Twitter Image Templates yeah!

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Come and get it! :')

What's in there?

• The InDesign file
• PNG exports from InDesign (150 dpi).
• also, screenshots from my test device/s

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This is the New Rule

Be kind only to those who are kind to you.
And be an absolute ass to those you don't dig.

Go forth and multiply.

So sayeth the New Scriptures.

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And he saw that it was good.
Sarcastically.

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Sadly, that's how the world goes. Sorry, God.
Can we say "ePiC fAiL"?

Forgiveness Is Not Just Divine

"If God can forgive, what more can we humans? We're only humans".
"To err is human; to forgive, divine." (Alexander Pope)

I don't follow these thoughts.

"We are only humans" is the very reason why we would be less able to forgive than God can.

I mean God is perfect, He has everything, He has no need for anything. If God forgives, what does He lose? Nothing.

If someone steals a wallet, then God forgives him, what is it to God? He doesn't need that wallet, or the money in the wallet... God can afford forgiving.
If the victim forgives the thief, the victim gives something. What if he doesn't get the wallet back? What if he gets the wallet back, but some money is missing, and the thief could be sentenced to prison life? If the victim says, "No need for prison. I forgive you. Don't worry about the money, and I will carry the emotional burden of not having justice served", is it less than what God has done, or is it more?
We are looking at the effort expended here, or the lost possession, or the satisfaction of getting back at the "enemy". God doesn't need any effort, he doesn't need any of those things. At least that's what I think His Perfection means.

Forgiveness is giving an emotional or material pardon. That means if a thing is forgiven, the effort to give that thing back is not expected. It is giving. God has everything to give. Man doesn't have that luxury.

Forgiveness is more than divine.

64 Years - Universal Declaration of Human Rights

10th of December 1948 - the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as a response to the atrocities in World War II.


http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/index.shtml

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Declaration_of_Human_Rights

Article 30.

Nothing in this Declaration may be interpreted as implying for any State, group or person any right to engage in any activity or to perform any act aimed at the destruction of any of the rights and freedoms set forth herein.

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المادة 30.

ليس في هذا الإعلان نص يجوز تأويله على أنه يخول لدولة أو جماعة أو فرد أي حق في القيام بنشاط أو تأدية عمل يهدف إلى هدم الحقوق والحريات الواردة فيه.

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Artikulo 30.

Walang bagay sa Pahayag na ito na mapapakahulugan ang nagbibigay sa alin mang Estado, pangkat o tao ng ano mang karapatang gumawa ng ano mang kilusan o magsagawa ng ano mang hakbang na naglalayong sirain ang nakalahad dito.

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http://www.booksshouldbefree.com/book/the-universal-declaration-of-human-rights-by-the-united-nations

The UDHR in Arabic:

DOWNLOAD:

http://www.archive.org/download/universal_declaration_librivox/human_rights_un_arz_ef_64kb.mp3

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الديباجة

لما كان الاعتراف بالكرامة المتأصلة في جميع أعضاء الأسرة البشرية وبحقوقهم المتساوية الثابتة هو أساس الحرية والعدل والسلام في العالم.

ولما كان تناسي حقوق الإنسان وازدراؤها قد أفضيا إلى أعمال همجية آذت الضمير الإنساني، وكان غاية ما يرنو إليه عامة البشر انبثاق عالم يتمتع فيه الفرد بحرية القول والعقيدة ويتحرر من الفزع والفاقة.

ولما كان من الضروري أن يتولى القانون حماية حقوق الإنسان لكيلا يضطر المرء آخر الأمر إلى التمرد على الاستبداد والظلم.

ولما كان من الجوهري تعزيز تنمية العلاقات الودية بين الدول،

ولما كانت شعوب الأمم المتحدة قد أكدت في الميثاق من جديد إيمانها بحقوق الإنسان الأساسية وبكرامة الفرد وقدره وبما للرجال والنساء من حقوق متساوية وحزمت أمرها على أن تدفع بالرقي الاجتماعي قدماً وأن ترفع مستوى الحياة في جو من الحرية أفسح.

ولما كانت الدول الأعضاء قد تعهدت بالتعاون مع الأمم المتحدة على ضمان اطراد مراعاة حقوق الإنسان والحريات الأساسية واحترامها.

ولما كان للإدراك العام لهذه الحقوق والحريات الأهمية الكبرى للوفاء التام بهذا التعهد.

فإن الجمعية العامة تنادي بهذا الإعلان العالمي لحقوق الإنسان على أنه المستوى المشترك الذي ينبغي أن تستهدفه كافة الشعوب والأمم حتى يسعى كل فرد وهيئة في المجتمع، واضعين على الدوام هذا الإعلان نصب أعينهم، إلى توطيد احترام هذه الحقوق والحريات عن طريق التعليم والتربية واتخاذ إجراءات مطردة، قومية وعالمية، لضمان الاعتراف بها ومراعاتها بصورة عالمية فعالة بين الدول الأعضاء ذاتها وشعوب البقاع الخاضعة لسلطانها.

المادة 1.

• يولد جميع الناس أحراراً متساوين في الكرامة والحقوق، وقد وهبوا عقلاً وضميراً وعليهم أن يعامل بعضهم بعضاً بروح الإخاء.

المادة 2.

