I see that Mrs. Eisler has opted to reply to my reply to Mr. Jackman, published in the Gazette Dec. 14, an occasion which I admit I had hoped would happen. It has been too long since we last heard from Mrs. Eisler; indeed, her name has not graced these pages (that I have noticed) since our previous exchange.
To clarify a previous point, my mention of the current circumstances in South Africa was meant to illustrate the ... caution that should be exercised in treating said nation (and any of the political or cultural fruits thereof) as an effective model for export to the world. Granted, the UBUNTU liberation movement can't claim responsibility for the current state of South Africa – said country's woes are a product of both systemic racism and progressive social experimentation gone wrong – but that is the tableau out of which the movement arose, and is reason to treat it with skepticism.
Then, of course, there is the fact that the UBUNTU movement is headed up by none other than Michael Tellinger, whom readers may recall was previously mentioned by Mr. Jackman in his letters published on Nov. 2, 2013 and Nov. 23, 2013. Mr. Tellinger is a former singer-songwriter whose most recent published works have addressed the topic of humanity's origins; to his mind, we are the creation of an alien species, and/or possibly the slaves thereof. There also seems to be something in it about "planet Nibiru," which pops up in various pseudo-scientific flights of fancy, and also human-alien interbreeding. It's all rather difficult to follow; make of it what you will.
I would have mentioned all this previously, of course, but the Gazette wisely limits letters to around 500 words.
Oddly, I find myself much in agreement with the remaining three paragraphs of Mrs. Eisler's letter. I agree that U.S. spending is out of control (contra Canada, interestingly), that the monetary system thereof is at risk of implosion, that off-shoring of production has produced significant negative effects in the North American AND global market (to say nothing of the overall drop in product quality), and that slavery is an abhorrent evil that should be stamped out everywhere it exists (for, indeed, it still exists in many places). No doubt she and I would disagree as to the means to solving these issues, but we would seem to agree that they exist as issues.
Kenneth Kully, St. Albert
