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| parents, just a bad day what do you think | May 2, 2006, 1:29PM |
 by: brokn_within_secrets |
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What the hell has gone wrong in the world? Optimistic assholes have the rights to become parents. People who can’t even handle their own lives are asked to run those of innocent and helpless children. Who, in my opinion, will in the long run suffer from having arrogant, hypocritical, want to be parents who have no idea what to do to handle the role of an adult. And have no idea how to rid of their adolescent ways. Now, not all the parents are this way. Some, a few I know of, could care less if their children were getting into trouble and making the same mistakes they once did. Because they don’t wish to be the hypocritical parent that nearly every child should or will at one point hate to have. They allow their children to experiment with drugs and alcohol starting stories with “well when I was your age….” Nobody gives a shit you’re a parent whether you say its okay for your children to experiment with certain things or not, your child will do what ever they wish to do. So act like an adult and take responsibility. So yesterday was my 16th birthday I had my boyfriend and one of my best friends over. And like normal my asshole of a step mother decides to ruin my birthday and even manipulate my father into being a complete ass so she could chuckle in the background at how naïve my father is. These oblivious lies that is so obvious to everyone except my stupid ass of a father. Now you see I don’t call for my father, when I want him I walk up to him, because I don’t wish to call him dad. To me he is Dan. No parent deserves the privilege of being called mom or dad if they have no idea what it means or what to do while taking the responsibility and role of a parent. Don’t get me wrong I love Dan. He use to be the only one I wanted to talk to, things change… people change. He’s a great guy, but only when he wants to be. Or when he decides to be himself, which is becoming more and more rare. But god should not of let such a childish and self centered person conceive four children and three others to some one else. When these children will all end up ultimately despising him for the way that he is and the way he pretends to be for the sake of his own wants and needs. What a disgrace to humanity. You may be asking “what’s the point of me writing this for you all to see.” It’s out of pessimistic boredom. And so I can know what you think. | |
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| George W. Bush's Resume | May 1, 2006, 2:04PM |
 by: MyLastBlkRose |
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Here it is, I recieved it in the mail, and almost died reading it, it is hilarious, and sad... George W. Bush's Resume George W. Bush The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Washington, D.C. 20500 Past Work Experience Ran for congress and lost. Produced a Hollywood slasher B movie. Bought an oil company, but couldn't find any oil in Texas; company went bankrupt shortly after I sold all my stock. Bought the Texas Rangers baseball team in a sweetheart deal that took land using taxpayer money. Biggest move: Traded Sammy Sosa to the Chicago White Sox. With father's help (and his name) was elected Governor of Texas. Accomplishments in Previous Positions Changed pollution laws for power and oil companies and made Texas the most polluted state in the Union. Replaced Los Angeles with Houston as the most smog-ridden city in America. Cut taxes and bankrupted the Texas government to the tune of billions in borrowed money. Set record for most executions by any governor in American history. Became president after losing the popular vote by over 500,000 votes, with the help of my father's appointments to the Supreme Court. Accomplishments As President Attacked and took over two countries. Spent the surplus and bankrupted the treasury. Shattered record for biggest annual deficit in history. Set economic record for most private bankruptcies filed in any 12-month period. Set all-time record for biggest drop in the history of the stock market. First president in decades to execute a federal prisoner. First president in U.S. history to enter office with a criminal record. First year in office set the all-time record for most days on vacation by any president in U.S. history. After taking the entire month of August off for vacation, presided over the worst security failure in U.S. history. Set the record for most campaign fundraising trips than any other president in U.S. history. In my first two years in office over 2 million Americans lost their job. Cut unemployment benefits for more out of work Americans than any president in U.S. history. Set the all-time record for most foreclosures in a 12-month period. Appointed more convicted criminals to administration positions than any president in U.S. history. Set the record for the least amount of press conferences than any president since the advent of television. Signed more laws and executive orders amending the Constitution than any president in U.S. history. Presided over the biggest energy crises in U.S. history and refused to intervene when corruption was revealed. Presided over the highest gasoline prices in U.S. history and refused to use the national reserves as past presidents have. Cut healthcare benefits for war veterans. Set the all-time record for most people worldwide to simultaneously take to the streets to protest me (15 million people), shattering the record for protest against any person in the history of mankind. Dissolved more international treaties than any president in U.S. history. My presidency is the most secretive and unaccountable of any in U.S. history. Members of my cabinet are the richest of any administration in U.S. history (the 'poorest' multimillionaire, Condoleezza Rice, has an Exxon