• لكل إنسان حق التمتع بكافة الحقوق والحريات الواردة في هذا الإعلان، دون أي تمييز، كالتمييز بسبب العنصر أو اللون أو الجنس أو اللغة أو الدين أو الرأي السياسي أو أي رأي آخر، أو الأصل الوطني أو الاجتماعي أو الثروة أو الميلاد أو أي وضع آخر، دون أية تفرقة بين الرجال والنساء. وفضلا عما تقدم فلن يكون هناك أي تمييز أساسه الوضع السياسي أو القانوني أو الدولي لبلد أو البقعة التي ينتمي إليها الفرد سواء كان هذا البلد أو تلك البقعة مستقلا أو تحت الوصاية أو غير متمتع بالحكم الذاتي أو كانت سيادته خاضعة لأي قيد من القيود.

المادة 3.

• لكل فرد الحق في الحياة والحرية وسلامة شخصه.

المادة 4.

• لايجوز استرقاق أو استعباد أي شخص، ويحظر الاسترقاق وتجارة الرقيق بكافة أوضاعهما.

المادة 5.

• لايعرض أي إنسان للتعذيب ولا للعقوبات أو المعاملات القاسية أو الوحشية أو الحاطة بالكرامة.

المادة 6.

• لكل إنسان أينما وجد الحق في أن يعترف بشخصيته القانونية.

المادة 7.

• كل الناس سواسية أمام القانون ولهم الحق في التمتع بحماية متكافئة عنه دون أية تفرقة، كما أن لهم جميعا الحق في حماية متساوية ضد أي تميز يخل بهذا الإعلان وضد أي تحريض على تمييز كهذا.

المادة 8.

• لكل شخص الحق في أن يلجأ إلى المحاكم الوطنية لإنصافه عن أعمال فيها اعتداء على الحقوق الأساسية التي يمنحها له القانون.

المادة 9.

• لا يجوز القبض على أي إنسان أو حجزه أو نفيه تعسفاً.

المادة 10.

• لكل إنسان الحق، على قدم المساواة التامة مع الآخرين، في أن تنظر قضيته أمام محكمة مستقلة نزيهة نظراً عادلاً علنياً للفصل في حقوقه والتزاماته وأية تهمة جنائية توجه إليه.

المادة 11.

• ( 1 ) كل شخص متهم بجريمة يعتبر بريئاً إلى أن تثبت إدانته قانوناً بمحاكمة علنية تؤمن له فيها الضمانات الضرورية للدفاع عنه.
• ( 2 ) لا يدان أي شخص من جراء أداة عمل أو الامتناع عن أداة عمل إلا إذا كان ذلك يعتبر جرماً وفقاً للقانون الوطني أو الدولي وقت الارتكاب، كذلك لا توقع عليه عقوبة أشد من تلك التي كان يجوز توقيعها وقت ارتكاب الجريمة.

المادة 12.

• لا يعرض أحد لتدخل تعسفي في حياته الخاصة أو أسرته أو مسكنه أو مراسلاته أو لحملات على شرفه وسمعته، ولكل شخص الحق في حماية القانون من مثل هذا التدخل أو تلك الحملات.

المادة 13.

• ( 1 ) لكل فرد حرية التنقل واختيار محل إقامته داخل حدود كل دولة.
• ( 2 ) يحق لكل فرد أن يغادر أية بلاد بما في ذلك بلده كما يحق له العودة إليه.

المادة 14.

• ( 1 ) لكل فرد الحق في أن يلجأ إلى بلاد أخرى أو يحاول الالتجاء إليها هرباً من الاضطهاد.
• ( 2 ) لا ينتفع بهذا الحق من قدم للمحاكمة في جرائم غير سياسية أو لأعمال تناقض أغراض الأمم المتحدة ومبادئها.

المادة 15.

• ( 1 ) لكل فرد حق التمتع بجنسية ما.
• ( 2 ) لا يجوز حرمان شخص من جنسيته تعسفاً أو إنكار حقه في تغييرها.

المادة 16.

• ( 1 ) للرجل والمرأة متى بلغا سن الزواج حق التزوج وتأسيس أسرة دون أي قيد بسبب الجنس أو الدين، ولهما حقوق متساوية عند الزواج وأثناء قيامه وعند انحلاله.
• ( 2 ) لا يبرم عقد الزواج إلا برضى الطرفين الراغبين في الزواج رضى كاملاً لا إكراه فيه.
• ( 3 ) الأسرة هي الوحدة الطبيعية الأساسية للمجتمع ولها حق التمتع بحماية المجتمع والدولة.

المادة 17.

• ( 1 ) لكل شخص حق التملك بمفرده أو بالاشتراك مع غيره.
• ( 2 ) لا يجوز تجريد أحد من ملكه تعسفاً.

المادة 18.

• لكل شخص الحق في حرية التفكير والضمير والدين، ويشمل هذا الحق حرية تغيير ديانته أو عقيدته، وحرية الإعراب عنهما بالتعليم والممارسة وإقامة الشعائر ومراعاتها سواء أكان ذلك سراً أم مع الجماعة.

المادة 19.

• لكل شخص الحق في حرية الرأي والتعبير، ويشمل هذا الحق حرية اعتناق الآراء دون أي تدخل، واستقاء الأنباء والأفكار وتلقيها وإذاعتها بأية وسيلة كانت دون تقيد بالحدود الجغرافية.

المادة 20.

• ( 1 ) لكل شخص الحق في حرية الاشتراك في الجمعيات والجماعات السلمية.
• ( 2 ) لا يجوز إرغام أحد على الانضمام إلى جمعية ما.

