A Note on Equality

Hi all,

I'm sure i speak for the majority in the movement when i say this. We support the contribution of those within the movement based on what they can bring to the table, what ideas they have and their relevance to any given problem. We have a lot of problems in our current society that we are not happy with and do not wish to carry this baggage into the movement, and yes there may still be some in the movement who have certain biases but then its up to everyone in this movement to have each others backs and not allow such biases to propagate by helping these people see a different way by example and through unity of the values we hold dear, not debate.

For example: I don't want to argue with you over the problems and who is more or less important than others etc, I want to hear what you have to contribute to actually improving the lives of people, or to improving communication between people or the many other problems we have. We are all living on the same planet, and all feel the effects of each others problems, there are no women's problems, no men's problems, no gays problems there are human problems, and we as human beings need to take the role on of dealing with these human problems in constructive ways

We have all been damaged by the current system in various ways and to varying degrees, yet we must be ready to let go of them if we are to move forward. Discussing topics such as racism or sexism or gender inequality doesn't fix them, changing the way we deal with racism, sexism, inequality etc does. We can talk about racism til we are blue in the face, but unless we actually make sure that black people have a voice when it comes to relevant issues then what purpose does it serve?

We can talk and debate on whether in our current system sexism affects only women, or whether it affects everyone, or whether racism only affects blacks, or whether white people are affected by it too, or whether rape only affects women or men too but this doesn't solve anything.

What are we really about in this movement? If we are about unity and equality then lets leave our damaged baggage in the past where it belongs. If you have something to contribute to a solution of a problem, whether it be a way to approach a certain existing societal group with the proposals of The Venus Project and The Zeitgeist Movement in the most efficient, productive and effective way then do it, don't look for approval or disapproval. This is real equality, because it does not recognize the false barriers of our race, religion, creed or gender (Gender being a cultural phenomenon - not to be confused with Physical Sex i.e. Male/Female)

If we all want equality then we have to base our decisions and our strategies on ideas not on anything else. We don't need the permission to contribute, just do it.. this is what the movement is about. People may well discuss your proposals and offer different perspectives on them, and it may well be that after such discussions those original ideas evolve or they stay as they were intended. This is Equality...

Let your ideas be the defining point of your life and your contribution to this beautiful planet and the people and animals on it, not your gender or your color, or your religion.

I and almost everyone i have met in this movement welcome any idea from any man, woman, black, white, Asian, Christian or Muslim or any other human being has if it benefits and enhances the lives of people, and this is something i know for a fact is in the hearts and minds of the majority of people in this movement.

We need to unite on ideas and leave these old biases where they belong, with the irrelevant and outdated social and economic system we wish to move past.

We must work on being constructive in everything we do, and that is how we will get real equality for the women who should have had such equality long before now, and the same goes for blacks and every other beaten down, oppressed people of our existing fucked up way of life, so lets concentrate on the positive, we've all had enough negative in our lives for a lifetime.. and discussing them doesn't do anything, lets all transcend it.

This is real equality, not a piece of paper that says "Your a Woman and your equal", "Your Black and your equal", "Your gay and your equal" or whatever.

Don't "Ask demand to be equal"

Dont "Protest to be equal"

Don't "Debate over being equal"

Don't "Fight to be equal"

Be equal by letting your actions and contributions speak louder than any paper proclamation ever will.