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People don't have to take my word about the "civil disobedience" concept by Thoreau....  If they enter "Thoreau civil disobedience" into the Google search, they can find many entries....  Wikipedia has a good write-up, YouTube has some short but effective videos, and the Smithsonian Magazine has an article, besides others....  I believe one of the videos said all the high school students in the USA are normally taught about Thoreau....  Anyway, there's plenty of information available! 

An RCMP Division HQ Office

There are some gay officers at an RCMP division headquarters office who were heavily involved in the police project; and I'd like to encourage them now....  They've been embarrassed because they were misled about the gay story about me and because it seems their actions contributed to my false criminal conviction.... 

Have been writing about Thoreau partly for the benefit of the above police....  If we disagree with the government, we can't always do civil disobedience.--Thoreau himself had advocated not paying taxes...and he went to jail....  Then the Civil War broke out and people had to choose which side they were on, and if they'd fight....  That was an extreme conflict....

In my case, the police and their associates lied and manipulated evidence so I'd get a false conviction.  And they wanted me to have time to write and support their secret project....  In spite of complaints I've made at times, I wasn't usually fighting the main efforts of the secret project to support LGBTQ issues....  I've been supportive of them....  Some of the politicians--in the USA and Canada--have been happy I wanted to support the issues, especially in my circumstances....  And I've said I was like an underground "mascot" or "poster girl" for the police project....

Also, I believe it's been good that the police have done this work....  The police have spoken to a lot of people in many places, and the rights have gone forward--starting from almost nothing....

It was a fact that people in North America used to associate homosexuality with pedophilia and bestiality....  It was a very dim and prejudiced view....  But our society has gone far past that now, and the police and firefighters and film/TV people have been responsible.  Isn't that a good thing!?  [If the main part of the public was aware, they could thank them.]

If the above RCMP division would get behind me and support me now, it'd make a difference.  It might make ALL the difference--and I believe many of the other police have been waiting for it.  Is this something that's reasonable to expect, or not...? 

If the LGBTQs were ever going to have a fair chance in life, SOMEBODY needed to do SOMETHING.  The police had a plan, with their community advisors and contacts and Hollywood, and it took a long time.  A lot of people contributed in different ways....  And every part has made a difference, I believe....  Everyone did the best they knew how to do, at the time.

Would like to see the above officers in their division office get past their injured pride and pull together for the greater good....  Are they willing?  [Thoreau was a very respected writer and he has explained that SOMETIMES the citizens need to go against the government, or the law, in order to accomplish something better....  (Sometimes the government might be correct, if unpopular, and the citizens might not want to cooperate....  We need to be careful and use our judgment...educated opinions....)  There are still people prejudiced against LGBTQs but a lot of good has been done so far, in my opinion....  (And after I get my pay, I'll be in better shape....)] 

Thoreau and the Police Project

After reviewing my notes from the Internet about Mississippi Burning, I'm PRETTY SURE it's connected to the secret police project...!?  And I can recall a few other points from movies....  One movie had the initials H.D.T. written in the corner of the screen at the beginning of the film....  I just can't recall which film it was...but these initials always helped me to remember the name of Henry David Thoreau...!  Also, names like Woody and Woods have been associated with Thoreau in the police project...Thoreau had written a book called "Life in the Woods," which has been fairly popular.... 

In order to analyze the movies and TV shows which were connected to the police project, a person first has to understand how to analyze fiction literature...then there are secret codes and symbols which relate to the police project...and there are the LGBTQ issues and references....  This evidence isn't something that's easy to prove...!!!  In high school, I didn't quite have a handle on analyzing the literature because I had hang-ups in my life which interfered [even though I was a good student otherwise]...but since then I've learned.... 

Anyway, I do believe the secret police project has meant to relate to Thoreau and his civil disobedience essay....  And there may be many kinds of circumstances where this matter can be applied....  But if there are important issues involved and if the government, or society, is mistaken I believe it's not only ALLOWABLE to do "civil disobedience" but it may even be a DUTY...!?  It may be the best thing to be done, if people can do so...!?  [Of course, I also believe God would prefer that people do their tasks without lying...but the issues at stake are the most important....  (In other words, I get that people are human and they're not always doing things perfectly....)]

Also, the police didn't do their own civil disobedience, by inconveniencing themselves, but they inconvenienced me--against my wishes--at the beginning....  But I've explained elsewhere about why things have happened the way they did.... 

Henry David Thoreau--Part 2

As I've studied the movies and TV shows over the past number of years, I've seen that the freedom and rights for blacks in the USA has been associated with gay people getting their rights, or the secret police project....  But I don't have all my notes from the past and don't recall any specific shows....  However, there was a movie called Mississippi Burning, 1988, which I believed was associated with the police project; and it's about blacks and the Ku Klux Klan, etc....  Right now, I don't have a copy of this film and I can only remember a few vague scenes from it....  After reading a write-up on the Internet, it seems LIKELY it's associated with the police project but I still don't have definite proof....  If it's true that this movie is connected to the police project, I think it's a definite link between the police and Henry David Thoreau....