oil tanker named after her). First president in U.S. history to have all 50 states of the Union simultaneously go bankrupt. Presided over the biggest corporate stock market fraud of any market in any country in the history of the world. First president in U.S. history to order a U.S. attack and military occupation of a sovereign nation. Created the largest government department bureaucracy in the history of the United States. Set the all-time record for biggest annual budget spending increases, more than any president in U.S. history. First president in U.S. history to have the United Nations remove the U.S. from the human rights commission. First president in U.S. history to have the United Nations remove the U.S. from the elections monitoring board. Removed more checks and balances, and have the least amount of congressional oversight than any presidential administration in U.S. history. Rendered the entire United Nations irrelevant. Withdrew from the World Court of Law. Refused to allow inspectors access to U.S. prisoners of war and by default no longer abide by the Geneva Conventions. First president in U.S. history to refuse United Nations election inspectors (during the 2002 U.S. elections). All-time U.S. (and world) record holder for most corporate campaign donations. My biggest lifetime campaign contributor presided over one of the largest corporate bankruptcy frauds in world history (Kenneth Lay, former CEO of Enron Corporation). Spent more money on polls and focus groups than any president in U.S. history. First president in U.S. history to unilaterally attack a sovereign nation against the will of the United Nations and the world community. First president to run and hide when the U.S. came under attack (and then lied saying the enemy had the code to Air Force 1) First U.S. president to establish a secret shadow government. Took the biggest world sympathy for the U.S. after 9/11, and in less than a year made the U.S. the most resented country in the world (possibly the biggest diplomatic failure in U.S. and world history). With a policy of 'disengagement' created the most hostile Israeli-Palestine relations in at least 30 years. Fist U.S. president in history to have a majority of the people of Europe (71%) view my presidency as the biggest threat to world peace and stability. First U.S. president in history to have the people of South Korea more threatened by the U.S. than their immediate neighbor, North Korea. Changed US policy to allow convicted criminals to be awarded government contracts. Set all-time record for number of administration appointees who violated U.S. law by not selling huge investments in corporations bidding for government contracts. Failed to fulfill my pledge to get Osama Bin Laden 'dead or alive.' Failed to capture the anthrax killer who tried to murder the leaders of our country at the United States Capital building. After 18 months I have no leads and zero suspects. In the 18 months following the 9/11 attacks I have successfully prevented any public investigation into the biggest security failure in the history of the United States. Removed more freedoms and civil liberties for Americans than any other president in U.S. history. In a little over two years created the most divided country in decades, possibly the most divided the U.S. has ever been since the Civil War. Entered office with the strongest economy in U.S. history and in less than two years turned every single economic category heading straight down. Records and References At least one conviction for drunk driving in Maine (Texas driving record has been erased and is not available) AWOL from National Guard and deserted the military during a time of war. Refuse to take drug test or even answer any questions about drug use. All records of my tenure as governor of Texas have been spirited away to my father's library, sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public view. All records of any SEC investigations into my insider trading or bankrupt companies are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public view. All minutes of meetings for any public corporation I served on the board are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public view. Any records or minutes from meetings I (or my VP) attended regarding public energy policy are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public review. For personal references please speak to my daddy or uncle James Baker (they can be reached at their offices of the Carlyle Group for war-profiteering.) | |
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| Change The Focus | April 30, 2006, 2:02PM |
 by: untold truth |
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I am often told to stop looking towards others to try to fix what is wrong with me. I’m told to focus on the life I live, the people I surround myself with, and the habits I form while I am young. I try to live my life in a way that will benefit me later on when my habits are solid and written in stone, in a way that people won’t mind being around me when I’m old and gray. One of the best ways to on through life is to focus on what is right for you. No one else can tell you what is right for you. You have to know when to stand up and when to pick your battles. Only you can decide what course your life is going to go on, what roads you will take, whose lives you will touch. We each have times in our lives when we let something go too far, when something we know is wrong happens in front of our eyes and we do nothing to stop it. Sometimes we let it go because we don’t want to seem like an outsider and be alienated because of the choices we make. Other times its because we don’t have enough strength in our moral minds to fight enough to correct the wrong that was made. Most of the time it is both. We don’t want to lose the place in society that we have made for ourselves. So we try our hardest to fit in. It’s like a survival