The
\nfuture of our civilization rests on our developing an enlightened
\nextraterrestrial policy along the lines of the Hawaii Declaration. The
\nHawaii Declaration was the work of a group of concerned citizens that
\nmet for a conference in Hawaii in 2006. I believe this declaration
\nshould serve as a model for enlightened national and international
\nextraterrestrial policy.
\nhttp:\/\/www.petitiononline.com\/ETPeace\/petition.html<\/p>\n
The present unenlightened extraterrestrial policy is a policy created
\nby elite autocrats to further their own special interests all the while
\ncausing great harm to society as a whole. The present unenlightened
\npolicy favors dangerous autocratic alliances with less ethical ET races
\nand disfavors constructive and beneficial alliances with more ethical
\nET races. <\/p>\n
The only way we can get an enlightened policy is to have a policy
\ndevised by the people for the people. This will only be possible if
\nthere is full and open disclosure of what is known about
\nextraterrestrial reality. As long as policy is driven by elite
\nautocrats operating in extreme secrecy and under the harshest of
\nsecurity procedures, policy will remain unenlightened, fragmented and
\ndestructive to society as a whole.<\/p>\n
When we have entrenched special interests looking out for their own
\ninterests making decisions for the rest of us we all loose. Over the
\npast 60 years elite autocrats have justified and rationalized their
\ncontrol over societal extraterrestrial policy as exemplified in the
\nBrookings Institution document. This document is nothing more than one
\nof many deceptions perpetrated upon the unsuspecting public in regards
\nto extraterrestrial reality by elite autocrats protecting their special
\ninterests.<\/p>\n
The truth is that people are generally selfish by nature and when a few
\ncreate policy they cannot help but look out for their own interests
\nfirst and society second. Critical to the shaping of policy by the few
\nis control of information to the many. The founding fathers of America
\nknew that the few could not be trusted to use power or information in
\nthe interest of the public. This is why Thomas Jefferson said, "I know
\nof no better repository of the truth than with the people." Jefferson
\nand the other founding father knew that democracy could not function if
\ninformation and truth were withheld from the public no matter what the
\nrationale.<\/p>\n
Our civilization is obviously no longer in extraterrestrial quarantine
\nas evidenced by the huge upsurge in extraterrestrial activity on and
\nabout our planet since the late 1940s. Our civilization has been put
\ninto play and now is being fundamentally impacted by a great diversity
\nof advanced extraterrestrial races. The only way we as a people can
\nmake the right decisions to correctly shape our future is if we have
\nall the information possible to make those decisions. <\/p>\n