The Fools' Declaration

Let it be known to all men,

This 6^th day of July 2011,

The year of our Lord

That we the fools

Of the world

ASHAMED by the knowing lot

EMBARRASSED by their posturing of intelligence

DISCOMFITED by the rat-tat-tat of their speeches

CHAGRINED by meaningless science and arts

DISTURBED by the widening gap of us and the “wise”

DISMAYED by the open disregard to our low intellects

Hereby

Pass this instrument

We have suffered at the hands of the quick-witted

Throughout ages to this present moment

And now, through this instrument,

We exercise our right to self-determination

And to chart our destiny through our foolish means

We exercise our right to be fools

Of course without injury to the “wise”

This right we want to exercise

Without being mocked, ridiculed, exposed to contempt

By the “wise” at all times

To our children, present and yet to be born,

Let this instrument be our bequest to them

Not to fear to exercise their stupidity

To add figures using their toes,

To translate English to their local language,

To never again live in fear of being wrong

To our folks in the art of politics

Let this instrument protect you

From the quick tongue of the rat-a-tats

Who speak 300 words per minute

Let this instrument put away your shame

Of not being of their march

We, the fools of the world,

Show our commitment to shun anything of knowledge

The books, the volumes of frightening information,

The documentaries, the periodicals, the internet

We demonstrate our resolve to retain our identity

Even with the threats of globalization,

book-nization, internet-nization

We promise not to be moved

And to stand firm by what we resolve

Let this declaration be our text

To be followed into posterity

Let it enshrine our rights and duties

Our privileges and limitations

Let us be kept simple

Amidst the floods raging in the planet

Of men drowning in knowledge

Blown by the wind of information gibberish

Devastated by the earthquake of too much facts

Let us be kept safe from the madness of the wise

Signed____________________________________

All the fools of the world.

C) Lorot Salem 2011