Dare

宮崎由加
Miyazuki Yuka
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Dare
to
Care
大事にする
Daiji ni suru
ps118

Dare to have mercy.  慈悲 jihi
Mercy endures in memory for certainty.                確実 kakujitsu.

Remember this you nations.                                   国 kuni.
This will last for generations.                                 世代 sedai.

That which is legal about law 法律 is regal            法律 horitsu
from the eagle to the beetle, you people.                    人 hito

The ram is a lamb.                                子羊 kohitsuji
It will butt your bum with a bam  バム bamu
to get your hand. ハンド hando
Time 時間will make another lamb.                       時間 jikan

Mercy endures in memory at length.                     
Gentle generation is the foundation for love with strength.

Beauty is in the strength of the song.                         歌 uta

Success 成功 rings long with the bong                     成功 seiko

of the gong.                                                             宮殿 kyuden

Smoke drifts slowly from the echo of dreams.          夢 yume

Things  are not as certain as they seem.

The fragrant mist from the hyacinth                   

drifts in through the open window inch インチ inchi

to give a pinch of the aromatic labyrinth. ラビリンス rabirinsu

The odor of nard had filled the room  ルーム rumu

where the bottle broke before the tomb                             墓 haka

and the maiden resumed work before the loom.            織機 shokki

The earth's sweet being in the beginning in the garden of Eden        

was not ended by sinning for eternal winning in freedom.       

The penalty of death is not meant to kill                       

those with the right intent and execution of will.            意志 ishi

Palms were laid upon the road                                        道路 doro

in a story that was told            言った ita

to celebrate the moral code.                                      コード codo

Jesus carried the beam to Golgotha's peak.

Christ died from the pain the cross had wreaked.

The Word rose again as resurrected speech.

The legal code has since been asked

to consider the role that justice has tasked

to punishment as correction cast.

Jesus was not guilty of a plan

for rebellion. He murdered no man.

Cruelty or violence do not belong to the legal span.

Mary remembered her barren womb
as she stood by the open tomb
and felt the memory of the empty room.

What were you and I until we loved?
Were we not to become products of the love
from above?
All pleasures are fancied true.
Any earthly beauty that I saw to sooth
was desired and got as the dream of you.

The golden eagle watches noh theater.      能楽堂 nogakudo

The lover appeals to his love as a reasoner               推論 suiron

in the palace yard as the fantasy sphere 球 kyu

below the cypress as the seat for the seer. 夜 yoru

Spring flows in a streaming state 状態 jotai

while young grass grows near the gate ゲート gato

where there had been snow of late.  遅く osoku  

The tea ceremony doesn't wait 待つ matsu

for the cherry tree 桜 to blossom late. 桜 sakura

The fate of a mate is made great

with the dish that is set upon a plate. プレートpureto

Like a drifting cloud 雲 kumo

bound by nothing loud  大声で ogoe de

I let go of feeling proud

allowing myself to wander around まわり mawari

to hear the whim of the wind wound

above ground with this whooshing sound. 音 oto

Saki is sipped slowly by evening. イブニング ibunigu

The light lets dark reveal her reason. 理由 riyu

She sips一口 her cup to test 一口 hitokuchi

her best ベスト besuto 

with zest 熱意 netsui

for the west 西 nishi

in the zodiac crest 紋章 monsho

in the quest for rest. 残り nokori 

The east edge of the milky way                        天の川 amanogawa

is the abode for his astral play.                       遊びますasobimasu

There is no partiality with justice.                        正義 masayoshi

Each day has a candle lit for us.                           米国 beikoku

The stone stands alone unaltered thus 

as an altar for trust in what's past this.

I will draw the inference  推論 suiron

that reason helps me to believe. 信じる shinjiru

I will live to declare the art of assurance

that science has drawn for me. 私 watashi

Open the gates of perspective on perception for consciousness. 

I will see light with the sight that is given to perceive more of the less 

evident with tests.

I will rejoice in the increase of fruit on trees by the lake.         

I will sing for the full moon as a turn in orbit for heaven's sake.

Dare to have mercy.                                                 慈悲

Mercy endures in memory for surety.                   保証人hoshoni

Mercy endures in memory 記憶 at length.   記憶 kioku

Gentle generation is the foundation for love with strength.             

science 科学 kagaku

beauty 美しさ utsukushi-sa

118 Confitemini Domino

1 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; *

his mercy endures for ever.

