The most meritless claim a man can stake is any kind of privilege by birthright.
Yet there is a whole population of people who think that they are specialer than others merely for the circumstances in which they were born. Circumstances they themselves had no influence over.
That population I am referring to are the U.S. citizens who act as if it's wrong for undocumented immigrants to seek refuge in our country. These people think that only they and their fellow born-on-U.S.-soil folk get to enjoy the fruit of the location, and that all them foreign folk should get 'Fuck back into their country. It's as if this is their land. If asked whether the United States of America should give the entire continent back to the Natives who lived here first and who had their soil violently torn from many of their lifeless fingers, how do you think said two-faced folks would respond? I'd give you a hint, but then I'd have to slap you.
It's one thing to fight for "your own" I expect nothing less from anyone. But it's another thing altogether to act as if you fight for this "right" that you and "your own" possess merely because you were born a certain way, or under certain conditions. Have some respect and definitely some humility because you look like nothing more than a selfish, short sighted monster when you treat other people like you get the special treatment just because you were born in a specific spot on this planet.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
This Really Scares Me!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWk50yISKaE
When a public representative can go on national t.v. and essentially become a soulless robot, stringing out sentences of keywords, utterly ignoring the questions being asked there is obviously something to worry about.
I mean this man wants power, and the way he's going to do that is by being a refined propaganda machine! What does that say about his intentions and capabilities as a leader of people? It says he's going to appeal to the non-thinking parts of his voting constituency, and that the vote is all that matters. Beyond that, there needs to be no substance because he'll just fall back to steamrolling your needs with propaganda when he lets you down from a seat of power.
Many Nights DTC,
Addison.
When a public representative can go on national t.v. and essentially become a soulless robot, stringing out sentences of keywords, utterly ignoring the questions being asked there is obviously something to worry about.
I mean this man wants power, and the way he's going to do that is by being a refined propaganda machine! What does that say about his intentions and capabilities as a leader of people? It says he's going to appeal to the non-thinking parts of his voting constituency, and that the vote is all that matters. Beyond that, there needs to be no substance because he'll just fall back to steamrolling your needs with propaganda when he lets you down from a seat of power.
Many Nights DTC,
Addison.
Friday, July 16, 2010
O Atheist! O Atheist!
Thy Leaves are So Unchanging!
It had to come up eventually: Atheism.
I once considered myself one, although I always hated the name. It was an ideology that I naturally flocked to because it represented living aware, and against a system that the masses sucked on despite all of its bitter flavors.
Much has changed since those times and today I have a gripe with the group as a whole. My observations of most Atheists to-date has led me to see a very deep crack in the armor of contemporary mainstream Atheism: it's merely a shadow image of big brother Religion. That is to say, most people who call themselves Atheists define that self-imposed identity by what they find absurd in holy scripture (Bible, Quran, etc).
"I don't believe in old men in the sky w/beards, or talking fire-bushes. I only believe in science; that's met its burden of proof."
"That book has fostered inhumane and irrational wars in the name of a God. Women have been raped and killed because of the Hoh Kus Poh Kus 'men of faith' teach. 'Witchcraft' never came from an Atheist."
"Two of every animal on earth in a single boat? Hah! Only an idiot, a SHEEP, would believe that shit. I LAUGH at those fools."
I hope I've said enough to clarify my point. Basically, Atheists are little more than pragmatically aimless rebels with an anti-cause. Not all of them, I'm sure. But I have yet to meet one that stands out from the pack. They thrive on comparing the stupidest parts of Religion to the best parts of Science/Rationality.
I once had a debate w/an old friend who I consider a pretty smart guy. He's an avid Atheist. It was funny because as we argued, he kept trying to back me into the wall he was so used to people backing themselves into. Once he realized rational, and logical arguments could be made against his own system, he inevitably had to back down, resorting to what I call "equal parts faith."
What this mentality has done is effectively polarized the field into one that looks all too familiar. Skeptics on the Left, and Believers on the Right. Skeptics so eager to prove the Believers wrong, and the believers so ready to dismiss any rational understandings of their own doctrines that both sides are blinded to the inherent necessity of the other.
Where there was once great potential, there is now only another piece of the establishment. Although this article is about the Atheist, it speaks true to the other side as well. But to the original point: Atheists as a whole have failed to see the flaws in their own doctrine, and to build from it a better solution. A solution that presents a view of the world, and humanity that even the believer folk can get behind. One that undigs the trenches this unnecessary war.
I'll end this with a point given by Mahatma Ghandi that speaks sooo many truths: "You must be the change you wish to see in the world." Paving a better path requires more than just sitting pretty and merely pointing at a broken system.
Many nights DTC.
Addison
It had to come up eventually: Atheism.