المادة 21.

• ( 1 ) لكل فرد الحق في الاشتراك في إدارة الشؤون العامة لبلاده إما مباشرة وإما بواسطة ممثلين يختارون اختياراً حراً.
• ( 2 ) لكل شخص نفس الحق الذي لغيره في تقلد الوظائف العامة في البلاد.
• ( 3 ) إن إرادة الشعب هي مصدر سلطة الحكومة، ويعبر عن هذه الإرادة بانتخابات نزيهة دورية تجري على أساس الاقتراع السري وعلى قدم المساواة بين الجميع أو حسب أي إجراء مماثل يضمن حرية التصويت.

المادة 22.

• لكل شخص بصفته عضواً في المجتمع الحق في الضمانة الاجتماعية وفي أن تحقق بوساطة المجهود القومي والتعاون الدولي وبما يتفق ونظم كل دولة ومواردها الحقوق الاقتصادية والاجتماعية والتربوية التي لاغنى عنها لكرامته وللنمو الحر لشخصيته.

المادة 23.

• ( 1 ) لكل شخص الحق في العمل، وله حرية اختياره بشروط عادلة مرضية كما أن له حق الحماية من البطالة.
• ( 2 ) لكل فرد دون أي تمييز الحق في أجر متساو للعمل.
• ( 3 ) لكل فرد يقوم بعمل الحق في أجر عادل مرض يكفل له ولأسرته عيشة لائقة بكرامة الإنسان تضاف إليه، عند اللزوم، وسائل أخرى للحماية الاجتماعية.
• ( 4 ) لكل شخص الحق في أن ينشئ وينضم إلى نقابات حماية لمصلحته

المادة 24.

• لكل شخص الحق في الراحة، وفي أوقات الفراغ، ولاسيما في تحديد معقول لساعات العمل وفي عطلات دورية بأجر.

المادة 25.

• ( 1 ) لكل شخص الحق في مستوى من المعيشة كاف للمحافظة على الصحة والرفاهية له ولأسرته، ويتضمن ذلك التغذية والملبس والمسكن والعناية الطبية وكذلك الخدمات الاجتماعية اللازمة، وله الحق في تأمين معيشته في حالات البطالة والمرض والعجز والترمل والشيخوخة وغير ذلك من فقدان وسائل العيش نتيجة لظروف خارجة عن إرادته.
• ( 2 ) للأمومة والطفولة الحق في مساعدة ورعاية خاصتين، وينعم كل الأطفال بنفس الحماية الاجتماعية سواء أكانت ولادتهم ناتجة عن رباط شرعي أو بطريقة غير شرعية.

المادة 26.

• ( 1 ) لكل شخص الحق في التعلم، ويجب أن يكون التعليم في مراحله الأولى والأساسية على الأقل بالمجان، وأن يكون التعليم الأولي إلزامياً وينبغي أن يعمم التعليم الفني والمهني، وأن ييسر القبول للتعليم العالي على قدم المساواة التامة للجميع وعلى أساس الكفاءة.
• ( 2 ) يجب أن تهدف التربية إلى إنماء شخصية الإنسان إنماء كاملاً، وإلى تعزيز احترام الإنسان والحريات الأساسية وتنمية التفاهم والتسامح والصداقة بين جميع الشعوب والجماعات العنصرية أو الدينية، وإلى زيادة مجهود الأمم المتحدة لحفظ السلام.
• ( 3 ) للآباء الحق الأول في اختيار نوع تربية أولادهم.

المادة 27.

• ( 1 ) لكل فرد الحق في أن يشترك اشتراكاً حراً في حياة المجتمع الثقافي وفي الاستمتاع بالفنون والمساهمة في التقدم العلمي والاستفادة من نتائجه.
• ( 2 ) لكل فرد الحق في حماية المصالح الأدبية والمادية المترتبة على إنتاجه العلمي أو الأدبي أو الفني.

المادة 28.

• لكل فرد الحق في التمتع بنظام اجتماعي دولي تتحقق بمقتضاه الحقوق والحريات المنصوص عليها في هذا الإعلان تحققاً تاما.

المادة 29.

• ( 1 ) على كل فرد واجبات نحو المجتمع الذي يتاح فيه وحده لشخصيته أن تنمو نمواً حراُ كاملاً.
• ( 2 ) يخضع الفرد في ممارسة حقوقه وحرياته لتلك القيود التي يقررها القانون فقط، لضمان الاعتراف بحقوق الغير وحرياته واحترامها ولتحقيق المقتضيات العادلة للنظام العام والمصلحة العامة والأخلاق في مجتمع ديمقراطي.
• ( 3 ) لا يصح بحال من الأحوال أن تمارس هذه الحقوق ممارسة تتناقض مع أغراض الأمم المتحدة ومبادئها.

المادة 30.

• ليس في هذا الإعلان نص يجوز تأويله على أنه يخول لدولة أو جماعة أو فرد أي حق في القيام بنشاط أو تأدية عمل يهدف إلى هدم الحقوق والحريات الواردة فيه.

