Monday, April 11, 2011

Green Book


Green Book
Libya's President Moammar Ghadafi this week asked President Barack Obama to call off the NATO-led air attack. He also wished Obama good luck in his re-election campaign and signed his rambling three-page letter as the "Leader of the Revolution." Ghadafi has governed Libya's socialist revolution according to a political, economic and social philosophy he first laid out in the "Green Book" published in 1975. It involves government by the masses that leads ultimately to the "Third Universal Theory," which will "resolve the intricate problem of democracy." He also weighs in on social and economic issues. Some excerpts:
"No one has the right to build a house in addition to his own dwelling, or the dwellings of his heirs, for the purpose of leasing it to others, because a house represents a human need. To build an additional house with the intention of leasing it is to engage in manipulating the need of another human being, and freedom lies at the very heart of human needs.

"…there are no wage earners but only partners."
"Land is no one's private property."
"No one individual has the right to undertake an economic activity, whereby wealth exceeding his needs can be amassed. The excess would represent the right of others."
"Even the industrious and the skilful(l) have no right to usurp the share of others as a result of this advantage."
"Work for the purpose of increasing profit finally leads to the disappearance of profit."
"Houses should be serviced by their occupants, and house chores should not be done by servants in return for wages or without wages…"
"A sound rule is that every nation should have a religion. Any contrary condition is an exception to this rule."
"According to gynecologists women, unlike men, menstruate each month."
"When a women becomes pregnant, due to her pregnancy, she becomes less active for about a year because her pregnancy inhibits her natural vitality until she delivers the baby. After delivery or miscarriage, a woman is in a state of confinement. … She breastfeeds for nearly two years."
"Placing a child in a day nursery is coercive and tyrannical and a violation of the child's free and natural disposition."
"The male in the plant and animal kingdoms is born naturally strong and striving, while the female in both kingdoms is naturally born beautiful and gentle. …This natural rule is just. … Men and women must relentlessly adhere to the role he or she was created for.
"A woman is beautiful, compassionate and emotional. She is easily frightened and is generally a gentle being, while a man is aggressive by virtue of his inbred nature."

Sources: http://articles.chicagotribune.com

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