Probably not all the police know about the "civil disobedience" thing...!?  But it's looking as if some of them do...?  I mean, as far as having a definite connection to Thoreau's work.... 

Whatever the police are doing, I believe that I can make a connection between the police project and Thoreau...!  It's logical....  And it's some kind of an answer for why the police and firefighters have been allowed to get away with all the things they have.... 

Henry David Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau was a well-known American writer, and he published an essay about "civil disobedience" in 1849 [reprinted after his death, also, in 1866].  At the time, Thoreau was mainly reacting to slavery in the USA....  He said people shouldn't cooperate with the government if the government is participating in corrupt and unethical practises....  Individuals like Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Junior, were reportedly influenced by this essay by Thoreau, as well as many other people....

In the secret police project, there've been references to Thoreau in film....  The police and firefighters were participating in a certain amount of "civil disobedience" by accusing me falsely, for the sake of helping with the LGBTQ rights....  I don't believe that our society used to have the correct views of and tolerance for gays before this business started....  Whether the police directly related to Thoreau or not, I don't know right now...but chances are they did?  And at least in hindsight, I can say there were good reasons for the things that happened....

The question now is, how much longer will I be held under false charges?  Is it worthwhile to carry on, or would it be better to tell the public what happened and let more people get involved in supporting the LGBTQs?  That's a big question.  The police don't necessarily have to go public immediately but they could start preparing for it...!?

Making Amends--Part 2

The truth is that I told my son about the "catch a nigger by the toe" thing, and that my friends and I used to say it when we were young...and he was embarrassed!  He doesn't normally get embarrassed very easily but he wasn't happy about this...!  So, I really felt that I needed to do something...and I'm glad I did.... 

Making Amends

A cheque has been sent out to the Black History Society...and it was a voluntary thing that I wanted to do....  I first did research on African-Canadian charities in Canada and this seemed to be the most appropriate one for me.... 

Wanted to show that I have good will towards black people, and I want to treat them respectfully...and I'm sorry for my errors of the past....  Also, the above society is helping to educate the public about black people and their lives, and about what they've gone through earlier....  I'm all for that.... 

Sending this cheque also makes me feel better about myself...I'd do it even if nobody else cared about it....  The black police in the secret police project might need a little time to think and react...but then I hope we can put these problems behind us...!?  [Or is there anything else I can do?]  Will give them some time....

A Charitable Donation

Would like to make a donation to a charity called the Ontario Black History Society.  Will write a cheque and send it out today....  I wish them well with their work.

www.blackhistorysociety.ca  

The Rappers

Normally I don't listen to rap music but I've come across it at times, and my son is acquainted with it....  It seems the black rappers use the "nigger" word a lot...but whatever they want to say about themselves or their kind is up to them....  They don't want other people to use this word....  I just wanted to acknowledge this matter....  [Maybe the rappers are using satire, or something...?  I don't know....  Whatever....]

The Law

There's a legal principle which states, "The law does not concern itself with trifles."  I saw a quotation about this somewhere recently but don't remember the name of the person who was credited with first saying it...?  The principle refers to "extremely minor transgressions of the law."

Is there some balance that's needed in complaints of racism...?  Anyway, I agree, as I said, that's it's not nice for anybody to be called a "nigger" and there's no reason for it....  And nobody should make fun of the slaves who suffered a lot of hardship and lost their freedom.... 

An Apology

Have written some rough notes at home yesterday, and I'd like to write from them today, to the best of my ability [tomorrow or next week, I might continue some more]:

Have done some research on the Internet and the "catch a nigger by the toe" rhyme has been used not just in my area but in North America....  And it's considered to be racist, and the rhyme has reportedly been changed to "catch a tiger by the toe...."  I'd never heard of this change until now....

There are also some other songs and children's songs which are now seen as racist--any songs which make fun of slaves and their activities or making the slaves look foolish....

According to the Internet, there was an American teacher who said the "catch a nigger" rhyme to her class in 1993, and she got some disciplinary action for it....  When I said the rhyme, it was also around that time....  However, a stewardess who said the rhyme to some black passengers on an airplane in about 2004--if I recall--wasn't held accountable....  She was encouraging the passengers to take their seats and maybe they were being slow...?  They tried to sue her afterwards but they lost the case, and lost an appeal, also....

In my case, I've said I DIDN'T MEAN any harm when I was playing a game with my son and his friend....  But the rhyme, as I said it, still wasn't a nice thing to say....  I understand that now....  At the time, the girl had kind of stiffened when I said it, and I saw that she reacted but neither of us discussed it immediately.  She was around 12 or 13 years old.... 

So, what else can I say?  Is there something I can do?  This matter happened approximately 25 years ago...and I don't want the young police to officers to judge me by their 2018 standards...!  I grew up in the '60s and '70s, and we didn't learn as much about these kinds of things back then....  But is there something I can do?  Neither the girl nor the police have discussed this matter much, except when the issue was raised a while ago....  And if it wasn't settled sufficiently then, they could've brought it up again--earlier [don't recall exactly what I said before]....  But we're here now.  Let's resolve it.

Continued.