A letter to the future...

[undergroundpanther]

I am aware of the "time capsules" sometimes immured in the cornerstone of buildings, or dropped into the bathyal trenches, or even rocketed into space. I admit a certain ignorance regarding the content of these capsules and the procedures encompassing their creation and implantation, but what glimmers of knowledge are at my disposal do not at all hint that these testimonies are anything but impersonal, factually oriented, frivolous, and pompous in their naive braggadocio: 'This is what we've done, here's a Coke, a dollar, a compact disk, pictures of the beautiful people rollerblading and bungee jumping, this is our poetry, song, dance, and politic, we hope in your time you realize the benefits of the programs we've instigated and enjoy world peace' and so forth. My letter to the future is nothing like that. It is very personal. I speak from the depths of my soul; I will not tout the "wonders" of my age or bask in ostentation or jingoism; mine is primarily an ethical and spiritual communication, one that paints the contemporary ugliness in a naked light, eschewing euphemism and not even attempting to conceal my shame at being a member of this society and hence culpable; for I live in a time when one cannot get by without playing the venal games that riddle our neurotic institutions through and through; indeed, I could not afford the luxury of this letter if I had not earned the opportunity through participation in our oppressive social structures. As much as I have tried to be good, I cannot wholly escape the influence of my culture.



http://trumpeter.athabascau.ca/content/v14.1/crittenden.html


This guy ,he is saying the same things that torment me to the depths of my soul.I hope there is a future who will LISTEN!!!

[neweurope]

1. "My torment brings me to urge you in two things:

first, do not forgive us and second, raise memorials to honor the victims of our depravity. Many strong souls resisted till the very last hint of life was tortured from their eyes. Please, do not forgive us - or forgive only after our shameful immorality has been emblazoned for all to see, especially those who will come in your future. Never again should the Earth face imminent doom from human actions, nor should people live in terror of death squads, or huddle squalid and starving in cardboard boxes, or toil for a subsistence, emotionally broken and roboticized. Animals, our brothers and sisters on this great blue-green spaceship, should enjoy a quality existence..."

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