I once considered myself one, although I always hated the name. It was an ideology that I naturally flocked to because it represented living aware, and against a system that the masses sucked on despite all of its bitter flavors.
Much has changed since those times and today I have a gripe with the group as a whole. My observations of most Atheists to-date has led me to see a very deep crack in the armor of contemporary mainstream Atheism: it's merely a shadow image of big brother Religion. That is to say, most people who call themselves Atheists define that self-imposed identity by what they find absurd in holy scripture (Bible, Quran, etc).
"I don't believe in old men in the sky w/beards, or talking fire-bushes. I only believe in science; that's met its burden of proof."
"That book has fostered inhumane and irrational wars in the name of a God. Women have been raped and killed because of the Hoh Kus Poh Kus 'men of faith' teach. 'Witchcraft' never came from an Atheist."
"Two of every animal on earth in a single boat? Hah! Only an idiot, a SHEEP, would believe that shit. I LAUGH at those fools."
I hope I've said enough to clarify my point. Basically, Atheists are little more than pragmatically aimless rebels with an anti-cause. Not all of them, I'm sure. But I have yet to meet one that stands out from the pack. They thrive on comparing the stupidest parts of Religion to the best parts of Science/Rationality.
I once had a debate w/an old friend who I consider a pretty smart guy. He's an avid Atheist. It was funny because as we argued, he kept trying to back me into the wall he was so used to people backing themselves into. Once he realized rational, and logical arguments could be made against his own system, he inevitably had to back down, resorting to what I call "equal parts faith."
What this mentality has done is effectively polarized the field into one that looks all too familiar. Skeptics on the Left, and Believers on the Right. Skeptics so eager to prove the Believers wrong, and the believers so ready to dismiss any rational understandings of their own doctrines that both sides are blinded to the inherent necessity of the other.
Where there was once great potential, there is now only another piece of the establishment. Although this article is about the Atheist, it speaks true to the other side as well. But to the original point: Atheists as a whole have failed to see the flaws in their own doctrine, and to build from it a better solution. A solution that presents a view of the world, and humanity that even the believer folk can get behind. One that undigs the trenches this unnecessary war.
I'll end this with a point given by Mahatma Ghandi that speaks sooo many truths: "You must be the change you wish to see in the world." Paving a better path requires more than just sitting pretty and merely pointing at a broken system.
Many nights DTC.
Addison
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Now the Military?
Well, that's what this article says.
It's pretty discouraging to see the gun arm of this country getting involved in politics. I wonder how that arm would swing. Hmmm. I don't think weapons really served as good brains, but then again sense seems what I think is becoming more marginalized as our country moves to the right as a whole.
Sad times.
Many Nights DTC
Addison.
It's pretty discouraging to see the gun arm of this country getting involved in politics. I wonder how that arm would swing. Hmmm. I don't think weapons really served as good brains, but then again sense seems what I think is becoming more marginalized as our country moves to the right as a whole.
Sad times.
Many Nights DTC
Addison.
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Engineering parent/childhoods
I've made a decision recently, to soon begin the writing of children's stories. Do I want to publish them? No. Do I want to not publish them? Not necessarily. What are they for then? In the event that I find myself some day with a child to care for, I want to have stories for them that will give them what they need to grow up in our world.
I figure, so many people today have such little time to care for their children. Work tends to be the cause. We work so much, and have so little time to spend with the children themselves. Am I going to be an exception to this tendency for adults to have time for their children? Probably not. So what does that leave me in terms of options? Well, while I'm still young irresponsible, and have few responsibilities, I might as well get to building the things that will ease parenthood: essentially make the things that I will one day not have the time to make.
But let's get this straight, I'm not just creating stories here. My intentions are fully to do my best in engineering the growth of a human being. Just as we are all products of our environments, I wish to construct stories meant to infuse the best possible values into the child's understanding of the world. It happens all the time with a popular book called The Bible. Basically a compilation of events arranged to set the grounds for morality into the people who believe/read it.
I don't know how successful this idea will be, but I'm only going to do my best, and hope for the rest. As soon as I finish writing my other "short" I'm gonna embark on this project.
Many Nights DTC,
Addison
I figure, so many people today have such little time to care for their children. Work tends to be the cause. We work so much, and have so little time to spend with the children themselves. Am I going to be an exception to this tendency for adults to have time for their children? Probably not. So what does that leave me in terms of options? Well, while I'm still young irresponsible, and have few responsibilities, I might as well get to building the things that will ease parenthood: essentially make the things that I will one day not have the time to make.
But let's get this straight, I'm not just creating stories here. My intentions are fully to do my best in engineering the growth of a human being. Just as we are all products of our environments, I wish to construct stories meant to infuse the best possible values into the child's understanding of the world. It happens all the time with a popular book called The Bible. Basically a compilation of events arranged to set the grounds for morality into the people who believe/read it.
