Wheeler's Corner 47 17th November 2018 Good and Evil.

"Connecting People who Care"

1. I refer to my blog as being for people who care...I suppose the important point is 'Care about what? Life and death...Peace or War...Good and Evil...Community Vs the individual and dozens if not hundreds of other factors made up of opposites.

We each will have various views on these subjects and how we express them. The perspective from which you approach each will have been strengthened or weakened by your life experience, your religious upbringing and other factors many and varied. 

Life and Death are direct opposites yet all life is followed by death, yet life is often shortened by the behaviour of the few over the majority.
The US Rifle Association for example clearly shortens thousands of peoples life's because of their mass and unrestricted sales of small arms and automatic weapons which were used to murder hundred of thousand plus over the past decade. School children and young people and black Americans seem to be the major targets. Where do you stand on gun control?

Another clear advantage in extending life revolves around wealth, the wealthy live longer...in fact no members of the Royal family seem to die until they are aged around ninety five plus. So where do you stand on fairer system of wealth distribution via a livable wage system and controlling CEO salaries or introducing a Capital gains tax?

Good Vs Evil, What is good and what is evil? That's a difficult and deep question to answer. Do I mean good for me, but if its not good for you does that make it evil, in your eyes it may well be evil.
Some examples are clearly good for some but evil for others...take Israel and Palestine, Israel stealing Palestinian land is good for Israeli settlers but really evil for Palestinians land holders. But we here in New Zealand are inclined to ignore the behaviour of the powerful, like the US and Saudi bombing in the Yemen. We are quick to forgive our so-called friends when they murder or assassinate but rarely forgive our enemies. Where do you stand on forgiveness? Can you forgive?

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Community Vs The Individual, now this is a tricky one...communities are made up of individuals...are they not one the same?
No they are not, take politicians both local and national, they love to tell us that they are a part of the communities where they live...but their behaviour often proves that they are more interested in votes...or the income that goes with the job.

They often stay silent when they feel their supporters won't agree with their behaviour if they speak out or take part in supporting progressive local or national movements that often appear within communities. The latest example was the protest about the NZDIA so-called forum [that cost tax-payers 250 to 300 thousand dollars. Twelve Councillors voted to look at the Councils staff along with the Mayoral approval that took place without council discussion...but once instructed by the Mayor all but one Councillor [Brent Barrett] backed off appearing at any protests about the issue. So their timid and compliant behaviour spoke volumes about their public and actual public or community courage.

Since Roger Douglas and the rapid growth of individualism as a key part of the Neo-liberal governing process used to transfer community ownership to private or individual ownership, now days if you are unemployed its your own fault, if your wealthy is because of your hard work. Where do you stand on Community Vs the Individual?     

2.
The Listener published Nicky Hager's latest investigative effort into the NZ Defence Force, it is a clear and concise report backed up by sound research and constructive writing, I've said enough on the subject over the last few weeks and I would strongly recommend that you find time to read it in full.

https://www.noted.co.nz/currently/crime/nz-defence-force-toxic-culture-revealed-nicky-hager/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NOTED_newsletter_15-11-2018&utm_term=list_notednz_newsletter

3.  Let me end this week with a short story: The New Bomb that could save the world: I wrote it a few years ago:

"We all need a dream for dreams keep us going…energized, if you like. We also need a sense of humour. This short story is a blend of both dreams and humour. It is also for me at least a break from being so damned serious.

The other week the mayor got to sing at the Regent to raise funds for the people of Samoa. The ironic thing was that the AGM of the local housing trust was on at the same time. When the mayor put the feelers out for others to attend rather than he, he never said that it was done so that he could be free to exercise his vocal cords in a good cause.

Honest and transparent actions are key behaviour patterns that can, if used, make life easier for some, but when misused they become deadly tools. As we are now all aware, the US financial whiz-kid Mr. B. Madoff who stole millions and millions, but he was different, in that that he would only steal from those who were recommended by other investors, who were themselves being ripped off. His victims were willing victims motivated by greed.

So I want you now to imagine that it is now sometime in the near future. Lets say just before Christmas…last nights headlines in the Manawatu Standard were quickly picked up by TV and various international media outlets…the headline read…A BOMB TO END ALL BOMBS!

The Mayor of Palmerston North was stunned and lost for words [truly] so he burst into song with a rendition of ‘Somewhere over the rainbow’ which shocked all those present in the council chamber, both Councillors and staff.