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The UDHR in Filipino (Tagalog)

DOWNLOAD:

http://www.archive.org/download/universal_declaration_librivox/human_rights_un_fil_alnl_64kb.mp3

DOWNLOAD:

http://www.ohchr.org/EN/UDHR/Documents/UDHR_Translations/tgl.pdf

Universal Declaration of Human Rights - Filipino (Tagalog)

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Noong Disyembre 10, 1948, ang Pangkalahatang Kapulungan ng mga Bansang Nagkakaisa ay nagsagawa at nagpahayag ng Pandaigdig na Pahayag ng mga Karapatan ng Tao. Ang buong nilalaman noon ay mababasa sa mga susunod na pahina. Kasunod ng makasaysayang gawaing ito, ang Kapulungan ay nanawagan sa lahat ng mga kagawad ng bansa upang ilathala ang nilalaman ng Pahayag at "upang ito'y palaganapin, itanghal, basahin, at talakayin lalung-lalo na sa mga paaralan at iba pang institusyong edukasyonal, nang walang pagtatangi batay sa kalagayang pulitikal ng mga bansa o mga teritoryo." Pangwakas na Textong May Pahintulot na salin sa Pilipino ng Katipunan ng Bagong Pilipina. Ipinaabot ng Punong Pangkaalaman ng mga Bansang Nagkakaisa para sa Pilipinas ang taus-pusong pasasalamat sa Law Center ng Pamantasan ng Pilipinas na unang naglimbag ng pahayag na ito na salin sa Pilipino. Ipinalimbag ng Punong Pangkaalaman ng mga Bansang Nagkakaisa para sa Pilipinas at ng Kagawaran ng Kabatirang Pangmadla ng mga Bansang Nagkakaisa.

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PANDAIGDIG NA PAGPAPAHAYAG NG MGA KARAPATAN NG TAO

PANIMULA

Sapagkat ang pagkilala sa katutubong karangalan at sa pantay at di-maikakait na mga karapatan ng lahat ng nabibilang sa angkan ng tao ay siyang saligan ng kalayaan, katarungan at kapayapaan sa daigdig.
Sapagkat ang pagwawalang-bahala at paglalapastangan sa mga karapatan ng tao ay nagbunga ng mga gawang di-makatao na humamak sa budhi ng sangkatauhan, at ang pagdatal ng isang daigdig na ang mga tao ay magtatamasa ng kalayaan sa pagsasalita at ng kaligtasan sa pangamba at pagdaralita ay ipinahayag na pinakamataas na mithiin ng mga karaniwang tao.
Sapagkat mahalaga, kung ang tao ay di-pipiliting manghawakan bilang huling magagawa, sa paghihimagsik laban sa paniniil at pang-aapi, na ang mga karapatan ng tao'y mapangalagaan sa pamamagitan ng paghahari ng batas.
Sapagkat mahalagang itaguyod ang pagpapaunlad ng mabuting pagsasamahan ng mga bansa.
Sapagkat ang mga mamamayan ng Mga Bansang Nagkakaisa ay nagpatibay sa Karta ng kanilang pananalig sa mga Saligang karapatan ng tao, sa karangalan at kahalagahan ng pagkatao at sa pantay na mga karapatan ng mga lalaki at babae at nagpapasiyang itaguyod ang kaunlarang panlipunan at lalong mabubuting pamantayan ng buhay sa lalong malaking kalayaan.
Sapagkat ang mga Kasaping Estado ay nangako sa kanilang sarili na tamuhin sa pakikipagtulungan sa mga Bansang Nagkakaisa, ang pagtataguyod ng pandaigdig na paggalang at pagtalima sa mga karapatan ng tao at mga saligang kalayaan.
Sapagkat lubhang mahalaga ang pagkakaunawa ng lahat sa mga karapatan at kalayaang ito at lubhang mahalaga sa ganap na pagsasakatuparan ng mga pangakong ito.

Ngayon, Samakatuwid,
Ang Pangkalahatang Kapulungan
ay nagpapahayag ng
Pandaigdig na Pagpapahayag na ito
ng mga Karapatan ng Tao

bilang pangkalahatang pamantayang maisasagawa para sa lahat ng tao at bansa, sa layuning ang bawat tao at bawat galamay ng lipunan, na laging nasa isip ang Pahayag na ito, ay magsikap sa pamamagitan ng pagtuturo at edukasyon na maitaguyod ang paggalang sa mga karapatan at kalayaang ito at sa pamamagitan ng mga hakbang na pagsulong na pambansa at pandaigdig, ay makamtan ang pangkalahatan at mabisang pagkilala at pagtalima sa mga ito, maging ng mga mamamayan ng mga Kasaping Estado at ng mga mamamayan ng mga teritoryo na nasa ilalim ng kanilang nasasakupan.

Artikulo 1

Ang lahat ng tao'y isinilang na malaya at pantay-pantay sa karangalan at mga karapatan. Sila'y pinagkalooban ng katwiran at budhi at dapat magpalagayan ang isa't isa sa diwa ng pagkakapatiran.

Artikulo 2

Ang bawat tao'y karapat-dapat sa lahat ng karapatan at kalayaang nakalahad sa Pahayag na ito, nang walang ano mang uri ng pagtatangi, gaya ng lahi, kulay, kasarian, wika, relihiyon, kuro-kurong pampulitika o iba pa, pinagmulang bansa o lipunan, ari-arian, kapanganakan o iba pang katayuan.
Bukod dito, walang pagtatanging gagawin batay sa katayuang pampulitika, hurisdiksiyunal o pandaigdig na kalagayan ng bansa o teritoryong kinabibilangan ng isang tao, maging ito ay nagsasarili, itinitiwala, di-nakapamamahala sa sarili o nasa ilalim ng ano mang katakdaan ng soberanya.

