Dear Commander
You already know the only circumstances under which you are presently reading this letter.
My request to you is that if humans are fortunate to survive this horrific event then all humans must STOP discriminating against and oppressing each other entirely on the basis of race, gender, sexual preferences, skin color, and handicaps or other "differences". As long as some humans are excluded and/or mistreated by other humans -- for real or perceived differences of any kind, there will never be any equity or freedom for humans on this planet, at all.
If we humans cannot learn to cooperate completely -- if we have learned nothing, from this incredible disaster -- then we humans deserve to become extinct.
K.A. Kincade
Saturday 28 November 2009
Tuesday 24 November 2009
Letter of Last Legacy - Martin Veart. United Kingdom
Dear Commander,
If you are reading this letter, it must be assumed that the government and senior command are no more. Indeed, the very nation-state that was the United Kingdom has ceased to exist. These grand labels hide the human cost of the past few days. Millions are probably dead and in the weeks to come, further millions of our compatriots are destined to a slower death.
The logic of the nuclear deterrent would demand that your vessel must counter-strike to maximum effect. For else how else will the enemy be punished and our people avenged? Your crew is professional, highly trained and I have total confidence that you are all ready to perform whatever duties you are called to attend.
Forgive me Commander if I cannot advocate such a path. The cold logic of real politick must be set aside when we are dealing with the very viability of the human species.
It is possible that what has happened is but a small part in a greater conflagration that has already doomed all the peoples of the world to extinction. You must decide this on the evidence that is currently available. But in any case, I would not have you and your crew add fuel to the funeral pyre that humanity has created for itself.
My final request to you is thus: find a way of putting your nuclear weapons beyond any possible use. After this is done and if it comes to light that events are not as bleak as they seem to be now at home, then I call upon you to perform whatever service you still can for what is left of the United Kingdom. If all is lost there then seek safe haven for you and your crew, wherever that may be on the planet.
All prophesy is now vain but I will make one prediction nonetheless. If this be not the end of humanity then I foresee that future civilisation will recoil in horror at very thought of nuclear weapons. They shall never been built or used again.
I hope you and your crew will be among the first of that new civilisation.
Farewell and God speed,
Martin Veart.
If you are reading this letter, it must be assumed that the government and senior command are no more. Indeed, the very nation-state that was the United Kingdom has ceased to exist. These grand labels hide the human cost of the past few days. Millions are probably dead and in the weeks to come, further millions of our compatriots are destined to a slower death.
The logic of the nuclear deterrent would demand that your vessel must counter-strike to maximum effect. For else how else will the enemy be punished and our people avenged? Your crew is professional, highly trained and I have total confidence that you are all ready to perform whatever duties you are called to attend.
Forgive me Commander if I cannot advocate such a path. The cold logic of real politick must be set aside when we are dealing with the very viability of the human species.
It is possible that what has happened is but a small part in a greater conflagration that has already doomed all the peoples of the world to extinction. You must decide this on the evidence that is currently available. But in any case, I would not have you and your crew add fuel to the funeral pyre that humanity has created for itself.
My final request to you is thus: find a way of putting your nuclear weapons beyond any possible use. After this is done and if it comes to light that events are not as bleak as they seem to be now at home, then I call upon you to perform whatever service you still can for what is left of the United Kingdom. If all is lost there then seek safe haven for you and your crew, wherever that may be on the planet.
All prophesy is now vain but I will make one prediction nonetheless. If this be not the end of humanity then I foresee that future civilisation will recoil in horror at very thought of nuclear weapons. They shall never been built or used again.
I hope you and your crew will be among the first of that new civilisation.
Farewell and God speed,
Martin Veart.
Monday 23 November 2009
Notes for contributors and aims of this site
This site is inviting people to write a letter of last legacy, as written by the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and carried on board British nuclear-armed submarines. It is to be opened and read only when it is clear that the United Kingdom has been wiped out by a sudden nuclear strike.
One does not have to be British to take part. Just imagine what you would say if it would be your own words that the commander of nuclear weapons was reading, presuming you and your friends and family are no more. What would you advise that commander to do?
Please send your letter of last legacy to dear.commander@yahoo.com
The purpose of this site is to compile the best of the contributions, have them printed (even if this is at my own expense) and send the results to the leaders of the world's nuclear-armed states. By best, it is meant those entries that are most effective in making their point. It does not mean those entries that I, as the editor, agrees with.
This site will close at the end of 2011 and it is intended to have the printed version available in time for the 2012 Olympics, as this is currently the greatest symbol of world participating in friendly competition.
Contributions are welcomed from all, whether your particular nation retains nuclear weapons or not, as the effects of a nuclear attack does not respect national boundaries. If English is not your first language, you can send a letter in your native tongue but please also send an English translation.
You may publish under a pseudonym or anonymously at your own request. But in your e-mail contribution, please include your real name, a contact e-mail and your nationality. Other biographical notes may be included at your own discretion.
In case you are thinking this premise is make-believe, here is a link for your reference:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1090400/HMS-Apocalypse-Deep-Atlantic-submarine-waits-alert-nuclear-missiles-end-world--.html
and the original radio programme:
http://earideas.com/earideas/explore/show/61035/The+Human+Button
which is about 30 minutes in length.
Contributions that contain racist or abusive material will be published but obviously without the condonement of the editor. Comments will be invited upon all contributions.
Martin Veart
Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
One does not have to be British to take part. Just imagine what you would say if it would be your own words that the commander of nuclear weapons was reading, presuming you and your friends and family are no more. What would you advise that commander to do?
Please send your letter of last legacy to dear.commander@yahoo.com
The purpose of this site is to compile the best of the contributions, have them printed (even if this is at my own expense) and send the results to the leaders of the world's nuclear-armed states. By best, it is meant those entries that are most effective in making their point. It does not mean those entries that I, as the editor, agrees with.
This site will close at the end of 2011 and it is intended to have the printed version available in time for the 2012 Olympics, as this is currently the greatest symbol of world participating in friendly competition.
Contributions are welcomed from all, whether your particular nation retains nuclear weapons or not, as the effects of a nuclear attack does not respect national boundaries. If English is not your first language, you can send a letter in your native tongue but please also send an English translation.
You may publish under a pseudonym or anonymously at your own request. But in your e-mail contribution, please include your real name, a contact e-mail and your nationality. Other biographical notes may be included at your own discretion.
In case you are thinking this premise is make-believe, here is a link for your reference:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1090400/HMS-Apocalypse-Deep-Atlantic-submarine-waits-alert-nuclear-missiles-end-world--.html
and the original radio programme:
http://earideas.com/earideas/explore/show/61035/The+Human+Button
which is about 30 minutes in length.
Contributions that contain racist or abusive material will be published but obviously without the condonement of the editor. Comments will be invited upon all contributions.
Martin Veart
Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
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