2 Let Israel now proclaim, *

"His mercy endures for ever." 

3 Let the house of Aaron now proclaim, *

"His mercy endures for ever."

4 Let those who fear the Lord now proclaim, *

"His mercy endures for ever."

5 I called to the Lord in my distress; *

the Lord answered by setting me free.

6 The Lord is at my side, therefore I will not fear; *

what can anyone do to me?

7 The Lord is at my side to help me; *

I will triumph over those who hate me.

8 It is better to rely on the Lord *

than to put any trust in flesh.

9 It is better to rely on the Lord *

than to put any trust in rulers.

10 All the ungodly encompass me; *

in the name of the Lord I will repel them.

11 They hem me in, they hem me in on every side; *

in the name of the Lord I will repel them.

12 They swarm about me like bees;

they blaze like a fire of thorns; *

in the name of the Lord I will repel them.

13 I was pressed so hard that I almost fell, *

but the Lord came to my help.

14 The Lord is my strength and my song, *

and he has become my salvation.

15 There is a sound of exultation and victory *

in the tents of the righteous:

16 "The right hand of the Lord has triumphed! *

the right hand of the Lord is exalted!

the right hand of the Lord has triumphed!"

17 I shall not die, but live, *

and declare the works of the Lord.

18 The Lord has punished me sorely, *

but he did not hand me over to death.

19 Open for me the gates of righteousness; *

I will enter them;

I will offer thanks to the Lord.

20 "This is the gate of the Lord; *

he who is righteous may enter."

21 I will give thanks to you, for you answered me *

and have become my salvation.

22 The same stone which the builders rejected *

has become the chief cornerstone.

23 This is the Lord's doing, *

and it is marvelous in our eyes.

24 On this day the Lord has acted; *

we will rejoice and be glad in it.

25 Hosannah, Lord, hosannah! *

Lord, send us now success.

26 Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord; *

we bless you from the house of the Lord.

27 God is the Lord; he has shined upon us; *

form a procession with branches up to the horns of the altar.

28 "You are my God, and I will thank you; *

you are my God, and I will exalt you."

29 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; *

his mercy endures for ever.

Acts 10:34

Then Peter began to speak to them: ‘I truly understand that God shows no partiality...'

John 20:1

Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb.  

宮崎由加

Miyazuki Yuka

宮 palace miya      palace

崎 saki zuki       saki

由 by  yu          reason

加 plus ka          addition

Reward

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Reward
Patience
報酬の忍耐
Hōshū no nintai 
ps62

My soul waits in silence for my salvation.
My heart beats strong with palpitation.

Deliverance has been the rock for my expectation.
Redemption is the cause for revelation.

When grace was arrested
survival by the savior was attested.

The leader considered his duty
to his youth and the beauty.

The horse bound archer spilled milk across the sky.
The black hole held the center of the galaxy mortified.

The large dog laid below the hunter and the twins.
The fighter and the rider were ready for trouble to begin.

The impulsive father considered his daughter a threat.
The swan was a reminder of when the parents of the twins had met.

The driver drove through the center with a major splash.
The hero stood by ready to dash.

How long will you seek to crush me
as though you were a toppling wall to be?

You sought only to take me down from my place of honor seen.
If I had listened to your lies I would have long since a goner been.

They cursed with their hearts.
Their blessings showed their lips dart apart.

When they turned from what they had done to harm
grace was adjusted to repair prior hurt with charm.

My soul waits alone in silence for my savior.
I will as I wait for the best in my own behavior.

My stronghold will not be shaken.
My faith is not mistaken.

Safety is the fortress for my honor.
Refuge is protection wherever I wander.

Put trust in your faith you people. 
Act only in a way that you can will as legal.

The current fad is but a fleeting breath.
Experience holds for what is best in breadth.

The end of time is always in view.
Existence needs a reality that is true.

The scales of light work even at night.
They work together to make things right.

Extortion is the distortion of the contorted.
Robbery is empty pride reported. 

When wealth is increased at the expense of worth
mirth seems to leave the earth.

Energy belongs to power.
The word is heard when the shower flowers.

Redemption belongs to those who learn this.
Value goes to those who earn it.
This bliss can't miss.

Reward patience with recognition.
Due diligence will be your decision.