The Deputy Mayor was somewhere else [as is normal]

Most Councillors were shocked; Cr. Chris Teo-Sherrell immediately went out and withdrew his savings from Kiwi Bank. Cr. Michael Feyen rushed off and wrote another press release on Green Heart.

The entire staff at Massey University was utterly dumbfounded, please note I said dumbfounded not dumb.

And the Fonterra corporate foundation was ecstatic…because it had brought the marketing rights, and it was about to make a killing if you’ll excuse the pun…[You see Fonterra actually owns Massey University, but don’t tell anyone]

Tucked away in his Beehive office in Wellington and while sharing a ginger-nut biscuit with Bill English. Prime Minister John Key was livid because he had sold his 50.000 shares in Fonterra just a week or so ago, in the same way as Bill English had sold his interest in his family trust to himself.

Cr. Gordon Cruden hoped and prayed that this development wouldn’t stop the bridge to nowhere from going ahead.

Cr. Anne Podd wished she was back working at Fonterra and Cr. Findlay was still trying to work out what the fuss was all about.

Mighty River Power Corporate bosses were really angry because they had planned to put wind turbines on university land.

Only Cr. Annette Nixon, Pat Kelly, Bruce Wilson and Peter Wheeler saw this as a chance for peace in the world.

The fuss was earth shattering. It’s possible implications for the future of mankind…gigantic. It could over night completely and utterly alter the balance of power across the whole universe.

A new bomb, a new awesome weapon of mass destruction, had been secretly developed by a couple of forth year Massey students and its implications have now shocked the entire world. New Zealand’s largest dairy company Fonterra had originally hired the students. Their task was to help sell diary products in ever growing amounts.

As most are aware these days when a bomb explodes it can wreak havoc and destruction. It can rip people apart and cause buildings to collapse into heaps of rubble. The blood and guts of both humans and animals are often spread in all directions. Fires start and the destruction continues until control is reestablished. And if of course the bomb is nuclear hundreds or even hundreds of thousands of humans can be reduced to ashes in a matter of seconds. A normal bomb attack like for example 911 brought huge increases in security activity. Every human-being especially if they were ‘Part’ – Arab was suspect, even part Scottish or English when mixed with Cuban were considered dangers to the freedom of the USA. Now with this new discovery a New Hope is possible. People may even stop killing each other or ripping each other off. CEO’s may halve their salaries or even more…financial advisers may become insurance agents once again. Pensioners may get enough to live on. Anything is possible!

The Massey students have created a bomb that can and will achieve exactly the same thing as any other explosive device but without any loss of life. And there is no known antidote. No way to avoid this force that if released will shatter the world as we know it.

But this bomb is different, it’s non-nuclear and will be available to any nation. You don’t have to be a hypocrite to have this bomb. You don’t need to be in the nuclear old boys club to get the bomb, a simply deposit of say one hundred million dollars and the recipe will be yours.

When this bomb explodes it releases not a pent up force of mass destruction that turns people and objects into radioactive particles that wreck the environment for a thousand plus years. In fact it does the opposite. On exploding it releases a specially designed set of chemical elements that instantly alters human thought patterns and therefore human behavioral actions. The chemical compounds are broken down into key groups and each group leads directly to change behaviour. The changes recorded at various test sights were absolutely amazing.

When compound X was released among New Zealand’s top combat troops the SAS, within minutes all aspects of violence were rejected and the entire SAS company wished to enlist at the University of Auckland’s catering wing to learn the art of creative cooking.

When a small sample of compound x was released at the New Zealand First Conference in Auckland, Winston Peters was soon rejecting his phobia about immigrants taking kiwi jobs and in fact commenced plans to double the number of immigrants in the next six months.

The only negative reaction to a release of compound x was amongst the Manawatu Rugby Team the Turbos, for it made them kinder and more gentle on the rugby field, which made it almost impossible to win, but they were wizards at the after match barbecue.

A fine sprinkle of compound x was filtered in the air at the executive morning tea at Mighty River Power corporate office. They immediately changed policy and informed the Judge that they would redesign the Wind Farm and would repay the PNCC the full cost of their presentation to the court. They also said they were sending flowers to all those opposed to the wind turbines and that they intended to reduce their charge out rates by 30%.

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