of the fittest game: those who are on the outside of society are the weak and the get killed off first, but those who abide by and conform to societies rules are the ones who prosper and survive. We have lots of pressure put on us to fit in and conform, this almost always has some effect on how we act with our friends, family, co-workers, bosses, acquaintances, and anyone we might happen to pass on the street. When we cross these boundaries that are placed down before us, we go against the status quo, making us a target for ridicule and alienation. So although we may want to help someone who is homeless on the street, or we may want to hang out with someone at school who has a tendency to shy away from everyone and is considered a “freak” or an “outcast”, we still drift away from the opportunities that are given to us. We go and try to fit in because it is a form of self-preservation. Although we would like to go and help, we have to think about the effect our actions could have. We are programmed to make sure that we fit in, so although the primitive instinct would be to go and help, you most likely won’t because of the consequences that could follow. We want to break the cycle, but who knows when that’s really going to work. I mean seriously?? We’ve been programmed and modified since birth to be what society told us to be. Do you really think that we are actually capable of breaking the cycle? I think we can make headway, but I also think that the people doing the brainwashing are too bloody smart to make a simple mistake like giving us free will. I mean some on. Think about it. We all think that we are unique and special. We all try different ways of standing out amongst the crowd of “wannabes”. We try new clothes, hairstyles, different makeup, new shoes, body piercing, and tattoos. It just seems like a way to make us pay for things. The more shit we buy, the more money they make. And face it, ours is a society largely based on material wealth. If we were smart, we would stop buying things, learn to live our own ways, and have our own type of freedom. Everyone seems to want that at some point in their lives, the freedom to do whatever we want with no repercussions. But we can’t because of the progression of the human race. Although it was inevitable, the rules we’ve made as a whole didn’t have to be so strict or harsh. We have, of course, made advancements and gotten rid of some of the rules. Things such as equal rights for women, and changes in the judicial system. These are advancements for the good of the whole. But there are things that just poison the whole. Things like us being told and brainwashed into thinking that “thin is in and pretty”. I mean when did starving yourself to the point of anorexia constitute as being “cool”?? That is one of the worst things that has happened. Self-worth and morale has practically been thrown out the window for the hope that “I could have a size 0 waist and I will be popular because I’m skinny and cute!” C’mon, really? If you go on some bad quick-and-slim diet, get skinny, and people begin to like you, they are not real friends. If they didn’t talk to you before you were skinny, then don’t hang with them. Things like these are what are killing our society as a whole, and taking us down fast. We need to wake up and realize what is happening to our world. During the movie Focus, one of the main characters, Larry, kept looking at himself in the mirror and fixing his glasses. I think he was doing this as a way of re-confirming where he was in life. I took the glasses as a symbol of his subconscious rebellion against the problems going on around him, the alienation, conformity, and racism. When he looked at himself and readjusted his glasses, it was like he was telling himself that if he stayed the same, didn’t change for anyone but himself, and if he fought the battle of conformity, he would be able to survive and continue on with the life he was now fighting for. He was someone who was trying to break the mold. As much as he didn’t want to, he was still fighting it. We all have a bit of that fighter in us; we just tend to not let it out as often as we should. We keep it locked away in a safe place where it won’t cause any disruptions. By doing this we are suppressing a part of ourselves, and that, my friends, is not healthy at all. We should be able to say what we want and not have to worry about having anyone talk behind our backs because of our views. I have heard a quote that is something I try to live by: “Some things can’t be unsaid, so say what you mean and don’t doubt it or apologize for it” Saying what you mean when you mean it is something that people should try to embrace more often. What happens if you ignore the fact that something is wrong and there is something you can do about it, and you choose to do nothing? That is something that should be stopped in its tracks. I know, as we all certainly do, that one person that we’ve seen at one point in our lives, that was never the most popular, or prettiest, the one that just wasn’t “cool”, and the one that was the most obvious target for bullying. And we’ve all stood by while that kid was getting bullied, and we all did nothing. Sure you don’t want to admit it now because you know you were wrong in not doing anything, but it always happens. This is because, even at a young age, we tend to form our little “groups” which often exclude others. This has to be stopped. It’s just not “cool” to cut someone out, call someone a name, or to degrade someone for who they are. You should never assume that you’re better then someone just because you look better, or you have more money, or your boyfriend is a football player. That’s just lame. So start to stand up. Question what you’re being told by your peers, the mediasand your friends. Make your own opinions and don’t cut others out because they don’t fit in. Don’t be stupid, be smart. | |
