>REFLECTIONS FROM RAMSEY MUNIZ
> "The hole that I'm in at this moment was built in 1886. Ricardo
>Flores Magon was sentenced to life imprisonment here at the Leavenworth
>Federal Penitentiary, in 1916. My middle name is also Ricardo.
> I know that Mexi (Me-sheek), God, and all our saints have a purpose
>for my life. For all I know I'm in the same cell and the same hole that
>Ricardo Flores once shared.
> Some people who have written to me are in the process of sending me
>two books on Ricardo. I can already feel his spirit and love. It was only
>80 years ago and people are bringing him back. They state that they don't
>intend to wait 80 years to reveal the truth as I have stated and written:
> Our history is our power. Mexicanos -- mi Raza -- we have lost
>faith in our future because we are forgetting how much our past has meant to
>all of us. Bernardino De Sahabun expresses his admiration for the severe
>education the Aztecs gave to their children. Dedicated to the gods --
>particularly the sun and the earth -- children had to toughen their bodies
>and lead a pure existence. In book 6 Sahagun transcribes the exhortations of
>parents to their children, teaching them moral virtues: How to walk, talk,
>dress, eat, drink, wash, how to be aware of poison and sorcery. They were
>also taught how to learn an honorable trade. As stated by a Chronicler,
>"Nowhere did I ever see anyone live off his nobililty alone, nor from his
>rank alone." The same advice was given to girls who were to cultivate
>virtue and give proof of devotion, humility and obedience. They had to learn
>to confront poverty. In order to do that, no matter what their rank, they
>had to know how to spin and weave, cook and drink cocoa beans. They also had
>to learn to fight, and we know the role that women played in the defense of
>Mexico/Tenochtitlan when it was besieged by the conquerors.
> Being Mexicano must be made a badge of pride and honor.
>
> Ramiro Ricardo Muniz (Ramsey) - 1997
>
>For more information, see the following web pages:
>
> http://www.serve.com/Impacto/ramsey.html
> http://members.tripod.com/~ncmc/ram.html
> http://burn.ucsd.edu/~udb/cmpp-muniz.html
>
Hucklebee
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