I don't know how successful this idea will be, but I'm only going to do my best, and hope for the rest. As soon as I finish writing my other "short" I'm gonna embark on this project.
Many Nights DTC,
Addison
Thursday, June 10, 2010
A list of the Greats...That I must get.
This is but a personal list of some of the most tasteful movies I've yet to get.
Movies:
Kung Fu Panda
District 9. (check)
T.v. Series:
Avatar: The last airbender
Short for now. Til next time.
Many Nights DTC,
Addison.
Movies:
Kung Fu Panda
District 9. (check)
T.v. Series:
Avatar: The last airbender
Short for now. Til next time.
Many Nights DTC,
Addison.
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
On parting ways...
I have to remember that parting ways is often more permanent than I would prefer it. We're talking about between friends, lovers, and everything in between.
Sometimes no matter how hard you try, you just can't bridge gaps. What remains to comfort in light of this fact, is that new bridges will naturally form with time.
There are so many things I would like to say to so many people I once knew, but will never get the chance. Too bad. Then again, there are things to be said to people I'm still in touch with, but can't just because of social restrictions. I'll just have to say it all here. However, as no clues will be offered to who the people are, this is a one time shot. Once said, even I may forget who the point was referenced to.
Person 1. I hate recalling the things you did, but could never do without the lessons I learned from them. You meant well, but fell so short being a mostly good memory. I love what I gained from you, but hate how I had to gain it. Let's not mention too clearly how I'm also ashamed of recalling some of my own actions here.
Person 2. I'm glad I met you. You showed me that flaws exist even in the people I initially see as flawless. You also showed me that even the best intentions may go un-acted without proper aggression. We may never grow close, but I'm definitely open to it.
Person 3. You were my biggest childhood influence, yet when I see snippets of you and your personality now I'm glad we never connected the dots. From what little I've come across, you haven't changed that much, I just see things through a different lens.
Person 4. My friend, what happened? It's a shame that things had to come to a close with such an apparent lack of interest on your part. Especially considering how much fun we once had. I will remain open to the future possibilities, though I wouldn't hold my breath. Hope all is well anyway.
Person 5. She's no good for the you that I know you could be, but perhaps that's no longer--scratch that, never was important. You've always been pretty closed off, which makes being upset with you a little difficult, but maybe that doesn't matter either. I hope you don't screw yourself in the long run.
Person 6. I'm impressed with you. It took some time, but in my eyes you've come a long way. I look forward to seeing your progress for many years to come.
Person 7. You really helped me during a hard time. Thanks, and I hope we keep in touch for a long time to come.
Person 8. You were crazy. As much as I hated having known you, you were still a required, albeit lowly, first step to getting where I am now. For the record, I harbor no more ill feelings towards you, but it's still a shame the way you turned out.
Person 9 & 10. For the both of you, a part of me will probably wonder for the next few years what could have been. But it's a very small part of me. 9. you became really cold real fast, which I really dislike about our culture. Pisses me off actually. Though I will say I don't really see another way to have done it. 10. Hope all is going well and will proceed to do so.
Person 11. I think you were my first misstep in the ways of "love." You were always pretty hot which made realizing the mistake of passing you up that much more painful. But what you did those few years later wasn't very cool. Like 9. that was pretty lame. But whatever, I can't blame the majority of your gender for having no balls. After all, that I suppose is what makes things work.
Person 12. In terms of what I have always sought, I was so incredibly lucky to have met you. I can't wait to see what you grow into, and to be there along the way.
Person 13. I'm sorry we couldn't do more. If there are a few people that I have long-term hopes to re-establish contact with, you would be one of them.
Person 14. You, like 13. I hope to re-establish regular touch with some day, but perhaps more so. I am fondest of you, out of the group you came from.
Person 15. I'm glad you turned me down, but I want to acknowledge that you were still one of the few people I could be near completely frank with, and whose I respected understanding I very much respected.
Person 16. If there was ever a person I wronged unjustly, you were it. What I did was unfair to you and I am completely ashamed of what an ass I was. I will tell you the extent of my shallowness. You simply shared the name of someone I had a crush on, and so your "lack of a face" made it easy for me to transfer my interest onto you. Unfortunately this built fantasy expectations and I think you understand what happened from the point of our first meeting. I'm so sorry. Faceless commitments were a mistake I never made again.
Person 17. You're basically like 3. but a little shorter termed. I'll be wondering for a while what could have happened if I took you up on that offer to go for a ride, but certainly not too hard. Seeing you now confirms that it turned out for the better. You like 3 seem to not have the kind of quality of character I'm looking for.
Person 18. Mom. Someone so flawed, yet still so special. I can only refer to you as a Mom. I owe you so much, and will probably always fall short of what is due but I just want you to know how much I am in your debt. Thank you so much for being the backbone of my existence.