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| Nihilistic and Anarchistic beliefs compares to which would more | April 21, 2006, 11:09AM |
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Nihilism is a philosophical position that argues that the world, and especially human existence, is without meaning, purpose, truth, or essential value. Nihilists generally believe that God does not exist, traditional morality is false, and secular ethics are impossible; therefore, life has no meaning, and no action is preferable to any other. Nihilist’s will not believe in something for which there is no proof. Many attach these beliefs to anarchism, which is the destruction of government rule. Nihilism is deprived from the Latin word “nihil” which means ‘not anything.’ It is also well known as the Russian word ‘nigilism,’ which in associated with violence, revolution and terrorist acts was believed to lead to the assassination of Czar Alexander II by a group known by the name ‘Will of the People.’ Anarchism, derived from the Greek word avapxia which means ‘without archons’ is a political philosophy in which all forms of governments and social hierarchies are undesirable. The word ‘anarchy’, as most anarchists use it, does not mean chaos, nihilism, or anomie, but rather an anti-authoritarian society that is based on individualism and personal involvement. In place of authoritarian political structures and economic institutions, anarchists use social relations based upon mutual aid and self-governance. Anarchism was seen in earlier religious social and political movements, without claiming to be ‘anarchists.’ An example of this is Taoism from Ancient China, which became the state religion in China in 165 C.E. Ironically, the first use of anarchism in terms other than ‘chaos’ was Louis-Armand, Baron de Lahontan in his Nouveaux voyages dans l'Amérique septentrionale, where he described the native American culture, which had no law, government, or religion. We now know this to be a falsity While many people believe nihilism to be a neo-modernistic belief it has, in fact, a very rich and interesting history. This is most evident in the Russian nihilists in the 19th century. Due to the Industrial Revolution, Russia became a country containing vast differences, monetarily, between the classes. While the rich were very wealthy, many hard-working men and women were starving to death. The Russian government, being completely disconnected from their people due to their extreme wealth, tried to control the people as much as possible using violence and money. The Russian nihilist movement grew out of this. The Russian nihilists, at this time, were under the main ideal that the government needed to be destroyed for a better future. Here, the nihilists of that time contradict themselves. If nothing matters and no particular plan of action is preferable to the other, then why start a revolution? Many anarchists cite earlier religious, social, and political movements as inspirational and sometimes as embodying "anarchistic principles" even though they have not proclaimed themselves as anarchist. An example of this is Taoism from Ancient China. More recent groups that seemed to contribute to the present day ideal of ‘anarchism’ were the Anabaptists, whom believed law was not needed because everyman would do what was right in the face of God, and The Diggers, who were an economic activist group during the English Civil War. Nihilism’s ideals and beliefs are quite simple yet, at the same time complex do to their paradoxical nature. Yes, Nihilists believe in nothing. To them, there is no truth, reason, or point to live. Yet, even while stating these things, Nihilist groups have been known to be revolutionary and very militant. This leads us to the main and unavoidable paradox of Nihilism. If the Nihilists state that ‘there is no truth’ then that statement, in affect, can not be true. While, to many, this argument seems juvenile, it is strong. Therefore Nihilist’s must believe in at least one truth- that there is no truth. Unlike Nihilism, Anarchism can be a very detailed belief system. Anarchists, in general, are very strong individualists, believing everyone in the world should be self-reliant in order to destroy corruption and theft. Anarchists also belief that the environment is extremely valuable, and is not to be wasted. Recycling and conservation are very important to Anarchists. Anarchism also branches off religiously. There are some Christian Anarchist groups that belief God’s will will be carried out without the curroption and control of government. As stated before, Taoists are known to be Anarchists as well. Many present day Anarchist’s are also atheist, believing in no real higher power. In Conclusion, due to reasons such as adaptively in religion, lack of unreasonable paradoxes, and a strong and evident past, it has become throughout this paper increasingly obvious that Anarchism is much more likely to survive in today’s world. Nihilist’s beliefs are too unrooted, paradoxical, and uncentered to ever work in the present day world. While neither is likely to come about in a western society again, anarchy did have a short reign in Spain in 1936-1939. The Spanish workers unions banded together and defeated the Spanish Government. Instead of installing a ruler or government, Spain was under a state of working anarchy for three years before the soon to be ‘King’ Franco was installed as dictator, with help from France. | |
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| Anarchism definition. | April 19, 2006, 2:26AM |
