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... LOL, I simply don't understand what may have gotten into me!
On a more serious note, much has been said about the decidedly horrible goings-on in Uganda, with this phenomenon now apparently rearing its' ugly head elsewhere; and the impact 'collectively' that we may have on our effecting change.
Unless you're a frequent visitor to the parent web-site of the link which I will provide below, you'll probably have missed, as I did, the most truly remarkable "begging-letter" you'll likely ever read, and amazingly enough published in 96-languages World-wide. I 'link' to it for one purpose, and one purpose only, that being to illustrate that impact. If the numbers that the author of this letter quotes are to be believed, and I have no doubt that they probably are, then we can, do and will, have impact on change; because, as the author points out, we can, and do, and will. All that is necessary is the 'collective will' to get the word out, to cite "traceable" references from jurisdictions of competent authority, and to otherwise disseminate that information as widely as possible, far and wide, to any eyes and ears that will read or listen to us.
The appeal (and please do read this) from "Wikipedia" founder, Jimmy Wales:
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Appeal/en?utm_source=2009_Jimmy_Appeal9&utm_medium=sitenotice&utm_campaign=fundraiser2009&referrer=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FMain_Page&target=Appeal
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So folks, if you're feeling a tad disenfranchised, a mite unconnected to the real World, and just itching to for a fight, then become pro-active, join the World community of Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual and Transgendered citizens, and exercise your right to be heard, and thereby enable all of us, regardless of our age, gender, race, faith, wealth or politics
to become the very best that each of us can be. Not one of us should every have to face that "boulevard of broken dreams", nor fear for our lives, nor lack the necessities of life, simply because it's within the power of some petty despot or another, somehere or at some time, to simply say so.
I sincerely would like to see us 'collectively bury under a veritable tsunami of e-Mail' the Archbishop of Canterbury, The Pope, The Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church, The World Baptist Conference, The Aga Khan, Emperors or Empresses (are there any left?), Kings, Queens, Princes or Princesses (pretenders and otherwise), sundry other styled Potentates, The Secretary-General of The United Nations, Governors-general, Presidents and Prime Ministers, your local Members of Parliament and Legislative Assemblies or Members of Congress, or anyone else for that matter that you think carries any clout, and certainly neither limited by their faith nor the organizations that they may represent.
This is not the late nineteenth or early-to-middle twentieth century, and days, if not weeks or the matter of months, for news to travel; this is the twenty-first century and a World of '24-7-366 right now and in your face' and not 'at eleven' film. We can neither afford the luxury of awaiting rulings from the International Court at The Hague, nor can we, nor should we ever have to again, suffer the indignity of another round of Nürnberg Trials. Let the odious malefactors of these recent events suffer at the hands of the 'collective will' of the World's Court of Public Opinion, and for all time squelch their bloodthirsty ways. Never before in the history of Mankind have the World's population held within their grasp the capability to effect change non-violently, and in numbers overwhelming enough to ensure its' success.
Warren C. E. Austin
The Gay Deceiver
Toronto, Canada
[Updated on: Sun, 27 December 2009 04:53]
"... comme recherché qu'un délice callipygian"
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