62 Nonne Deo?

1 For God alone my soul in silence waits; *
from him comes my salvation.

2 He alone is my rock and my salvation, *
my stronghold, so that I shall not be greatly shaken.

3 How long will you assail me to crush me,
all of you together, *
as if you were a leaning fence, a toppling wall?

4 They seek only to bring me down from my place of honor; *
lies are their chief delight.

5 They bless with their lips, *
but in their hearts they curse.

6 For God alone my soul in silence waits; *
truly, my hope is in him.

7 He alone is my rock and my salvation, *
my stronghold, so that I shall not be shaken.

8 In God is my safety and my honor; *
God is my strong rock and my refuge.

9 Put your trust in him always, O people, *
pour out your hearts before him, for God is our refuge.
10 Those of high degree are but a fleeting breath, *
even those of low estate cannot be trusted.

11 On the scales they are lighter than a breath, *
all of them together.

12 Put no trust in extortion;
in robbery take no empty pride; *
though wealth increase, set not your heart upon it.

13 God has spoken once, twice have I heard it, *
that power belongs to God.

14 Steadfast love is yours, O Lord, *
for you repay everyone according to his deeds.


Jonah 3:10
When what they (the people of Nineveh/Handsome) did was seen, how they turned from their evil ways, God changed his mind about the calamity that he had said he would bring upon them; and he did not do it.

1 Corinth. 7:29
…the appointed time has grown short; from now on, let even those who have wives be as though they had none…

Mark 1:14
Now after John (divine grace) was arrested, Jesus (divine savior) came to Galilee (wheel, revolution), proclaiming the good news* of God,* 15and saying, ‘The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near;* repent, and believe in the good news.’

1-21-18
https://www.space.com/16149-night-sky.html
On Friday, January 19 between 4:43 and 4:55 a.m. EST, the shadows of both Europa and Ganymede will be visible at the same time for observers in the Americas. (Single shadows will be visible on Jupiter from 2:45 a.m. to 6:30 a.m. EST that morning.)

http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/this-weeks-sky-at-a-glance-january-13-21/
Is your sky dark enough for you to see the winter Milky Way? After dinnertime now, it runs vertically up and across the zenith: from Canis Major low in the southeast, up between Orion and Gemini, through Auriga and Perseus almost straight overhead, and down through Cassiopeia, Cepheus and Cygnus to the northwest horizon.

Early in the dawn of Sunday the 21st, spot the waning crescent Moon hanging in the southeastern sky. Some 12° below it (for North America) is Antares. Look 15° to the left or lower left of Antares for Saturn. The same distance lower left of Saturn is Mercury.
Auriga- the driver (charioteer)

Antares- the heart of the scorpion
Canis Major - the large dog
Cassiopeia- the daughter of promise
Cepheus- the father (ape or rock)
Cygnus- the swan (impregnated Leda, mother of the twins)
Europa- the beauty
Ganymede- the blond young man
Gemini- the twins, the fighter and the rider
Jupiter- the leader
Mercury- the thinker
Orion- the hunter
Perseus- the hero
Saturn- the grandfather

Define

Ming-na Wen: Agents of Shield

Define
Civility
礼節を定義します 
Reisetsu o teigi shimasu
ps96

Sing a new song.
Sing for civil law to secure creation.
Sing to defend the earth.
Sing for intelligence in design.

This is civil law.

Everyone has rights.

No one has the right to own another.

No one has the right to destroy another.

No one has the right to declare war.

No one has the right to profit from violent aggression.

No one has the right to murder.

Everyone has the right to defense.

Everyone has the right
to own his or her responsibility.

Everyone has the right to find provision

for basic needs. 

Everyone has the right to freedom in speech, 

media expression, religion, assembly 

and to petition the government
without punishment.

Every citizen has the right to vote.

Everyone has the right to fair defense 

when charged with crime.

No one has the right to punish with cruelty.

No one is God. Not even all people 

throughout all time are God. 

The law against murder is absolute. 

No one has the right to murder.

The title Son of God was applied to the one

who would did not claim the right to destroy;

who suffered the death penalty 

though he was not guilty of murder; 

who proclaimed that love

heals affliction caused by belief in cruelty

and violence. This Jesus did not claim

to be God.

The same title was applied to those 

who claimed the right to destroy;

who threatened to destroy any or all

who would not honor him as a god or God;

who sent men to their deaths in war; 

who sacrificed women and children

at the altar of personal profit;

who extracted wealth 

from the people for wars

that were created to raise taxes

and increase prices for basic provisions;

who destroyed cities and any who were found

left inside of them after combat between armed combatants;

who now destroy cities based on the claim that threat exists.