Artikulo 3

Ang bawat tao'y may karapatan sa buhay, kalayaan at kapanatagan ng sarili.

Artikulo 4

Walang sino mang aalipinin o bubusabusin; ipagbabawal ang ano mang anyo ng pang-aalipin at ang pangangalakal ng alipin.

Artikulo 5

Walang sino mang pahihirapan o lalapatan ng malupit,di-makatao o nakalalait na pakikitungo sa parusa.

Artikulo 6

Ang bawat tao'y may karapatang kilalanin saan mang dako bilang isang tao sa harap ng batas.

Artikulo 7

Ang lahat ay pantay-pantay sa harap ng batas at may karapatan sa walang pagtatangi ng pangangalaga ng batas. Ang lahat ay may karapatan sa pantay na pangangalaga laban sa ano mang pagtatangi-tanging nalalabag sa Pahayag na ito at laban sa ano mang pagbubuyo sa gayong pagtatangi-tangi.

Artikulo 8

Ang bawat tao'y may karapatan sa mabisang lunas ng karampatang mga hukumang pambansa tungkol sa mga gawang lumalabag sa pangunahing mga karapatan na ipinagkaloob sa kanya ng saligang batas o ng batas.

Artikulo 9

Walang sino mang ipaiilalim sa di-makatwirang pagdakip, pagpigil o pagpapatapon.

Artikulo 10

Ang bawat tao'y may karapatan sa ganap na pagkakapantay-pantay, sa isang makatarungan at hayag na paglilitis ng isang hukumang malaya at walang kinikilingan, sa pagpapasiya ng kanyang mga karapatan at panangutan at sa ano mang paratang na kriminal laban sa kanya.

Artikulo 11

1. Ang bawat taong pinararatangan ng pagkakasalang pinarurusahan ay may karapatang ituring na walang-sala hanggang di-napatutunayang nagkasala alinsunod sa batas sa isang hayag na paglilitis na ipinagkaroon niya ng lahat ng garantiyang kailangan sa kanyang pagtatanggol.
2. Walang taong ituturing na nagkasala ng pagkakasalang pinarurusahan dahil sa ano mang gawa o pagkukulang na hindi isang pagkakasalang pinarurusahan, sa ilalim ng batas pambansa o pandaigdig, noong panahong ginawa iyon. Hindi rin ipapataw ang parusang lalong mabigat kaysa nararapat nang panahong magawa ang pagkakasalang pinarurusahan.

Artikulo 12

Walang taong isasailalim sa di-makatwirang panghihimasok sa kanyang pananhimik, pamilya, tahanan o pakikipagsulatang ni sa tuligsa sa kanyang karangalan at mabuting pangalan. Ang bawat tao'y may karapatan sa pangangalaga ng batas laban sa gayong mga panghihimasok o tuligsa.

Artikulo 13

1. Ang bawat tao'y may karapatan sa kalayaan ng pagkilos at paninirahan sa loob ng mga hanggahan ng bawat estado.
2. Ang bawat tao'y may karapatang umalis sa alin mang bansa, pati na sa kanyang sarili, at bumalik sa kanyang bansa.

Artikulo 14

1. Ang bawat tao'y may karapatang humanap at magtamasa sa ibang bansa ng pagpapakupkop laban sa pag-uusig.
2. Ang karapatang ito'y hindi mahihingi sa mga pag-uusig na tunay na nagbubuhat sa mga pagkakasalang di-pampulitika o sa mga gawang nasasalungat sa mga layunin at simulain ng mga Bansang Nagkakaisa.

Artikulo 15

1. Ang bawat tao'y may karapatan sa isang pagkamamamayan.
2. Walang sino mang aalisan ng kanyang pagkamamamayan ng walang katwiran ni pagkakaitan ng karapatang magpalit ng kanyang pagkamamamayan.

Artikulo 16

1. Ang mga lalaki't babaeng may sapat na gulang ay may karapatang mag-asawa at magpamilya nang walang ano mang pagtatakda dahil sa lahi, bansang kinabibilangan o relihiyon. Nararapat sila sa pantay-pantay na karapatan sa pag-aasawa, sa panahong may asawa at pagpapawalang bisa nito.
2. Ang pag-aasawa'y papasukan lamang sa pamamagitan ng malaya at lubos na pagsang-ayon ng mga nagbabalak magkapangasawahan.
3. Ang pamilya ay likas at pangunahing pangkat sa sangay ng lipunan at karapat-dapat sa pangangalaga ng lipunan at ng Estado.

Artikulo 17

1. Ang bawat tao'y may karapatang mag-angkin ng ari-arian nang mag-isa gayon din na kasama ng iba.
2. Walang sino mang aalisan ng kanyang ari-arian nang walang katwiran.

Artikulo 18

Ang bawat tao'y may karapatan sa kalayaan ng pag-iisip, budhi at relihiyon; kasama sa karapatang ito ang kalayaang magpalit ng kanyang relihiyon o paniniwala maging nag-iisa o kasama ang iba sa pamayanan upang ipakilala ang kanyang relihiyon o paniniwala sa pagtuturo, pagsasagawa,pagsamba at pagtalima.

Artikulo 19

Ang bawat tao'y may karapatan sa kalayaan ng pagkukuro at pagpapahayag; kasama ng karapatang ito ang kalayaan at kuru-kuro nang walang panghihimasok at humanap, tumanggap at magbigay ng impormasyon at kaisipan sa pamamagitan ng alin mang paraan ng pagkakalat at walang pagsasaalang-alang ng mga hanggahan.

