its African origins beyond legend and myth cultivate in dramatic form the ways and means of a civil society. While governments and courts have a duty to protect individuals and society, the gross realities of self-interest and ego eliminate any form of peace as a result of equality and fairness. However, the 21st century is a Red-Hook Revolution (RHR): Red-Hook Revolution of 2013 is an ideal based on the premise that innocent civilians are the by-products of bloody massacres or human indignities fueled by universal public policy ventures. These universal public policy ventures often impede any interventions of human rights under the U.N. Declaration for Human Rights, the U.S. Constitution, or state-by-state statutes. From American slavery to the Jewish Holocaust and from the Vietnam War to 9/11, Red-Hook Revolution of 2013 posits war over peace as an individual will or agent. Neither daily stress, nor mental disability is a reasonable excuse for universal regimes against humanity in America and abroad. For instance, the dichotomy on quasi-global-imperialism is explored in 1821 by U.S. Secretary of State John Quincy Adams. Adams states, “She is the well-wisher of the freedom and independence of all. She is the champion and vindicator only of her own.” Quasi-global-imperialism is also a sorted form of globalization: globalization in this sense is American diplomacy through non-traditional forms of trade, slavery, and religion. The Red-Hook Revolution of 2013 ideology perhaps is the new Holy Grail to American and global foreign policy. Due to current images on globalization worldwide, universal public policy is by human sacrifice rather than by peace resolution. First, Cardinal George presiding over a “Golden Wedding Anniversary Ceremony” at Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago, Illinois and in response to Pope Francis’ appeal for universal peace by a new universal policy on faith states, “We’ll see as we go along to not change policy, but to change pastoral approach,” (F. Knowles, Chicago Sun Times, 23 Sept., 2013). According to Pope Francis, “we must not reduce the bosom of the universal church to a nest protecting our mediocrity,” (J. Kass, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sept., 2013). Second, in Nairobi, Kenya, militants linked by al-Qaida terrorists murder dozens in a mall coup on Sunday. “This will end tonight. Our forces will prevail [as] Kenyans are standing firm against aggression, and we will win,” according to Kenya’s National Disaster Operation Centro. (J. Straziuso and T. Odula, Chicago Sun Times, 23 Sept., 2013). Third, at least 78 worshippers at a Christian church in northwestern Pakistan are also murdered by two-suicide bombers. This attack against the Christian minority now questions the proposed peace deal with the Pakistan Taliban sect as the 10 year old religious war claims more than 1000 civilians. (Chicago Sun Times, 23 Sept., 2013). Fourth, 16 people are murdered and at least 35 people are gravely wounded by a single suicide bomber at a Sunni funeral in Baghdad on Sunday. (Chicago Sun Times, 23 Sept., 2013). Fifth, 2/3 of voters in Ticino, southern Switzerland, impose the first ban on “face-covering-veils,” which violates religious ideological doctrines for some Muslims. The primary Swiss spokesperson Giorgio Ghiringhelli states, “Those who want to integrate are welcome irrespective of their religion. However, those who rebuff our values and aim to build a parallel society based on religious laws, and want to place it over our society, are not welcome.” (Chicago Sun Times, 23 Sept., 2013). This universal public policy is a spiritual challenge to “Islamist fundamentalists” across Switzerland as Belgium and France both impose such universal religious policies onto Muslim citizens. Sixth, natural disaster from Hong Kong swamps southern China, effecting Taiwan and the Philippines. Typhoon Usagi, which means rabbit in Japanese, garners winds at 109 mph and gusts up to 132 mph. (Chicago Sun Times, 23 Sept., 2013). Seventh, a transgendered girl wins the homecoming queen crown at Southern California High School in Los Angeles, California. Upon the state’s governor passing a law, transgendered youth are supported in public schools. From religious civil war to natural disaster, and from transgender reality to Pope Francis’ enlightenment, the developmental theory on the Red-Hook Revolution of 2013 as a universal public policy is an organic perspective on human behavior. Human behavior, consequently, shapes the virtual landscape of all global relations, foreign and at home. Yet, there is seemingly a radical departure from democracy here because American and global hegemonic strategies supercede culture, political, social, and domestic values, which refutes our basic humanism. Such values include: (1) spiritual, (2) mental, (3) emotional, and (4) physical foundations of all human life. Unlike Afrocentricism, Communism, Nationalism, or Eurocentrism, “humanism is the achievement of form by human will and agency; it is neither system nor impersonal force like the market or the unconscious. However much one may believe in the workings of both.” (Edward Said, Humanism and Democratic Criticism, P.15 (2004)). Humanism is simple will: it is both individual and commitment. At issue before us today is: If it is the Divine Will of God, NOMMO, Prana, Tao, Buddha, Great Jehovah, or Allah (1) to be born, (2) to live, and (3) to exist before death from different branches of same universal family tree called human life, why are the fundamental values of humanism not a part of every individual’s human character? Human destiny is based on character, both personal and professional: character is faith towards destiny. Let us practice peace as builders of a stronger character. Let us practice peace as universal public policy by accepting difference. Let us practice peace in all spiritual or non-spiritual forms as a new approach towards universal freedom. JOIN OUR UNIVERSAL FAMILY TEAM TODAY! ASHE! Director L. Jacqueline Gillard ("Jillar"), Founder, Zen Buddhist Civil and Human Rights Activist and Disabled American. (24 September, 2013)
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