Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Team HippoParamus: Pum’s Declaration

“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil [or the un-fulfillment of undiluted vision] is that good men [and women] do nothing.” – Edmond Burke

This essay is the basis for my new company, Team HippoParamus. I basically rewrote the Declaration of Independence to be the ethos of my company – but it’s not about a single individual but rather the TEAM.

I underscore here that this light-hearted piece reflects a deep respect for one of our greatest of Presidents, Thomas Jefferson, who firmly believed that the free transfer of knowledge and real art is the greatest asset of every society. By my blithe borrowing and respectful attribution, I hope you recount what a wonderful man helped build our democratic foundation. Incidentally, he tried to abolish slavery in the original draft of the Declaration of Independence but was thwarted by his colleagues – some of the founding fathers.

Because everyone now holds the copyright to the “Declaration,” we have full right to mimic his words. We have always owned the privilege to preserve, protect, and parrot his ethos.

Declaration of Responsibility

Preamble

Why not use our God-given talents to produce bounty? To fulfill a child’s dream and create lifelong reminiscences of the most innocent memories can be our gainful ultimate legitimacy. We hold these truths to be self-evident that our country is the source of our souls and triumph.

A Declaration of Privileges

That to perfect these dreams, virtuous foundations and organizations are created by magnanimous individuals, orchestrating generous acts for the joy of the greater good. That whenever any Form of scarcity becomes destructive to these ends, it is the Right of the People to abolish this vacuum, institute a constructive body, laying its charity on such principles and molding its potential in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect Safety and Happiness for our breathtaking.

Generosity, indeed, will dictate that organizations firmly established on these standards shall never be corrupted by less than wholesome causes; and, accordingly, all experience has shown, that we are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But, when a long, model train of shortage, pursuing a different object verifies a reality that smashes dreams because of relative scarcity, it is our duty, to seal this abyss, and provide new Guards for our posterity’s present happiness and future security.

A Measure of Inadequacy

Such has been the patient suffering of many who are lacking; and such is now the necessity that persuades us to institute a policy of hope for bounty for all. The history of our country contains the truth of unfulfilled needs and insecurity for many deserving, hard-working people. The proof is our collective experience that speaks to a potentially candid world.

A Statement of Accountability

In every stage of experience, we have petitioned for redress in humble terms. Our repeated petitions have been unanswered by our own inability to perhaps notice and act. Non-action has spanked our dreams into bitter unfulfillment and is an unfit course for good men and women.

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