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July 2002

Vol.5, No. 6

Contents

The Majority: Unknowing, Unaware and Unconcerned
by John Ross Schroeder

Restoration: Greed Is the News of the Day
by Darris McNeely

Is Britain Rediscovering the Commonwealth?
by Melvin Rhodes

Ever Increasing Crime--Will It Ever End?
by Graemme Marshall

A Deadly Epidemic
by Cecil E. Maranville

In Brief...World News Review
by Bill Eddington, Cecil E. Maranville, Darris McNeely, John Ross Schroeder and Jim Tuck

This Is the Way... When the Walls Come Tumbling Down
by Robin Webber

July '02 Main

This Is The Way...When The Walls Come Tumbling Down

It has often been stated that the one man-made object that can be viewed by the naked eye from space is the Great Wall of China. This reality is a splendorous indictment regarding man's stay on earth. Allow me to explain. The wall is splendorous in regards to its size and the scope of such a project. The indictment within the same statement is the testament to man's brutality to his fellow man that would inspire the need for such an edifice in the first place.

The Chinese are not alone in the ingenuity of their attempts to protect themselves. There is a fascinating portfolio of walls that come down to us through the ages. Some were larger, longer and older than others. Many are familiar to even a casual student of history.

Hadrian's Wall spanning northern England for 73 miles was built by the Romans to "wall out" the Scots and Picts from Latinized England. Conversely, the Berlin Wall of Cold War fame was built to "wall in" the East Germans from escape to "the West."

Some walls are made of brick and stone, while other ramparts are simply psychological in nature. The "Iron Curtain" of the last century was a composite of brick, wire, moat and at times simply a very real mental and emotional blockade thwarting any crossing of an understood line of demarcation. All walls have a common element, which cements them together through the ages. It's called fear--fear of what's on the other side.

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