While rummaging around through old papers and photos, I found our original, hand-written proposal for a deceleration of ethnobotanical sovereignty, if you will. I thought you all might be interested to see this original, heart-based version, (as differentiated from the somewhat frontal-lobe oriented version version posted below this one), which was recently re-drafted from memory. Me thinks I like the former lovey-dovey, idealistic, 1980's version (of myself- and this declaration) better than the latter, more practical and studied piece of dessicated desert rat crap which followed.
L.M.
We hold these truths to be self-evident: That all plants and all animals are of divine origin, each having their own usefulness and purpose.
As inhabitants of the earth, all people have the inalienable right to protect, steward, utilize, and promote the knowledge and use of all things that grow on the earth.
These plants and animals provide the essential provisions of life; accordingly, the relationship between caretaker and provider must be one of respect, sustainability, and ultimately, symbiosis.
Therefore, we declare the stewardship, knowledge, and use of all nature's provisions to be our inalienable rights.
The prohibition of these rights is a direct violation of our inherent pursuit of life, liberty, and happiness.
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