Humanize the Earth!

Statement about Nepal

Received by email today:

HUMANIST MOVEMENT, NEPAL

Today Nepal, a beautiful and peaceful country in the world is burning in the destructive conflagration of disturbance, violence, anarchy and the terror of disharmony. Humanity is overwhelmed by agitation. Violence and counter-violence are prevailing everywhere. The country of the Buddha who spread the message of peace and non-violence is itself in the whirlwind of restlessness and violence. The natural right of the human to make discriminating self-decisions is stifling and struggling in the fumes of guns and gun power. Democracy is almost dead. The values and recognitions of independent livelihood have been suppressed by a series of assassinations, violence and intrigues. The gratification of individual arrogance and obduracy has been given top priority. We the humanist associates involved in the Humanist Movement in 119 countries, want rise, not downfall of humanity and integration, not disintegration; flow, not suppression of genius. We believe that nothing else is grater than a human being and that no human is below the other. The human must be the nucleus on matters of the values and recognitions of life. It is in fact what is true humanism; it is in its true sense people’s rule. The positive politics that represents the public will and is above the politics of autocracy and intrigue and meant for good of the entire humanity only can raise the people onto the prosperity. It is democracy only that provides human welfare, development and freedom to make reasonable self-decision. It is an extreme insult of humanity to treat people as tenants, bonded labors and slaves in the 21st century, and such a behavior is on no account pardonable. With the insistence to place humans into the nuclei of any activities we the humanist movement associates, do make public our belief and unanimity and association with the democratic movement being waged in this nation. We would also like to request all the humanist companions all over the world to provide support to the movement.

PEACE, FORCE AND JOY!

Satya Narayan Shah
Coordinator
HUMANIST MOVEMENT
National Coordination Committee
Ramanand Chowk, Janakpurdham – 9
Dhanusha, Nepal