Artikulo 20

1. Ang bawat tao'y may karapatan sa kalayaan sa mapayapang pagpupulong at pagsasamahan.
2. Walang sino mang pipiliting sumapi sa isang kapisanan.

Artikulo 21

1. Ang bawat tao'y may karapatang makilahok sa pamahalaan ng kanyang bansa, sa tuwiran o sa pamamagitan ng mga kinatawang malayang pinili.
2. Ang bawat tao'y may karapatan sa pantay na pagpasok sa paglilingkod pambayan ng kanyang bansa.
3. Ang kalooban ng bayan ang magiging saligan ng kapangyarihan ng pamahalaan; ang kaloobang ito'y ipahahayag sa tunay na mga halalan sa pana-panahon sa pamamagitan ng pangkalahatan at pantay-pantay na paghahalal at idaraos sa pamamagitan ng lihim na balota o sa katumbas na pamamaraan ng malayang pagboto.

Artikulo 22

Ang bawat tao, bilang kasapi ng lipunan, ay may karapatan sa kapanatagang panlipunan at nararapat na makinabang sa pamamagitan ng pambansang pagsisikap at pakikipagtulungang pandaigdig at alinsunod sa pagkakabuo at mga mapagkukunan ng bawat Estado, sa mga karapatang pangkabuhayan, panlipunan at pangkalinangan na lubhang kailangan para sa kanyang karangalan at sa malayang pagpapaunlad ng kanyang pagkatao.

Artikulo 23

1. Ang bawat tao'y may karapatan sa paggawa, sa malayang pagpili ng mapapasukang hanapbuhay, sa makatarungan at kanais-nais na mga kalagayan sa paggawa at sa pangangalaga laban sa kawalang mapapasukang hanap-buhay.
2. Ang bawat tao'y may karapatan sa kapantay na bayad ng kapantay na gawain, nang walang ano mang pagtatangi.
3. Ang bawat taong gumagawa ay may karapatan sa makatarungan at nababatay sa kabayarang tumitiyak sa kanyang sarili at sa kanyang pamilya ng kabuhayang karapat-dapat sa karangalan ng isang tao, at pupunan, kung kailangan, ng iba pang paraan ng pangangalangang panlipunan.
4. Ang bawat tao'y may karapatang magtatag at umanib sa mga unyon ng manggagawa para sa pangangalaga ng kanyang mga kapakanan.

Artikulo 24

Ang bawat tao'y may karapatan sa pamamahinga at paglilibang, kasama ang mga makatwirang pagtatakda ng mga oras ng paggawa at may sahod sa mga pana-panahong pista opisyal.

Artikulo 25

1. Ang bawat tao'y may karapatan sa isang pamantayan ng pamumuhay na sapat para sa kalusugan at kagalingan ng kanyang sarili at ng kanyang pamilya, kasama na ang pagkain, pananamit, paninirahan at pagpapagamot at kinakailangang mga paglilingkod panlipunan, at ng karapatan sa kapanatagan sa panahong walang gawain, pagkakasakit, pagkabalda, pagkabalo, katandaan at iba pang kakapusan sa ikabubuhay sa mga di-maiiwasang pangyayari.
2. Ang pagkaina at pagkabata ay nararapat sa tanging kalinga at tulong. Ang lahat ng bata, maging anak na lehitimo o di-lehitimo, ay magtatamasa ng gayon ding pangangalagang panlipunan.

Artikulo 26

1. Ang bawat tao'y may karapatan sa edukasyon. Ang edukasyon ay walang bayad, doon man lamang sa elementarya at pangunahing antas. Ang edukasyong elementarya ay magiging sapilitan. Ang edukasyong teknikal at propesyonal ay gagawing maabot ng lahat at ang lalong mataas na edukasyon ay ipagkakaloob nang pantay-pantay sa lahat batay sa pagiging karapat-dapat.
2. Ang edukasyon ay itutungo sa ganap na pagpapaunlad ng pagkatao at sa pagpapalakas ng paggalang sa mga karapatan ng tao at mga pangunahing kalayaan. Itataguyod nito ang pagkakaunawaan, pagbibigayan, at pagkakaibigan ng lahat ng bansa, mga pangkat na panlahi o panrelihiyon, at palawakin ang mga gawain ng mga Bansang Nagkakaisa sa ikapapanatili ng kapayapaan.
3. Ang mga magulang ay may pangunahing karapatang pumili ng uri ng edukasyong ipagkaloob sa kanilang mga anak.

Artikulo 27

1. Ang bawat tao'y may karapatang makilahok nang malaya sa buhay pangkalinangan ng pamayanan, upang tamasahin ang mga sining at makihati sa mga kaunlaran sa siyensiya at sa mga pakinabang dito.
2. Ang bawat tao'y may karapatan sa pangangalaga ng mga kapakanang moral at materyal bunga ng alin mang produksiyong pang-agham, pampanitikan o pansining na siya ang may-akda.

Artikulo 28

Ang bawat tao'y may karapatan sa kaayusang panlipunan at pandaigdig na ang mga karapatan at mga kalayaang itinakda sa Pahayag na ito ay ganap na maisasakatuparan.

