Former Google CEO and current Alphabet chairman Eric Schmidt wrote an essay published in The New York Times last week calling for tech companies to create tools that will “drown out the hate with a broadly shared humanity that only the Web makes possible.”
“We need strong leaders worldwide who will fight broadly for human progress and tolerance, and focus on bettering everyone’s lives,” Schmidt wrote.
Authoritarian governments tell their citizens that censorship is necessary for stability. It’s our responsibility to demonstrate that stability and free expression go hand in hand. We should make it ever easier to see the news from another country’s point of view, and understand the global consciousness free from filter or bias.
It’s been heralded as a driver of democracy, enabling citizen uprisings and on-the-ground reporting during the Arab Spring in North Africa and the Middle East, the Umbrella Revolution in Hong Kong and protests in Brazil and India this year.
“We are urgently working to become much more diverse, because it’s so important to our future success,” Pichai wrote. “Let’s not let fear defeat our values. We must support Muslim and other minority communities in the U.S. and around the world.”
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First and foremost, when Google CEO Sundar Pichai made a statement on "Let's not let fear defeat our values," he didn't mention that his statement was a response to Donald J Trump's plan of total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States.
That is not right. In this era, communication has to be direct. Google CEO Sundar should have said that he didn't agree with Donald J Trump suggestion.
“Let’s not let fear defeat our values."
The fact is there are no values. There are no values in democracy system of government. In democracy, it is all about numbers. Value doesn't exist in democracy. The number of votes make the candidate a winner. All character and value based candidates have no place in the platform. Bobby Jindal had to leave, because he couldn't get the numbers.
King and Queen still have value. King of Jordan is all about values.
Queen of United Kingdom is also about value. Queen got value by giving up all her rights to the citizens of United Kingdom. But the politicians brought down the value of United Kingdom and made it as a House of Cards.
When you use measurement such as, majority and minority; ranking of leadership; even position on the debate platform; it is all about numbers. Numbers do count; not values.
If values count then Rand Paul may be in the center stage; not at the edge.
Where does value exist? Does it exit in business enterprises? Does it exist in family?
We ask our children about their grades and ranking? Do we build characters in our children?
With all our actions, we do destroy the natural human character in our children.
Once upon a time, parents told stories about their national leaders and their characters; and their services to the nation building. In India, a few decades ago, parents told their children about Gandhi and other leaders. In America, a few decades ago, parents told their children about George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Abraham Lincoln.
Nowadays, parents talk about the political leaders and warn them that they don't become a scoundrel like those politicians. Where does value exist?
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America is a land of restrictions and limitations.
Sundar didn't realize the restrictions and limitations of United States of America.
- Sergey Mikhaylovich Brin (Серге́й Миха́йлович Брин) is a Russian-born American.
- Lawrence "Larry" Page is an American.
- Eric Emerson Schmidt is an American.
- Sundararajan Pichai (பிச்சை சுந்தரராஜன்) was born in Madras.
As far as Google is concerned, all four may be equal. They get equal opportunity to become CEO of the organization. But, outside Google, they don't get equal opportunity.
Of four, only two are eligible and are qualified to be a candidate of the Presidential election. Sundar and Sergey don't have the opportunity and both are not eligible.
As per the constitution, even Christopher Columbus could not become the President of United States.
It is ridiculous. Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger is an Austrian-American. Arnold could become a Governor of a state; but not the President of United States.
Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger should approach the Supreme Court and fight for equal rights and equal opportunity. We talk about majority and minority discrimination among Shia, Sunni and Kurd. But, right here in United States, denying an opportunity to Arnold is a discrimination.
Bobby Jindal is a qualified candidate for Presidential election. But he had to give up. Opportunity is denied to Bobby Jindal. The presidential election is only in November 2016. But Bobby had to leave in mid 2015 itself. Why?
Bobby Jindal is a victim of the traditional politics of United States. The Constitution doesn't say that you conduct a quarter-final, semi-final and then final election. The Constitution doesn't say that you need to eliminate candidate at each stage and filter them to be qualified for the last stage.
Mang good leaders had been victim of this primary elimination tradition. Conducting a primary is totally unconstitutional process. Eliminating a candidate based on primary result is a discrimination. Denying an opportunity to be a candidate in the Presidential election is against the fundamental rights of the citizen.
Is there a problem having ten candidates in the Presidential ballot? Why only two?
Let people decide. Do people have only two choices?
Drink either Coca-Cola or Pepsi?
There will be no confusion. Let people choose their drink.
They may choose water or milk or lemonade or beer or whiskey or wine or orange juice.
Why do they have to drink either Coca-Cola or Pepsi?
Let them taste something fresh and new.
Hillary Clinton is the victim of the primary elimination tradition. Hillary Clinton should fight against this model of electing the President of United States. Instead Hillary Clinton surrenders herself to the tradition.
Had Hillary Clinton fight against the system, she may not become the President of United States. But Hillary would have got the title as, Founding Mother of Modern USA.
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If anyone has an ambition to contest the Presidential election, go for it. Nobody could deny you the opportunity. Nobody could eliminate you from contesting in the election.
It doesn't matter whether you win or lose, but you have fundamental rights to contest.
So, instead of wasting your time about worrying in this primary and that primary, just focus on the final election in November 2016.
Don't let others to decide for you.
Contesting or leaving - should be your decision; not others.
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So, Sundar & Sergey, work with Arnold. Let Arnold file his petition in the Supreme court and let the Third Branch give a clear definition for the phrase,
We, the people
Who are, we the people refers to.
Does, we the people refer to all citizens or
does it differentiate one citizen from another citizen?
All citizens of United States pay same percentage of taxes on their income.
Then all citizens should get equal opportunity to contest any election.
Arnold, ask for equal opportunity to be a candidate in the Presidential election,
or ask for a tax break for those naturalized citizens, who do not qualify to be a candidate in the Presidential election.
"No taxation without representation"
Let the world realize the fact that United States is a land of equal opportunity to all, born citizens or naturalized citizens.
The poor thing is, those Green Card holders - they have no voting rights here and no opportunity to vote in their mother nation. But they pay taxes.
Perhaps, Donald J Trump is right. Let us first fix our home. Then we will go around fix the world and other planets problem.
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