Marked 'Urgent', Open letter to the World

AN OPEN LETTER TO THE TECHNOLOGISTS OF THE WORLD:

The deep tragedy of the soulless slaughter of 11 September, 2001 has
touched the life of every person of conscience the world over; now, in
its aftermath it is that same conscience that is called to action in
the name of those who have needlessly perished at Ground Zero as well
as worldwide: how might each of us have made its occurrence less
likely?

There is a sad truth to face: a zero-sum mindset has, however
unwittingly, governed our behavior here in the privileged West, in such
a way as to have led those less privileged (perhaps as a result, direct
or indirect, of our way of life) to perceive us as effective elitists
at best, not-so-subtle racists at worst.

In the soulful closing words of Lincoln's first Inaugural, "We must not
be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our
bonds of affection."

In thus summoning the 'better angels of our nature', he sought to avoid
fraternal slaughter; in that same spirit, we must now take concrete
measures demonstrative of those guardian spirits within us all, if we
but acknowledge them, in embracing our 'brothers/sisters' in
humanity.

One such pragmatic measure, designed to so act and, thereby, insure
against future acts of desperation by those somehow forgotten in the
now global reach of materialism's virtues and vices is what we have
named the RejuveNATIONS project.

What is envisioned is simply a smartly organized, efficient and highly
visible 'shadow' United Nations, peopled by persons aged 10-16, from
every part of the World, however remote, however heretofore
insignificant or "Third World", to use the language of
zero-sumness.

It is sponsors such as you, world leaders in burgeoning high-technology
which embodies in its potential so much of the good and/or ill of which
its users are capable, who, now, at this seminal moment, without
precedent in our history in terms of the potential for our ultimate
self-destruction either by default or design, hold the key to the
realization of RejuveNations.

Characterized by the cost-effectiveness and otherwise cutting-edge
capabilities aimed at eliminating the very notion of space as an
impediment to meaningful communication and consequent understanding,
enabling its salutary reach anywhere, this Electronic Empowerment of
the Future----alive here in the present is now possible----indeed,
necessary.

With your allegiance what is envisioned is a co-equal 'virtual body
politic' of the world's young, at least equal in regular media
coverage, perhaps superior in its facilitative qualities. You will help
to realize the practical wisdom of no less a technological seer than
Buckminster Fuller in helping to literally rejuvenate his deep insight:
"All children are born geniuses." As all parents know from firsthand
experience, theirs is a wisdom so unfettered by so-called 'adult'
compromise of so simple a proposition as human understanding that it
holds the very real promise of 'shaming' their counterpart United
Nations toward what can be so relatively simple once the zero-sum
agendas unknown to them are stripped away.

With your help, we may soon see the day when the ancient tragedy of
unnecessary conflict and its consquent suffering will become truly
exceptional, not the rule.

Let us avoid, for the sake of our future world, the haunting refrain
from the last scene of Romeo &; Juliet wherein the authority figure
decries the failure of the adult world to heed the love enabled by
their now dead children: "ALL are punished!"

Most sincerely,

Joseph Baron Pravda
Founder, Inter-National Advocates for Beneficiaries of Life's
Entitlements
I.-N.-A.B.L.E., llp
Washington, DC
jnbaron@aol.com &;cc: jnbaronjd@netzero.net