Those who say that 

Jesus claimed to be the Son also

assert that belief in God 

justifies genocide.

Those who claim the right to destroy 

are not civil, moral or legal

in accord with natural law.

They use the doctrine for destruction to extract wealth

from the people with taxes and high prices.

Celebrate the good news of salvation.

Declare the glory of love among the nations;

the experience of wonder among the people.

Law is to be respected. Consequence is natural.

Correction is personal and social. Legislation cannot

support wealth extraction. There is no right to destroy.

Presence in the present with perspective on perception

is a prelude to the measure of physical evidence.

Perception with the senses is not always right.

Testimony has to be corroborated by measure

and experiment. 

Truth is the majesty of reality.

Power is energy as it works through design.

Ascribe power to honor for your families. 

Ascribe honor to truth for people.

Infer truth from reality for justice.

Bring offerings of fact for exactitude.

Celebrate beauty in the design of nature.

Let purpose be the beauty in your design.

Sing to the nations: "The rule of law is civil."

The world is so ready, the word will be heard.

People will rejoice in the equity.

Let heaven rejoice. Let the earth be glad.

Let the sea thunder and rage.

Let the field be joyful with fertility.

Then the trees in the forest will shout

with amazement when the storm comes

to test for substance.

The world will be judged for civility;

the people for truth.

Promote

Jennifer Aniston: Bizarre Mother's Day

Promote
Peace
平和を推進します 
Heiwa o suishin shimasu 
ps2 

Why do nations go to war?
What is the motivation for destroying threat?

Why were those who rose up in revolt named as kings?
What is the ointment for anointment to leadership?
"Let us break their yoke," they say.
"Let us cast off their bonds from us."

The crown above the throne is sad.
The commandment against murder has been held
in derision.

She speaks to them in anger.
Her eyes flash with rage against terror.
"I made the law for kings, presidents and people.
I shine my light for life with liberty for all."

Let me announce the decree 
from before the start of time.
"You are mine. Today you have been made
in my image and likeness. Ask of me
and responsibility will be your inheritance;
the ends of the earth will sing for your attention.
Knowledge and measurement will be used 
to manage resources for conservation.
Education will set ignorance aside."

Be wise you leaders. 
Kings and queens rule 
with kindness for your people.

Presidents and paupers delight
in the hope for equality
in the reduction of poverty.

Respect the law against murder.
Why hasn't war been outlawed? 

Why is funding for invasion, insurrection, 
terrorism, genocide and the death penalty allowed?

What are we going to do to stop 
more wealth extraction from the people? 

When are we going to insist on the providence 
that represents our rights as members 
in the family of nations?

Protest war. 
Petition the government 
to stop the extraction of wealth
from us; from our profit from 
our management 
and labor.

Extend the law against murder 
to outlaw war and funding 
for the matrix of martial actions.

Force can only be used in defense.
Lethal force is only legal against 
an imminent and deadly threat.

Government has to be non-discriminatory.
Religion for peace is legal when it is non-sectarian.

Organize to promote profit from peace.


2 Quare fremuerunt gentes?

1 Why are the nations in an uproar? *
Why do the peoples mutter empty threats?
2 Why do the kings of the earth rise up in revolt,
and the princes plot together, *
against the Lord and against his Anointed?
3 "Let us break their yoke," they say; *
"let us cast off their bonds from us."
4 He whose throne is in heaven is laughing; *
the Lord has them in derision.
5 Then he speaks to them in his wrath, *
and his rage fills them with terror.
6 "I myself have set my king *
upon my holy hill of Zion."
7 Let me announce the decree of the Lord: *
he said to me, "You are my Son;
this day have I begotten you.
8 Ask of me, and I will give you the nations for
your inheritance *
and the ends of the earth for your possession.
9 You shall crush them with an iron rod *
and shatter them like a piece of pottery."
10 And now, you kings, be wise; *
be warned, you rulers of the earth.
11 Submit to the Lord with fear, *
and with trembling bow before him;
12 Lest he be angry and you perish; *
for his wrath is quickly kindled.
13 Happy are they all *
who take refuge in him!

Dwell

Happy Valentine's Day! 

Daisy Ridley: The Force Awakens

 

Dwell
Well
よく住みます
Yoku sumimasu
ps91

Dwell well for life.

