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==Preamble==

==Preamble==

When your <strike>so-called</strike> leadership begins the throw around emotionally and politically charged words like "terrorist" and "fundamentalist" and you realize that they are referring to '''you''', it might just be time to sit down, sharpen your quill pen and write yourself a manifesto.  If you are in Boston, you might also celebrate with a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_tea_party tea party,] but not all acts of defiance need to be destructive, in fact many can be constructive or even Constructionist.

When your <strike>so-called</strike> leadership begins to throw around emotionally and politically charged words like "terrorist" and "fundamentalist" and you realize that they are referring to '''you''', it might just be time to sit down, sharpen your quill pen and write yourself a manifesto.  If you are in Boston, you might also celebrate with a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_tea_party tea party,] but not all acts of defiance need to be destructive, in fact many can be constructive or even Constructionist.

A manifesto is not an easy document to craft, particularly when you have important business to take care of, like building tools to educate the world's children, so it might be a good idea to look around and see if there is any content in the public domain that you can easily modify, under the applicable copyright laws, as a starting point.  There is a useful list of them on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manifesto Wikipedia] and even more are listed [http://www.manifestos.net/titles/ here.]  Among all of the manifestos listed on those sites, one has taken on meaning that transcends the boundaries of it's homeland and speaks deeply to many, especially those within it's homeland who still see it as a statement of hope in dark times.

A manifesto is not an easy document to craft, particularly when you have important business to take care of, like building tools to educate the world's children, so it might be a good idea to look around and see if there is any content in the public domain that you can easily modify, under the applicable copyright laws, as a starting point.  There is a useful list of them on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manifesto Wikipedia] and even more are listed [http://www.manifestos.net/titles/ here.]  Among all of the manifestos listed on those sites, one has taken on meaning that transcends the boundaries of it's homeland and speaks deeply to many, especially those within it's homeland who still see it as a statement of hope in dark times.