The bible says (proverbs ) that it is better to be in a house

From: Slawomir Poplawski E-mail: slavekpop@yahoo.com

Montreal, April 23, 2003

Att: Mr. Bernard LANDRY – Quebec PM until April 29, 2003

835, boulevard René-Lévesque Est 3e étage
Québec (Québec) G1A 1B4
Fax (418) 646-1854, E-mail :http://www.premier.gouv.qc.ca/general/exprimez_vous/exprimez_vous_en.html

Subject: An open letter to Mr. Bernard LANDRY

Dear Mr. Landry,

The bible teaches (Ecclesiastes 7:2-8): “Better is to go to the house of mourning than to go to the banquet house, because that is the end of all mankind: and the one alive should take it to his heart … The heart of the wise one is in the house of mourning, but the heart of the stupid ones is in the house of rejoicing … “.

These words are motivating my letter to you, Mr. Landry, and I hope it will not be censored at the last moment by your “soul guards” in your Quebec City office.

Perhaps we agree that the majority of people should not pay much attention to politics, and that there must be something wrong with society if they do. It is worse still when they try to analyze the morality and personality of their top politicians. At the moment, though, the society needs a dialogue with its rulers. Fortunately, according to the quoted biblical wisdom beaten politicians “mourning” their electoral losses are the best dialogue partners. In particular, they can induce deeper reflections or provide more honest answers for the masses of people who feel manipulated – and you, Mr. Laundry, seem to be the best moderator. Perhaps you can achieve the best perspective from which to truly understand discouraged people when you find yourself being used, exploited and scorned as well.

Let’s hope that with your help the next election will bring real change to our corrupted political system on at least our provincial level.

Today, and especially in the North American continent, the politicians who previously inspired the masses are degraded to the role of Roman gladiators. Instead of gifted visionaries and devoted shepherds who concentrate the wisdom of the majority, every day we see more depressingly typical profiles of social manipulators. It seems that their duty to society is to entertain the masses, to moderate the aspirations of the most politically active citizens and to control frustration during political turbulence.

Thus successful politicians in the modern Western democracies represent a profession that is very difficult to defend morally. With the media’s help politicians’ antics are perceived as ultimately more for the purpose of “entertaining” the masses rather than of stimulating dialogue. Only the best players in this political wrestling match are finally accepted as the top leaders of the ruling party and receive support from those who really control our societies. The time when politicians’ unique beliefs and uncompromised ideals determined their behavior has passed. JFK was probably the last president on this continent without the “politically constructed personality” occasioned by the whole process of “bringing up” a modern politician. But his ability to stimulate society toward more ambitious goals made the masses more difficult to manipulate with Mammon and consumerism. His tragic death occurred at a time when capitalism was still controlled, and before the re-emergence of the monopolistic tendencies we now call globalization. These circumstances allowed as well for a president elected quite accidentally, Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909), to honestly consider his moral obligations to the nation and to establish strong anti-trust regulations.

Nowadays, our Dear Politicians (a privileged circle of the certified gladiators that are accepted to have a full coverage in the monopolistic media) do not find it necessary to defend their own credibility or their faithfulness to principles or ideals they espoused in the past. With the help of the media we are trained to look for constant but merely superficial changes to what is essentially identical rhetoric. Only the least conformist politicians are confronted with contradictory facts from their past. The fact that the message never essentially changes seems to confirm an intuitive feeling that the ultimate political goals are silently predetermined above the politicians’ heads, by those few who own the media, the banks and the main corporate interests. In this situation our poor politicians appear to develop a very schizophrenic mentality in response to the conflict between these economic pressures and the typically slavish and idealistic service to their first political mentors (and perhaps even ideals!) at the beginning of their political career.

To succeed, at some point politicians must demonstrate their ability to capitulate, to compromise their ideals to outside interests. This represents the basic requirement for being trusted later, and explains politicians’ pronounced arrogance when they finally reach the top positions. We must be fully aware that the real bosses who rule the financial spheres accept only this type of person as political servant. These influential “godfathers” have intelligently adopted something like the communist concept of a silent Politburo as the best way to control politics nowadays. When mastered, this structure even allowed for the existence of different parties in communist Poland, which created the illusion of the conformist majority that they were free – while living under a puppet government.