Whatever begins to exist has a cause.
The universe began to exist. 
The universe has a cause.

Nothing greater can be conceived
than the Most High. 

War is not the greatest good
for society. It is organized murder. 

Profit from the production
of violence is the greatest 
financial crime of all time. 

It is not sanctioned by law.
It is not the order for economy.

Law against murder, violence, cruelty
and slavery is natural. It protects
legal commerce.  The rule of law
defends rights for people.

Act only in a way that you can will
for others as law. Behavior that 
is legal and ethical is moral.

Morality makes statements
for personal and social benefit.
Maxims produce responsible care.

God is greater in reality 
than in the imagination.

Whoever dwells in the shelter
of the Most High abides in the protection
of the Almighty.

She will say, "You are my refuge 
and my defense, the God
in whom I trust."

She will be delivered from abuse
and deadly pestilence. 

She will be covered
with the warmth of feathers 
near the heart of her protection.

Faithfulness will be her bastion;
her boundary, a barrier for safety.

She will not be petrified 
by horror in the night
or terror in the light of day. 

She will not be haunted
by the cold darkness of plague 
or the fevered sickness that lays waste
any time of the day. 

Millions will stand by her side.
Billions will be for her rights. 
The right to life will protect 
her existence.

Her eyes will behold mercy
as the reward for the merciful.

No evil will assail her. No pandemic
will cause pandemonium for her.

Her friends will be angels. They will help 
her in the rightness of ways. They will catch
her when she stumbles to prevent injury
from the fall. 

She will walk with courage like a lioness
who shows caution near snakes.

She will be delivered from harm 
because she is bound to the power of love.

She will prevent the promotion of violence  
for profit from domination 
by terror from tyranny.

She will be answered when she calls for help.
She will be rescued and brought to honor.
She will be satisfied with life.

Salvation will be shown to her.
Perfection as a goal provides protection 
from insufficient performance as a standard.

The experience of perfect being however 
is not something that has escaped reality.

We know what it is to respect rights. We 
know that respect for rights is the 
ontological basis for law. 


91 Qui habitat

1 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High, *
abides under the shadow of the Almighty.
2 He shall say to the Lord,
"You are my refuge and my stronghold, *
my God in whom I put my trust."
3 He shall deliver you from the snare of the hunter *
and from the deadly pestilence.
4 He shall cover you with his pinions,
and you shall find refuge under his wings; *
his faithfulness shall be a shield and buckler.
5 You shall not be afraid of any terror by night, *
nor of the arrow that flies by day;
6 Of the plague that stalks in the darkness, *
nor of the sickness that lays waste at mid-day.
7 A thousand shall fall at your side
and ten thousand at your right hand, *
but it shall not come near you.
8 Your eyes have only to behold *
to see the reward of the wicked.
9 Because you have made the Lord your refuge, *
and the Most High your habitation,
10 There shall no evil happen to you, *
neither shall any plague come near your dwelling.
11 For he shall give his angels charge over you, *
to keep you in all your ways.
12 They shall bear you in their hands, *
lest you dash your foot against a stone.
13 You shall tread upon the lion and adder; *
you shall trample the young lion and the serpent under your feet.
14 Because he is bound to me in love,
therefore will I deliver him; *
I will protect him, because he knows my Name.
15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him; *
I am with him in trouble;
I will rescue him and bring him to honor.
16 With long life will I satisfy him, *
and show him my salvation.


The ontological argument asserts that God
is greater in reality than in the imagination.
Humanly speaking, the argument posits
reflection on perfect being as a means
for escaping plutocracy as 'the way things
get done.'

A politician's responsibility is to
represent rights for the people in a country
with law according to the natural order,
not a fictively destructive reduction
to the power of death over life.

Historically, political 'leadership' has defaulted
to using the threat of death to impose unfair
advantage on society for the benefit of a select
number from the population.

The difficulty with the ontological argument
lies not only in misuse for the reduction of power
to death over life, it also lies in the reduction of social
to personal authority.

It's not like people don't
have responsibility that falls into the province
of personal decision. A single person however
does not have the right to reduce rights
for others to his or her choice
for personal profit irrespective
of harm caused to others.

Restitution

Others,

The state of nature is governed by a law that applies to all. Reason teaches any who will consult the law that no one ought to harm another in life, health, liberty or possessions. There is enough providence for each to obtain provisions for basic needs. There cannot be supposed any such subordination among us to authorize the destruction of another or others.