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Some people, I have noticed, have had strong arguements over anarchism in the past. I have simply provided some definition to clear up what exactly it is and how it is theorized. Also provided is a source in which you can find these things. anarchism: Theory advocating society without coercive government. Coercion and authority, of which government is the principal expression, are rejected as incompatible with freedom and autonomy. Society should be held together by voluntary co-operation. Human nature is naturally collaborative and social, and with the removal of all forms of power and authority a natural harmony can emerge or be cultivated. Anarchists have normally been suspicious of large scale organization, and large scale industrial organization in particular, and have envisaged social life being conducted in small communities in which a variety of skills are cultivated both by individuals and within the community as a whole. Source: David Miller, Anarchism (London, 1984) anarcho-capitalism: Theory of unrestrained pursuit of economic self-interest. Anarcho-capitalism is the advocacy of an extreme blend of anarchism and free-market economics. Unlike anarchism, anarcho-capitalism assumes that individuals will naturally pursue their own self-interest. Unlike more mainstream advocacies of capitalist economics, anarcho-capitalism proposes doing away with government entirely and leaving all the functions normally carried out by the state, including law enforcement, to either individual or group voluntary action. Source: Murray Rothbard, Ethics of Liberty (Atlantic Highland, NJ, 1982) anarcho-syndicalism: Anarcho-syndicalism is the industrial version of anarchism, and the anarchist version of syndicalism. In industrial societies, the appropriate body to conduct revolutionary or transformative politics consists of workers organized around their industry, rather than their trade. Since social power is at root economic rather than political, power can therefore be seized at its root. Source: David Miller, Anarchism (London 1984) There. Un-bias definition. When given fact of somethings meaning in a certain context, mutual aid seems like a feasible reality does it not? Honetly I just want to see where this goes. More than likely nowhere. It's not here for people to be jumping down eachother's throats or irritation. Just, simple opinion and chat. | |
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| Segregation | April 12, 2006, 8:51PM |
by: untold truth |
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In today’s society we are bound and gagged by the ways we are told to live our lives. There is no real freedom to which we could fully enjoy ourselves. We are told that certain things are right and others are wrong and that these things are written in stone. We have religions telling us the rights and wrongs and how we should live our lives. The media tells us what’s right and wrong. We have no real freedom to speak of. Our self-expression is often wrong in the eyes of society and we are told to suppress it in hopes that, if we do it enough and can hold back from temptation, we can be accepted for who we pretend to be and will be loved by those we associate ourselves with. This is not something we should have to abide by, we should be able to express ourselves however we choose to, but we are told that we don’t have that right almost everyday of our lives. The basis of segregation is FEAR. No matter how hard you try to prove that it isn’t, it really is. It’s based on the fear of change in life, daily routine, job, basically everything. With that fear in your head, a lot of people would do silly things, just to keep everything the same. The fear that drives people is the thing that keeps things, such as segregation, and oppression, alive. Without that fear those things would most likely not exist, or at least be more toned down. Segregation seems to make us reassure, to ourselves, that we are right in our way of thinking. It also allows for the neglect of looking deeper into our problems. People encourage segregation, and use it as a tool to try and keep everyone on the same page about what is accepted and what isn’t. Segregation is a big part of our society, and it dates back centuries. It probably began with the segregation of man and woman, which then led to other things such as Blacks vs. the Whites, homosexuals vs. heterosexuals, and even to our schools in which the unpopular must try and fight their ways into the stream of the Popular or face social exile. For an example, just look at the witch trials held in earlier Europe. They happened around 1450 and continued on to the mid-18th century. A lot of people were killed because of other people’s fear of the unknown. An estimated amount of 40,000, with high estimates reaching as many as 100,000, people were exectued because of accusations made from people who were not, for many reasons, able to confront their fears. Witch trials were held all over Germany, England, Scotland, France, Italy, Scandinavia, Ireland, and Spain, although less pronounced in the last three countries. One of the most famous witch trials was in Salem, Massechusetts in 1692, in America. That isn’t as far away in time as some would like to think. 314 years, it may seem like a big number but it really isn’t. These people, women in particular, were murdered because of the mass fear that was circulating at them time. The fear about change in life, and control being lost to people who were different then the status quo. Others were just ordinary people who were sentenced to death just because. No real reason except that the people who were in control at the time were frightened that their control might get taken away and they couldn’t stand the fact that life might just change for the better, so they assumed all guilty as a “better safe then sorry” attitude. They fought to keep control and then began to manipulate people into thinking that people who were witches and warlocks were evil and therefore should be persecuted because of their beliefs. This kind of oppression is occuring now, (although not to the extreames of burnings at the stakes anymore,)a daily thing for people. With the amounts of daily confussion and oppression we go through its almost as if we are being gradually