We have not reached this level of doublespeak yet – but we are very close. Recall the last fierce fight between two puppets (of money and influence) for the US presidency. Neither would ever challenge the lobbying powers: their different faces and personalities only help us to maintain the illusion of a choice when voting for variously painted puppets. We see the same trends when analyzing closely the Mulroney party’s securing the Bronfman family financial interest, as well as how the Chrétien administration protects the Asper family, even when this family breaks anti-monopoly laws when buying up Canadian media. It is even funnier to see how our dear Chrétien was forced to nominate as the CBC president the CEO of the corporation that had taken over two billion dollars he made in Canada to the US – without paying taxes – and bought a Universal Studio in Hollywood with this cash. Who is now watching over the public media at the CBC?

This bigger picture from above is about our continental politics and probably can smooth over your latest provincial electoral loss, Mr. Laundry, since the public is not very much aware of your major mentors from the local financial spheres. However, many people are talking about the growing arrogance of your administration, and it probably had a big influence on their votes. This arrogance and security in power may indicate that support from powerful financial interests was behind your party’s success some years ago: according to this interpretation the separatist motivation was only helping the politicians in their real work. With such a system it is impossible to see how politicians can combat corruption and inspire society for real change. That is the reason why I want to focus your attention on the spoiled landscape left by your party. We should discuss there about a level of corruption developed at the peripheral regions of your administration. Mr. Laundry, you must understand that your lost election reflects the collective experience of many people that find your party to be a gang of corrupt politicians. The manifested arrogance of the CSST and CLP presidents illustrates that perfectly (see my enclosure). I am sure that others could provide even clearer pictures. My intuitive conclusions about this situation would support a certain amount of cynicism and even give not voting a certain appeal – and this was borne out by the fact that 10% of the potential voters declined to participate in the latest provincial political gladiator show. Now on the same grounds that you, Mr. Laundry, say that the local economy was booming lately only thanks to your leadership, I can claim that the abstention of 10% of the voters is due only to my circulated call for not voting. J

Do we need politicians who serve mainly special economic interests that “process” our souls with genetically modified consumerism? We do not need promises – oft-repeated in different combinations – to lower taxes and raise salaries. They are aimed at silencing our growing mental hunger for a decent life free to pursue our dreams and our goals, free of spin doctors and vested interests who veil the truth about our individual destinies. What we need now is respect for each distinct life – life cannot be adjusted to one-size-fits-all boxes prepared by those who, by outsmarting others in their materialistic games, feel above the majority.

CAN WE REALLY GET OUT OF THIS ALREADY CLOSED CIRCUIT AND A VICIOUS CIRCLE BY EXERCISING OUR RIGHT TO VOTE? CAN WE BELIVE THAT OUR DEAR LEADERS POSING AS FATHERS TO IMPROVE OUR LIVES ARE GOING TO BE SELECTED BY ORDERLY ELECTIONS?

Let’s collect our individual experiences on a website “Palestinized souls of the modern world” where people can share their own experiences with a hope of finding a common platform that can rebuild our optimism about the future. Let’s do it a.s.a.p. – everyone (you, too, Mr. Laundry) is welcomed to propose their own formula to do it together (contact me: slavekpop@yahoo.com or at http://spop.addr.com/). The arrogance of the most influential is growing each day more in our globalizing world and surely you were also experiencing it, but only on a different level.

The word PALESTINIZATION reflects many secret social manipulations that are bound, sooner or later, to explode in our faces. It exposes the treatment of the poorest people by the most influential where respect is reserved only for those with money and networked social positions. Each day we have more people who want to impose their power to harm others without trial and with disdain for basic rights. "Palestinization" implies a deadly momentum, the logical conclusion of narrow-minded policies and arrogance.

Let’s share our very own experiences of feeling to be “Palestinized” in many dimensions of our lives, because only after this we can truly understand and help better for those suffering more in this world.

Sincerely,

Slawomir Poplawski

P.S. Please have a look at the enclosed pamphlet that circulated among people just before the last election. It reflects my individual contribution to be eventually published on a website “Palestinized souls of the modern world” where people can share their own experiences. You, Mr. Laundry, are very welcome to contribute your own reflections about how people on different social levels are abused and used by others. Let’s try to work together!