Group no. 1 Thanks for allowing me to stay with you for the while that you did. I was kind of a stranger and eventually bailed, so I just want you to know I appreciated your hospitality. From what I can tell, you've all turned into swell individuals.
Group no. 2. Some of you were super shallow and really exclusive, especially when the whole group came together.
Many Nights DTC.
Addison.
Sometimes no matter how hard you try, you just can't bridge gaps. What remains to comfort in light of this fact, is that new bridges will naturally form with time.
There are so many things I would like to say to so many people I once knew, but will never get the chance. Too bad. Then again, there are things to be said to people I'm still in touch with, but can't just because of social restrictions. I'll just have to say it all here. However, as no clues will be offered to who the people are, this is a one time shot. Once said, even I may forget who the point was referenced to.
Person 1. I hate recalling the things you did, but could never do without the lessons I learned from them. You meant well, but fell so short being a mostly good memory. I love what I gained from you, but hate how I had to gain it. Let's not mention too clearly how I'm also ashamed of recalling some of my own actions here.
Person 2. I'm glad I met you. You showed me that flaws exist even in the people I initially see as flawless. You also showed me that even the best intentions may go un-acted without proper aggression. We may never grow close, but I'm definitely open to it.
Person 3. You were my biggest childhood influence, yet when I see snippets of you and your personality now I'm glad we never connected the dots. From what little I've come across, you haven't changed that much, I just see things through a different lens.
Person 4. My friend, what happened? It's a shame that things had to come to a close with such an apparent lack of interest on your part. Especially considering how much fun we once had. I will remain open to the future possibilities, though I wouldn't hold my breath. Hope all is well anyway.
Person 5. She's no good for the you that I know you could be, but perhaps that's no longer--scratch that, never was important. You've always been pretty closed off, which makes being upset with you a little difficult, but maybe that doesn't matter either. I hope you don't screw yourself in the long run.
Person 6. I'm impressed with you. It took some time, but in my eyes you've come a long way. I look forward to seeing your progress for many years to come.
Person 7. You really helped me during a hard time. Thanks, and I hope we keep in touch for a long time to come.
Person 8. You were crazy. As much as I hated having known you, you were still a required, albeit lowly, first step to getting where I am now. For the record, I harbor no more ill feelings towards you, but it's still a shame the way you turned out.
Person 9 & 10. For the both of you, a part of me will probably wonder for the next few years what could have been. But it's a very small part of me. 9. you became really cold real fast, which I really dislike about our culture. Pisses me off actually. Though I will say I don't really see another way to have done it. 10. Hope all is going well and will proceed to do so.
Person 11. I think you were my first misstep in the ways of "love." You were always pretty hot which made realizing the mistake of passing you up that much more painful. But what you did those few years later wasn't very cool. Like 9. that was pretty lame. But whatever, I can't blame the majority of your gender for having no balls. After all, that I suppose is what makes things work.
Person 12. In terms of what I have always sought, I was so incredibly lucky to have met you. I can't wait to see what you grow into, and to be there along the way.
Person 13. I'm sorry we couldn't do more. If there are a few people that I have long-term hopes to re-establish contact with, you would be one of them.
Person 14. You, like 13. I hope to re-establish regular touch with some day, but perhaps more so. I am fondest of you, out of the group you came from.
Person 15. I'm glad you turned me down, but I want to acknowledge that you were still one of the few people I could be near completely frank with, and whose I respected understanding I very much respected.
Person 16. If there was ever a person I wronged unjustly, you were it. What I did was unfair to you and I am completely ashamed of what an ass I was. I will tell you the extent of my shallowness. You simply shared the name of someone I had a crush on, and so your "lack of a face" made it easy for me to transfer my interest onto you. Unfortunately this built fantasy expectations and I think you understand what happened from the point of our first meeting. I'm so sorry. Faceless commitments were a mistake I never made again.
Person 17. You're basically like 3. but a little shorter termed. I'll be wondering for a while what could have happened if I took you up on that offer to go for a ride, but certainly not too hard. Seeing you now confirms that it turned out for the better. You like 3 seem to not have the kind of quality of character I'm looking for.
Person 18. Mom. Someone so flawed, yet still so special. I can only refer to you as a Mom. I owe you so much, and will probably always fall short of what is due but I just want you to know how much I am in your debt. Thank you so much for being the backbone of my existence.
Group no. 1 Thanks for allowing me to stay with you for the while that you did. I was kind of a stranger and eventually bailed, so I just want you to know I appreciated your hospitality. From what I can tell, you've all turned into swell individuals.
Group no. 2. Some of you were super shallow and really exclusive, especially when the whole group came together.
Many Nights DTC.
Addison.
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