shaped and groomed to become the “perfect” society. Somewhat like Hitler’s ideals, that were not originally the worst ideas. He thought that the perfect society would be the best thing for his people, but then he went overboard and took his anger towards his past and out them into his plans for the future, which did not include Jews. We are being shaped to become the ideal society where there will be no opposition and we don’t think for ourselves anymore, where our choices are made for us and there’s no one who will think enough to complain about the situation. It’s a hard world in which we must learn to live in. A lot of people are forced to oppress their emotions for most of their lives. It is a strain that people shouldn’t have to deal with. Sexuality and self-realization are always being oppressed and shut down in fear that control would be lost and chaos would reign. Things such as homosexuality are shut out because it is wrong in the eyes of the Bible and religion forbids it. To me, religion is often used as a facade that people hide behind so they don’t have to deal with reality. By using the words of the Bible they are able to do things that they probably couldn’t do without it. They are able to say things and have “proof” that they are right in the eyes of God. Things like homosexuality are prohibited in the Bible, therefore it’s wrong. Although religion can be a good thing there are often serious downfalls to the logic of it all. Segregation also plays a big part in religion. The people who don’t believe are pushed out and considered outcasts by those who accept the religion. Again homosexuality, in the Christian faith and most likely others as well, is a cause for concern and exile. They try to tell you that God will accept you if you only change the way you feel. That, ladies and gentlemen, is easier said then done. It is hard for people to just get up and change what you feel. That’s like me asking someone to change how he or she feels about his or her religion, and me telling them it’s wrong. These things can be pushed down and you can be told to forget them, but you can never truly do it. Because they are still there, in your soul, telling you to speak out and let go of the burden your carrying. Although I’m not entirely knocking religion because people often need to have faith in something in order to go about their daily lives and live a “normal” life, I’m saying that it is often used for an advantage rather then true belief. Due to the fact that we are, in general, an extrinsic society that is blindly lead not to think for ourselves and to do what we are told to do, we get the issues of segregation (blacks/whites; males/females; gays/straight) that doesn’t help us to get over our fears and doesn’t even begin to help us broaden our horizons. Because of the “higher ups” in the world who dictate what we should think and how much freedom we are allowed, we follow like sheep to the “all knowing” Shepherd. We aren’t able to do certain things. In some countries you aren’t able to print what you want in the newspapers, it’s all controlled. In places, same-sex marriages can’t occur. Almost everyday of our lives we are told what to do, how to dress; act; speak; and even present ourselves to the world. I think that to move beyond our differences and to begin to be able to understand and accept our emotional inadequacies for what they are is going to be a huge step in the right direction. I may sound like a preacher of some sort, but by opening up to each other, dropping our guards, becoming vulnerable with each other, and creating the kind of intrinsic connections we all need is one of the best things someone can do. Once we allow people to come into our minds and hearts we can begin to understand each other and how we can function in a working society together. So instead of trying to find others to pin the blame on, try and figure out why your doing what your doing. And if you come up with an answer that’s flaky “she’s un-cool, he’s gay” try to figure out the deeper meaning. If it’s just because you were conditioned to say that, try and find the deeper meaning to what you’re doing. Don’t always do what others are doing, just because you want to fit in. Be you, think for yourself, and don’t die a sheep following the Shepherd. | |
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| Should Canada be officially bilingual? | April 12, 2006, 12:16AM |
 by: Drewman |
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Canada, stated in our charter of rights, is a bilingual country, but I don't see how it can be. French and english are Canada's official languages but out of 10 provinces and 3 territories, there is just one OFFICIAL bilingual province. Sounds kind of pathetic. The french language is cast aside and english is proved to be favourite language. We as a country should be ashamed of what we've become. We have no right to call ourselves bilingual if both languages are not being taught at an early age, where chinese is more fluent as a second language than french throughout the country. As a french immersion student in Nova Scotia (Study courses in french, rather than english) is forced to take English throughout High School, and the english students are not forced to take french throughout their high school years. This is discrimination, why should these students be subjected to this? Why are there less and less high school credits offered in french? It's because the government (provincial as well as federal) doesn't care about french immersion students in public high schools. We must obtain 9 french immersion courses to obtain our french certificate, and we only have a choice from 12. We have limited choices in what we take and are forced to study science courses as an arts(english) student or vice versa. The only way to properly study french, would be to attend a seperate school, where the Prerequisites of these schools are to have a direct family