Artikulo 29

1. Ang bawat tao'y may mga tungkulin sa pamayanan sa ikaaari lamang ng malaya at ganap na pagkaunlad ng kanyang pagkatao.
2. Sa paggamit ng kanyang mga karapatan at mga kalayaan, ang bawat tao'y masasaklaw lamang ng mga katakdaan gaya ng ipinapasya ng batas ng tanging sa layunin lamang ng pagtatamo ng kaukulang pagkilala at paggalang sa mga karapatan at mga kalayaan ng iba at sa pagtugon sa makatarungang kahilingan ng moralidad, kaayusang pambayan at ng pangkalahatang kagalingan sa isang demokratikong lipunan.
3. Ang mga karapatan at kalayaang ito ay hindi magagamit sa ano mang pangyayari nang nasasalungat sa mga layunin at mga simulain ng Mga Bansang Nagkakaisa.

Artikulo 30

Walang bagay sa Pahayag na ito na mapapakahulugan ang nagbibigay sa alin mang Estado, pangkat o tao ng ano mang karapatang gumawa ng ano mang kilusan o magsagawa ng ano mang hakbang na naglalayong sirain ang nakalahad dito.

No to Nationalism

I'm not nationalistic.
It narrows my perspective. Not everyone in the world is a Filipino. It's a precursor to racism.
Nationalism is an idea that causes prejudice, death and hatred.
Some people use that idea to hold on to an identity. But it's not personal identity. It's social. And identifying with any society can turn into, for example, a holocaust. Nationalism is an advocate for "survival of the fittest" and supremacist ideologies, and that leads to needless deaths. It leads to renewal too, but renewal by massacre, or genocide, or mass murder...*

Filipinos being nationalistic would be an irony, because we are all over the world, earning our living by probably every known human currency. I work in Riyadh. My Girlfriend works in Taiwan. We support our families in the Philippines. I've heard people say that you're not a Filipino if you have no family member or relative working abroad. Forget national pride. Forget pride, period. Pride is the reason why we think we're better than anyone else. Someone is always better than us. No one is better than us. Presidents serve their countries, their people pay them their salaries, politicians brainwash the masses, Rome invades Europe. Whatever...
This writing is not anti-Filipino. This is anti-nationalism. I just happened to be a Filipino.

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*Interestingly, the company I work for is expanding in Armenia. In 1915, The Ottoman Empire (modern-day Turkey), sought to exterminate the Armenian minority from their territory/ies during and after World War 1. "It is acknowledged to have been one of the first modern genocides... and it is the second most-studied case of genocide after the Holocaust."--Wikipedia ; Only yesterday, Thursday, I sent finished graphics to our contact there named Armine. In a sense, she is a holocaust survivor.

Can we abolish nationalism and live in a globalized society?
http://www.ted.com/conversations/7931/can_we_abolish_nationalism_and.html

Nationalism and Terrorism
http://www.straitstimes.com/microsites/global-perspectives/world-cultures/story/nationalism-and-terrorism-2012091

Self World Perspective

 Back in my first year of university, my History professor taught us to refer to countries in terms of where we are, not by what the foreigners call them.
The Middle East, for example: for me, an Asian, it's actually in the west of Asia.
It's about identity -- not just giving in to others telling you what you are. It's not being anti-social, after all no one knows himself fully, and instead needs to rely on other people to see reflections of himself. It's about being able to tell yourself and other people that there are things in you that they cannot control. Like what your name is, or how you will eat your fish.
My friend Raymond posted on Facebook, "we r all indeed APPROVAL JUNKIES" -- we just do whatever THEY like. You know, kids do that. If a kid kicks a dog, then you laugh, they'll just keep kicking it no matter how the dog whimpers. It's okay if his life mission is kicking the dog though.

People perceive the world as individuals and as societies (the West call our "Western Asia" as "Middle East", because they agreed to it) and it's important to look at how other people see your world. Examine how it affects you and everyone else, then act properly.

Facebook Toon Profile Pic Not Advocacy

... yeah.
But it's not about pedophilia either.

Weeks earlier, I saw a "call" to change our Facebook profile images to a cartoon character (that we enjoyed on TV in our childhood). It said it's a call for advocacy on protection against child abuse.
It's a scam, as I've found out. Harmless, but still a scam. Was still happy to have done it nonetheless, even after I found out it was only a joke.

A few days after I changed my profile photo (to Visionaries ='), a Facebook friend posted this profile status (or something like it): "ATTENTION! Just reported that the group that started the post about changing your profile picture to a cartoon character is actually a pedophiles group that is doing this because its easier to get accepted friend requests! Please re-post."

My FB profile image. Leoric by stratosmacca on Deviantart.com.

(Actually asked myself why children would use Facebook other than for playing games... I know of some kids who have Facebook accounts, but they only really use it for games. Sometimes they post comments. Sometimes they post photos, but none of those photos could be something that's "pedophile material". Actually a lot of those are cartoons too... Also, I don't think pedophiles could coax these children to go out for a meet-up... It's just improbable.)

So I went and Googled "scam Facebook cartoon profile", and I was surprised at how far back the scam has been around.