This is the basic reasoning that supports the law against killing. Killing is identified as the crime of murder because it deprives another of any privilege and all liberty associated with life. Murder is now regarded as a capital crime insofar as it eliminates the ability to render restitution to the offended party.

Wars of aggression, genocide and mass murder stand as aggravated offenses that are greater in damage than the homicide of any individual. Nevertheless, punishment in the modern age requires proportionate restitution.

This restitution is not to be rendered in the brute form of an eye for an eye. It is given in the form of providing payment for treatment affiliated with the party who had suffered damage. Since health insurance supplies a large part of the payment for medical treatment, some monetary retribution is still regarded as a form of punishment in cases that are not as severe as murder.

The freedoms of expression and assembly are believed to be protected when people are protesting policies that are harmful to the community. The condition is that the protest is expressed in a non-violent way. When these freedoms are treated as non-existent, it is a cause for concern.

When the exercise of these freedoms is identified as terrorism and punished with death by the state, the state has been made into an instrument for murder. It is a high crime. When the state exists in dependence upon crime, it is not credible as a representative of human rights for the people. The constitution for the state has to be re-written in a way that affects a change that restores faith in the ability of the leadership to lead in representation.

The current government in Syria stands in desperate need of correction. It has been conducting a war of terror on the people of the majority population.

If Russia is Sending Attack Helicopters to Syria Should the US Arm Rebels?
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Foreign-Policy/2012/0614/If-Russia-is-sending-attack-helicopters-to-Syria-should-US-arm-rebels

The US can arm rebels according to Chinese and Russian foreign policy provided, the US adopt a policy of non-aggression.

The recent protests surrounding the video “Innocence of Muslims” was a planned event. It was planned to protest the American invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq. The destructive events in the US on 9/11/01 were used to promote the “global war on terror” in the Middle East.

Muslims can protest the video. They have the right to do so. Civil authority asserts that they don’t have the right to protest violently. The administration for the US has changed. Reparations have been made in the invaded countries. Military presence is only being kept until the government of the country can govern without civil war.

Afghanistan has a constitution with rights.
http://www.afghan-web.com/politics/current_constitution.html#chaptertwo
It is well written. It is better than the US bill of rights in the comprehensive composition of expression. It has an explicit provision against discrimination. It has a provision against torture and punishment contrary to human integrity. It proposes to provide education up to the BA level. It has documented all our rights and added some. The only flaw is expressed in Article 45:

http://www.afghan-web.com/politics/current_constitution.html#chaptertwo
“The state shall devise and implement a unified educational curriculum based on the provisions of the sacred religion of Islam, national culture, and in accordance with academic principles, and develops the curriculum of religious subjects on the basis of the Islamic sects existing in Afghanistan. (Ch.2, Art.22)

This is comparable to asserting that the US educational curriculum should be based on the provisions derived from Christianity. It is not an affirmation of freedom of religion. It is a restriction to Islam that institutes sectarianism as a national right. The provision should affirm the right of a non-sectarian education.

Islam is the predominant religion. Provisions from it will be used in education. It is not  good to limit the plan for national government to one religion. Where is the representation for minority religions? Where is the representation for the minority Islamic sects? If the plan for government does not represent the minority groups, there will be problems with discrimination.

Article 149 is also lacking support for freedom of religion.

http://www.afghan-web.com/politics/current_constitution.html#chapterten
The provisions of adherence to the fundamentals of the sacred religion of Islam and the regime of the Islamic Republic cannot be amended.

Their constitution is so good it could be used as a model for revising the US bill of rights except for the lack of freedom of religion in the provision for education and the provision against amending Islam as the state religion.

The Iraqi constitution is well-written as well, but it has similar problems regarding freedom of religion. It also has a requirement for absolute agreement that is problematic. Will the majority agree with minority populations when the minorities are more correct or is the expectation that the minorities will always agree with the majority because that is what they would expect if they were the majority? If the majority uses weapons to force consensus, then the “absolute” consensus was not chosen. Where is the liberty in that law?

The west has leadership in regards to the provisions for correction and freedom of religion, but we need to adopt the non-aggression pact. Invading foreign nations to solve their problems for them is not in the best interest of international cooperation. This said, there is the provision against invasion that allows for defense of allies.

Let liberty in the law rule.

Steve K.