member (mom and/or dad) who is legally bilingual, to be allowed entrence into the school. As a student, isn't it my right to be able to study french and have the choices of good quality high school courses, rather than Droit(Law) or Biologie(Biology), no one stands up for us, the government doesn't try to recruit bilingual university students to go into teaching, and offer the high school students of today and the future a fighting chance to study what interests them. If it takes a raise in the teachers pay because they have the bilingual written on their resumés, well do it, for those wanting to become teachers, it'd give them a little added insentive to learn and master both english and french. Why as a student must we have to sacrafice and adapt to these horrid learning environments? Why should I have to suffer because the military budget needs all the money? Why can't teachers be praised and paid like doctors? They do just as an important job as the doctors do. Make the insentive to fight for what is our future and the future of students starting school, or finishing school and continuing on into post-secondary education. How can we be called a first world country when our school systems defy our right to be bilingual? If everyone had a basic understanding of the french language, rather than knowing what pizza toppings, cars, the environment, ect ect, but to be able to at least communicate and comprehend somewhat of the basics (ex; How do I find ....? or Can I use/borrow your ..... ect ect) and be able to allow the francophones from other countries to visit and not feel like aliens, then I'd be proud to say my country is bilingual. This does go for the people from Quebec who do not understand english, as well as the people from other provinces who do not understand french. | |
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| Self-Awareness | April 11, 2006, 2:49PM |
 by: Der_Todesengel |
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A Rant for the Masses By: Malakai Alexandre This generation of humans, or I should say “machines” are at an all time low. When I say machines, I mean exactly that. Fueled by blood, and a mind of false “self-awareness”. But what is true self-awareness? Self-awareness, being able to think for one self. To think without conforming to the government, to the standards of society, or to be like the regular crowd in fear of rejection. The world today is facing corruption. Drugs, sex, money and war. Every person is smoking weed or doing drugs because they think it’s “cool”, because they like the “feeling”. The feeling of becoming unaware of your mind? The feeling of becoming just another useless pawn in the conforming to society? Sex, the number one thing that comes to most people’s minds. Their animalistic behavior. Sex is supposed to be the ultimate sharing of passion and love. So when did this once beautiful thing become so corrupted, dirty, and ridden with disease? When the “female machines” decided it was okay to exploit their body for money, thus comes Prostitutes. As with the same. Sluts, the ones whom don’t ask for money and yet are still are exploiting themselves. When pornography was invented, a useless thing exploiting women and their bodies so male machines could have a private masturbation session while their wives weren’t at home, or sleeping. In today’s generation, sex has standards. How long and wide the male’s penis is, how skinny or fat the female is, how “thick” the female is, how large the woman’s breasts are. What ever happened to having sex for the benefit of love? Thus brings me to the topic of Teen Pregnancy. Females at a young age who become pregnant with their so called “boyfriend”, only to be thrown out like a piece of garbage when the man decides he wants nothing to do with the girl and her child, going on to the next girl. A piece of meat for the taking until something bad happens. Rape, although is a different story, a man who potentially rapes a woman and touches her without her permission is strictly wrong, thus resulting in a child. These offenders must be shot, killed and sodomized with a bowie knife. Anyone who physically abuses a female is just asking to get beat in the back of the head with a baseball bat. A man who hits a woman is no man at all. I see shows like Maury Povitch and Montel Williams, sometimes amusing to how stupid and hopeless the people featured act. But it is a sorry sight to see what the world is becoming. Such phrases as “you are not the father.” (said sixteen times on numerous different segments) ring in my mind and make me smirk, bringing me to the conclusion that a lot of women are sluts. Gay, Lesbian, and “Bisexuality” are at an all time high. The machines certainly do take pride in their same-sex contradictions. I believe love is love, and love who you love. But why for attention? Because the male or female machines think it to be “hot” or sexy to see two females or males kissing and doing other things? Because it may make you seem more popular? I find so many people these days exploring their sexuality for the wrong reasons, not for love, but for popularity and lust. Another note I’d like to make are the people who are overly sexual (more so moronic then anything) who make everything into a perverted joke, I mean sure one or two perverted jokes are okay, but there’s a limit. Girls who obsess over their own breasts or body. Males who claim to have the biggest penis in school, petty shit like that. Money brings greed, and greed brings lust. Money never will buy happiness, nor will it bring the “perfect woman/man”. Unless perhaps you are one of those useless people who look for money in their “potential partner” or many partners to indulge themselves. Inside they aren’t really happy, and guaranteed if you took away all their money they would be utterly devastated. To feel what it’s like to be poor or not so fortunate. In my mind, no woman or man is perfect, and flaws