133. The end of the Chronic Imbalance.

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Whether it's the Ku Klux Klan, the Club of Rome, or the Order of the Skull and Bones, it is a natural behaviour for survival of those who choose to maintain their hierarchy by protecting their territory. Sharks and hyenas do it; even tiny Hummingbirds do it!

However, unless we are satisfied to bow down and subjugate to the powers of the few who control our society; unless we are prepared to accept domination; unless we are willing to forego the concept of democracy, we will need to stand strong, in order to defend our citizens' rights.

What is interesting here is that the moment you involve 'others,' you are at the whim of the individual's behavioural patterns. The moment you begin thinking of the concept 'US', there's friction and need for further explanation. You are going beyond the 'SELF' here.

Every movement needs leaders. Busy surviving, the Masses will support you, as long as they do not have to DO anything - extra!
They need to hear the confirmative message from their leader: "I stand to do THIS and THAT!"
"YEAH!" > Then everyone screams >  "Get it on!" "You've got MY vote!" "Do it!"

Every morning over my cuppas (2) organic Java's, I sign petitions, may change the text of a generic message. But SORRY gang, I can't contribute $$, or go in to Facebook, or mass email my friends etc, and give you half my day's hours. Ten minutes, towards a single cause .... there's an hour of my day right there!

So, in order to tell those clever folk who have been taking advantage of us that we have had enough of their solitary reign, their self-serving transgressions? - we need to be polite, gentle, and respectfully convey to them why we feel the time has come to transform the overall 'concept of democracy.'  To indicate that, to date, we do not concur that 'Democracy' has been run in a optimally democratic fashion. That it has been a little skewed, so to speak.

Below, I appreciatively copy an individual's take on being an SRL in our wanting Democracy.
Together we stand! Divided we fail.
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"Re: Condescending judges get an earful, Opinion Sept. 22

Judges play an important role in making participants in our justice system feel they are welcome and that their issues are being fairly heard. My experience as a self-represented litigant was mostly positive, since the judge in my case was generally very respectful and helpful. Nevertheless, in a process that was at bottom an extension of my own personal conversation with my ex-wife, it was hard not feel like I was an unwelcome guest.

Justice in a democracy must be accessible to all citizens. Convoluted processes and disrespectful interactions with the managers and gatekeepers of the system are intolerable. Exclusionary professional regulations serve to protect “guild” interests and inevitably make us ubiquitous “non-lawyers” unwelcome. It is important that judges recognize every citizen’s right to be there and to be fairly heard and to be justly treated are important in breaking down barriers to full citizen access this important, but ancient club.

I am a signatory to the Open Letter to the Canadian Judiciary. Our goal is to start a process of education and change. We hope to educate those judges who have not had an opportunity to reflect on the enormous rise in the numbers of self-represented litigants whom they face every day in Canada’s courts. We hope to press for change to a system that has built up walls of self-protection and self-preservation; walls that shut out all but the professional practitioners of law.

I am optimistic that the system can be more accessible and that a renewed legal profession and justice system would better serve its citizens and be more rewarding for those who work within it. At the moment, it is daunting, convoluted and costly. Let’s fix it!

Andrew R. McGinn, Ayr "

This Blogger's NOTE: 

Judges, as dedicated 'Pillars of our Society,' are like Christ himself. Regardless, they are our democratically chosen representatives, there to interpret the very epitome of our democracy.    

The pressure on these individuals to maintain their oaths and dedication to service seems insurmountable. In my lifetime, I have discovered people are just that way - vulnerable.