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Palestinization of people

Are some CSST's and CLP's figures bird-brained and protected? – about the costly networked circus.

It seems that our provincial premier Mr. B.Landry was really right when he was talking about the existence of some people in our province who are even less than bird-brained when taking care of their dependants. He would be probably more careful in saying this if being fully aware that the same problem is plaguing his administration. At this moment it is better only referring to the peripheral regions of his administration and not pointing out his inner cabinet. Nobody would like to be aggressively accused for “not having culture” by the previous minister of labor and the CSST’s supervisor that is still in his top cabinet.

This introduction, with the aim of reaching a wider audience, is really needed in the case of Mrs. Belanger from CLP that refuses to verify legal complaints about the CSST’s work with their representatives: Vice-president Mrs. Bailly (secretly visits a place of the victim’s work and coordinates with the employer efforts in burying his complaints about scandalous treatment after the accident) and Mr. Marcotte (taking away $5000 from a check of the CSST’s client). These people were not showing a good will to solve the problems of the client that was forced to work without providing the promised medical equipment after his accident. It seems that they feel to be above the people and that nobody can verify their questionable behavior. According to the documentation it is clearly seen that even the previous/present minister of labor were/are not willing or afraid to verify their basic qualifications and provide answer.

I think that now it is time ask people for help in informing me about the mentioned above people – about for example existence of their powerful family members or networked party friends. I have a constitutional right to know about their real position in this province and start to worry about my young kids or work – instead of demanding some logical and lawful responses from these untouchable Quebec apparatchiks. I want to be treated as an equal member by the Quebec establishment from Quebec City and be also democratically informed about their networked influence.

It seems that a knowledge of “Who is Who and with Whom behind?” is the most important in this province for the simple people to defend their rights.

Probably it would be good to cool down our promoted by the media curiosity about winners of the coming provincial election. Instead, let’s try not to vote because this act boosts only ego of the already pre-chosen puppets (referring to the main parties candidates) of the ruling financial spheres that are only using voters for their own gains. For example, the Liberals are mainly servicing a big North American capital and the PQ leaders are protecting local financial sharks that use nationalistic issues to support their less competitive businesses on the global market. It is funny to see Mr.Charest “teaching” formally PQ but mainly the masses that even only traces of the certain type racism are forbidden today, while the poorest people can be always assaulted. His party protects more the richest that can take billions from Canada without paying taxes (Liberal government shielding Broffmans family during a trial about the secret financial law established for them by the Mouroney’s party – the ruling parties fighting externally are always internally united when blessed/baptized by the financial spheres). At the same time we can see a gang of Mr. Landry ministers that only change their portfolios to fake the real reforms. For example, the incompetent Labor Minister becomes the funniest culture guru in his cabinet. Joining them today is a street-smart boy from the ADQ that tries to find a compilation strategy between these two puppets, which will represent a compromise between the local and global businesses. The really ruling financial spheres with their puppet politicians only need and respect us one day in every four years – TRY NOW DO NOT VOTE!

My tiny voice represents a very naïve attempt of changing something by trying to take justice into own hands. The presented example of my latest correspondence shows only that simple people cannot force the networked and corrupted by power notables to solve honestly some of their problems. A very typical approach is to write answers that omit the main issues and when requested to correct it the arrogant authorities are repeating the same - as the CLP president shows a typical example.

I have named this style as a “palestinization of people” in a letter to McGill authorities from the last year. My problems are relatively small and do not overwhelm me, but there are many more people that even pay a praise of their precious lives when the arrogance of the most influential is growing each day more in our globalizing world.

Let’s share our very own experiences of feeling to be “Palestinized” in many dimensions of our lives because only after this we can truly understand and help better for those suffering more in this world.

Probably, we should feel encouraged to open for example a website “Palestinized souls of the modern world” where people can share their own experiences with a hope of finding a common platform that can rebuild our optimism about the future. Let’s do it a.s.a.p. and everyone is welcomed to propose the own formula or contact me (slavekpop@yahoo.com) for doing it together.

P.S. The lowest ranking people from the CSST and CLP do know many cases about the palestanized people by their offices and their discrete help in revealing it is welcomed.