THE RIGHT OF CHOICE AND A VOTE:
Every citizen in
A person/individual who by virtue of attaining the age of eighteen years, is regarded in the eyes of the law as being able to manage his or her own affairs. The age specified by law, called the legal age of majority, indicates that a person acquires full legal capacity to be bound by various documents, such as contracts and deeds, that he or she makes with others and to commit other democratically legal acts such as VOTING IN ELECTIONS and independently making their OWN FREE CHOICES. Anyone who has not reached the age of 18 years is legally considered a minor.
There are some VERY IMPORTANT QUALITIES that symbolize ADULTNESS AND MATURITY. There is not always a correlation between the qualities and the physical size or age of the person.
The adult character comprises:
- Self-control - restraint, emotional control.
- Stability - stable personality, strength.
- Seriousness - ability to deal with life in a serious manner.
- Responsibility - accountability, commitment and reliability.
- Method/Tact - ability to think ahead and plan for the future, patience.
- Endurance - ability and willingness to cope with difficulties that present themselves in a totally sober and humane manner.
- Experience - breadth of mind, understanding and maturity.
- Objectivity - perspective and realism.
- Decision making capability - as all of the above correspond to making proper decisions.
- Priorities - Ability to determine what is necessary at that place and time.
THE
CORE OF THE MATTER:
In any Self Acclaimed Democratic individual/group/party/society/community/nation, every individual has the RIGHT OF CHOICE in regard to any aspect of life or situation, and whose outcome/consequences the individual must and is prepared to face. This includes even the very young that are commonly regarded to as minors/indecisive (http://kenya.rcbowen.com/constitution/chap5.html).
At this age of civilization/modernization, many nations today (21st
Century) seem to have retarded backwards to beyond the stone age, where the superiority & inferiority complexes were
the order of the day, where paranoir
encompassed the so called ruling elite to an extent that they
would even order the execution of their own very kin on the slightest suspicion
or even disagreement under the pretex of so called “national security.”
That is precisely where our
so called leaders of today have ditched our communities, societies, our very
own self individuals, our countries and indeed our world.
We, especially WE the YOUTHS, have allowed ourselves to be the objects of manipulation and ridicule from very few individuals whom WE have given all our RIGHTS and now run our lives according and based to their selfish whims.
Yet what are we doing about it? We just sit back and start whimping and begging as though we have no minds of our own, to stand up and bring this culture of impunity to a total end and in its place usher in a;
NEW WORLD ORDER:
Youths of this country and indeed of the whole world, its time that we brought in a NEW WORLD ORDER. An order where WE THE YOUTHS have all the say and control over our very own lives AND FUTURE.
BUT:
This new world order comes with A VERY STRICT CONDITION!!!!
NO VIOLENCE, NO CRIME, NO INTIMIDATION, NO
DISCRIMINATION, NO SEGREGATION, NO DEMACATION, NO INCITEMENT, NO AFFILIATION.
ONLY.
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THE CONSISTENT USE OF
DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPALS AND LOGICAL IDEALS.
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THE RESPECT,
OBSERVATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF SELF AND OTHERS' RIGHTS OF BEING AND
EXISTENCE
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THE FULL IMPLEMENTATION
OF OUR DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS OF FREE CHOICE AND A VOTE ONLY ON MATTERS OF
IMPLEMENTABLE PRINCIPALS AND IDEALS AND NOT ON SELFISH AMBITIOUS INDIVIDUALS.
YOUTHS, Ladies and gentlemen of this country, Kenya and
indeed the world, I would like to draw back your attention to Tuesday
November 4th 2008, that shall remain to be a PINNACLE and HISTORIC day
not only for the people of America but for the whole world and the universe.
Why am I repeating what has already been termed by almost each and every other
person in the world? This is simply because there is a very big lesson here to
be learnt from that event that we as YOUTHS might just pass it off as normal.
1. The people of the United States of America and in this regard especially the
YOUTHS, proved to the world yet again of the high level of democracy,
maturity and civilization that they have attained, far beyond any other
nation in the world, by the way they conducted themselves during the whole
process that took almost two years to complete.
2. All along I had been following the campaigns and not at any one place, town,
hall, stadium or street did I see a single policeman standing guard in riot
gear, in the name of anticipating this or that because of the campaigns.
3. Not a single policeman or policewoman did I see at the polling stations
either to control the crowds or in anticipation of anything outside the normal
process of queuing, voting and people going home.
4. Though the two top candidates did have some differences in the manner of
their presentations of their policies and aspirations, not at any single moment
did I see or notice nor hear of supporters clashing, fighting, displacing or
killing one another. The disagreements remained verbally with the two
candidates on matters of principal and the public, especially the youths
totally declined to be woed in and that was that.
5. Take a look at the level of maturity and discipline that both camps
displayed during the live debates.
6. Most Important of all was the level of humility that both candidates
displayed immediately after the results were decided and announced. There was
no chest thumping or grandiose standing nor destructive finger
pointing at any camp. It was all humbleness and gratitude from the two senators
to their supporters, whom themselves displayed the same qualities as the
contestants and the whole country at large.
When we, the rest of the world talk about democracy, can we
measure even for the next 100 years with the current crop of so called
politicians that we have in our respective governments? Do they even really
know the definition of the term democracy and the respect
of law of their respective lands and people?
I will repeat here again in this particular blog,
because it is really a VERY BIG SHAME.
And yet they have no shame claiming that what they forced to happen was
democracy. A commission is set up by the country's coalition government with
the same people endorsing it and giving it a deadline to deliver. When the
report is finally handed over, they are the loudest in disclaiming it as
unnecessary, incomprehensible and unimplementable.
Does this world have some above every law and moral and others far below the
bounds of laws of the land such that they do not even need to be heard but are
already condemned?
What about all those YOUTHS right now (one year later) rotting in the country's
prisons that were claimed to have "participated/perpetrated" the
violence? Are they the actual criminals or they have just once again been used
as scape-goats by others who are right now roaming free and eating and dining
out of the sweat of the innocent and the dead? Is there any moral or humane
conscience that is left in the human race any more?
No wonder
In : Youth and Democracy