by Mr.Yankees » Wed May 27, 2009 6:12 am
*To the surprise of everyone present at the meeting of the Security Council, President Gregory Kynes entered the room. His presence at the meeting had not been previously disclosed and his intentions were unknown. He approached the center podium, usually reserved for important speeches, and began speaking.*
"Ladies and gentlemen of the Security Council, I come to you here today not only as President of Lodamun but as a citizen of the world. Time and time again throughout history, we have seen discussions over very simple issues, such as the ones you are having here right now, turn into unnecessary violent conflicts. Ladies and Gentlemen, this is NOT the time to have such conflict.
This Council has been debating, and I want to clearly emphasize debating, a resolution calling for inspections on Beiteynu to make sure the situation there is safe and it does not present a security concern for the continent and Terra.
Gentlemen (he paused for a second), we are all here for one purpose: we want peace and security.
This situation has been clearly overreacted to by some and over analyzed by others. There is absolutely no need for threats. Those who resort to threats are not only weak-hearted but they also have something to hide or fear. This is NOT the time for threats against one another. This is not the time for pointless accusations against one another. We must look forward. We must live for today because yesterday is gone and tomorrow may not come.
It is with this in mind, ladies and gentlemen, that I ask everyone involved in this matter to take a second look at the situation. Think about it once again. Do it while you are in the comfort of your office or accompanied by your family or loved ones. A second look at it may raise a new perceptive in your mind.
How is one to live a moral and compassionate existence when one is fully aware of the blood, the horror inherent in life, when one finds darkness not only in one's culture but within oneself? If there is a stage at which an individual life becomes truly adult, it must be when one grasps the irony in its unfolding and accepts responsibility for a life lived in the midst of such paradox. One must live in the middle of contradiction, because if all contradiction were eliminated at once life would collapse. There are simply no answers to some of the great pressing questions. You continue to live them out, making your life a worthy expression of leaning into the light.
Members of the Council, we cannot and will not let pointless rhetoric and accusation divert us from the true problems this world faces. On this day, you gather here because you have chosen hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord. What the cynics fail to understand is that the ground has shifted beneath them...that the stale political arguments that have consumed us for so long no longer apply. Today, ladies and gentlemen, I ask you and all of those spectators to take this one step at a time, to relax, and to understand that Terra not only wants unity but needs unity. We cannot let the citizens of Terra down. This Council has that purpose and I will work as hard as I can to see that purpose achieved at all times.
I want to thank you for your time and patience. Remember that if we value independence, if we are disturbed by the growing conformity of knowledge, of values, of attitudes, which our present system induces, then we may wish to set up conditions of learning which make for uniqueness, for self-direction, and for self-initiated learning. Have a Good Day!
*President Kynes quickly stepped down from the podium. As he was making his exit, he stopped to greet a few of the ambassadors present at the meeting. This was certainly and unexpected yet pleasant speech.*
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