I won't reiterate what the many posts that are around have stated so I'll just let you browse the articles themselves.
Here are the links I visited:

• This first one, seems to be the most "academic". If you have time to read only one, I recommend this to be it: thatsnonsense.com: Facebook Profile Pics Being Changed to Cartoons
• The Truth Behind the Facebook Cartoon Profile Pics Project! Hoax News
• Facebook Cartoon Profile Pic Scam Exposed!
• Facebook Cartoon Profile Picture Week
• Did Pedophiles Start The Facebook Profile Cartoon Trend?
• Why I am not a cartoon character (and other Facebook related madness)

Some people think it's nonsense, that it's a waste of time. Oh, come on! If we get a few people think about these important issues that we previously were unaware of or just purely ignored, then it was worth it.

Franken-tellers

Here in the Philippines, there are people who we refer to as pranka ("frank"). They are people who tell the "truth" regardless of the effects of that knowledge to the recipient, and inconsiderate of how that truth is delivered. Truth is important to them, a concept of unspeakable significance, or so they say.


I daresay, truth is not the only thing that exists in the world (and in the world of human relations). True, I'm not socially adept; in fact, I consider popular person-to-person/people rituals and social conventions as my weakness, but I do know that what we say and do to other people affects them more than we can imagine, and sometimes there are more important things in life than telling straight the plain and simple truth.


Take time, be considerate, think things through, and do not be so arrogant as to deem yourself the only purveyor of truth.

Simply put: be honest, but be nice.

No To "World Peace"

[Tell you why next time.[12-10-2008]]

[12-12-2008]

What is "world peace"?

Is it the absence of war? No hunger? All in harmony, no unemployment? No one being beaten up, everyone telling everyone else his secrets? No hate all love?

No matter. No one, I believe, has defined it definitely. It's a combination of all of those above and more. There's something about "world peace" that we can't quite get a hold of.

Utopia, right? Paradise. Uh-huh. But, then, we also don't really know what these concepts are.

That's the trouble with "world peace". We don't know what it is. We know some parts of it, but we don't know it fully. And yet we ask for it. So in that regard,

"I want world peace"

becomes a futile statement. It's wishing for something that we don't know about.

It's like being a big boss in a big corporation, having your own big spiffy office and asking your assistant to make you a coffee, "and make it taste like paradise, please".

How do you make coffee that tastes like paradise? I mean, how absolutely -- in the sense that if anyone else tasted it, he will say, "Wow! Utopian coffee!"?

Can your assistant make it?

No.

Can you make it?

You can't.

And, THAT, for me, is the whole trouble with that "I want world peace" sort of thing. Yeah, sure, everyone can dream. Dream on. Dream on forever. (As if you know whether forever exists at all.)

But, then here's another thing: There are dreams that you can achieve and those that you cannot achieve. There are those that you are aiming for and there are those that you really don't care about whether they become true or not -- after all, dreams are free, right? Cheap. Happy thoughts in your head. Wow. It's like The Matrix* in your head. "Ignorance is bliss."

So, believe me, if you "want world peace", you don't care if it becomes true or not. Because, ultimately, you believe so very subconsciously that it's impossible. Because you can't define it.

Wishing for something to happen that you believe can't happen is to absolve yourself from the responsibility of making it happen.

Why?

Because, as I've said, you know that you can't make it happen.

And in that regard, it only means that you want others or someone else to do it for you.

"I wish for world peace" is like saying "Give me world peace" (whoever the recipient of that statement is) -- it's a command, not a statement for action.

So, okay, let's try to define "world peace" again.

It's a condition where everyone respects the rights of others. (support Amnesty International Philippines)

It's where no wife or child or husband is abused. (Stop Violence Against Women, Bantay Bata 163, MenWeb)

No one gets to be a victim of land mines. (go ahead, Adopt-A-Mine)

Guns are not used for homicide, murder, coercion... (Control Arms)

Everyone has decent shelter and living condition. (try Habitat For Humanity, Kiva, ABS-CBN Foundation)

Everyone respects the environment. (support Greenpeace)

There is no corruption in politics and business. (UN Global Compact on Transparency and Anti-Corruption, "No to Corruption" campaign by the UN Convention Against Corruption)

One religion for all, or all religion in harmony, or no religion at all. (practice Religious Tolerance)

Everyone eats well. (serve Food Not Bombs, Say No To GMOs!***)

+FEEL FREE TO ADD MORE+ :')

However you define world peace, if you want it, don't look too much at it as a whole. Look at it in parts. Dissassemble your previous vague or ambiguous definition of that concept and work on those parts instead.

We'll all be better off with you not wishing for world peace but making, say, everyone's hair beautiful all year round**.

So

Screw "World Peace".

'cos there's something better ;') -->DOING SOMETHING for world peace.

[Now you know.

And knowing is half the battle. G.I. Joe. (G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra live-action movie slated for release in 2009 :'p)]

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*For those who haven't understood the concept of the movie The Matrix (as I haven't on my first viewing :'p), it's about the enslavement of humans by the machines. A war waged between humans and machines; humans cut off the machines' power supply, we were defeated, the machines discovered that our bodies are like batteries (Duracell). So they harvested us for power, created/cloned/grew us in their power farms, and in order for our psyche to not reject the whole setup, machines programmed a dreamworld and fed these into our brains, a dreamworld that we accept.

Rage against the machine.

**No complaints against my barber/hairstylist :'p Just an example. After all I've been my own hairstylist for over 6 monhts now. Hah!

***GMOs=Genetically Modified Organisms, a.k.a. GEO=Genetically Engineered Organisms, a.k.a. GM or GE. Present GMOs are a threat to health, to the environment, and to small farmers; and benefits only governments, large corporations, and other immoral or unethical individuals and organizations.