in people are what I look for. I typically look for people who are poor, middle class, or not so fortunate. I for one cannot stand rich people. There is no “perfect person”, regardless of what your religious beliefs are. Specifically Catholic/Christian beliefs, I am stating here and their tales of a perfect and clean woman fathering the “Son of God”. So now I come to the last and final section of this rant. The people who strive their hardest to be different. I’m not saying that just the “normal” part of life is at a loss. I say this equally about everyone. The people who refer to themselves as “freaks”. I’m talking about (excuse my labeling here.) Emo, Scene, Goth, etc. A lot of them are the same (and sadly to say younger then the age of eighteen, but I’ve seen some useless people in their adult years acting like a child). They listen to the same music, whine about how much they don’t get their way. They complain about who likes them and who doesn’t. It’s “such a heartbreak” when an older boy or girl doesn’t like them and then they go cut themselves and cry to Mommy about how much they want to die. Sure I’m a part of a few of the online “Gothic” communities, when there is nothing but stereotypical people looking for other stereotypical people to talk to. I am a part of these because it brings amusement and a smirk to my face when I see a little girl about the age of thirteen posting pictures of her cuts from last night from her horrid break-up. Although I have to say I also can’t stand the kinds of people on some of those sites who write in third person like a complete retard. Make it out to be like they’re some sort of goddess and they should be worshipped, or how great their insignificant other is (which probably only lasts about a week or two, heh.). Thus concludes this rant on Tuesday, April 11, 2006. I hope your day is well and you all don’t hate me to much. I just tell it how it is. Malakai | |
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| Conform To Us... | April 9, 2006, 5:02PM |
by: untold truth |
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I think that as society progresses we slowly sink into the pit of materialism and conformism. We want to feel safe so we choose to follow others and we try to compensate for our inefficiencies and inadequacies with material goods and wealth/status. Of course not everyone is obsessed with fitting in but a lot of the world (developed countries) is. People in developing countries, people who have nothing, are, I think, less likely to care about things like pimped out cars, and breast implants. They are more focused on things like food, shelter and water. We, as a society, I think, place material items on a high ladder. We try and press onto others that certain things are “in” and if you don’t own it you’re basically screwed, because you wont be cool since you aren’t/can’t buy the product that is being pushed down your throat. Without name brands like Nike and Sony, and their commercials, imprinting themselves into your brain and making kids whine about not having them we are slowly slipping down a dark tunnel that leads us nowhere but disaster. We buy clothes so we can fit in. We buy all the “right” things, shoes, earrings; We change our hair colours, styles, body weight and shape. We say certain things; we don’t say certain things. We are, it seems, always trying to fit in and impress. I guess we figure that its easier to fit in then to be different. To stand out takes courage these days. We all want to be liked but sometimes if you stand out you’re not going to be given the open arms you hoped for. Take homosexuals. They get ostracized because of their sexual orientation when really it should be no ones problem but their own because it’s a personal issue that doesn’t include anyone but their partners. They should have all the same rights as a straight person because the only difference is that they sleep with someone of their own sex. I mean…get over it already! They have been around for ages, dating back to even the Greeks who actually encouraged homosexuality, and greeted it with open arms. I think that we need to be able to accept everyone for who they are be it someone who’s black; white; yellow; tan; pale; blonde; brunette; redhead; tall; short; gay; straight; or even bisexual. If we never plan on being able to get along society is never really going to go past the point we are at now. Being “in” with society and the “popular” people is often people’s goal. They assume that if they can get in with the “cool” crowd they will have an easier life and they will be more liked. This, my friends, is not always the case, because the popular crowd is an extrinsic layer that is based on looks and status. We keep ourselves distant and apart when we choose, or it is chosen for us, to separate ourselves from each other and discriminate against those who wont “fit in” because of some small technicality. I think that if you are going to try and break through the barrier that society has given us then you are going to need a battering ram with a whole army behind you helping you to break down the wall of segregation. I also think that you should try to find out more information on products before you buy them so you aren’t just being a sheep and following the flock, you should be informed about the things you are going to have in your possession. That is the kind of thing that helps to break the wall down. You should also try and challenge things that society has/is throwing out at you. If you try and weigh the reasons why, you could figure out your own opinion on the topic instead of just bringing up regurgitated opinions. That way you can truly say you have your own opinion and you can make your own observation. | |
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| Public’s Perception of Normal | April 4, 2006, 4:10PM |
 by: Punk1989 |
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This is a really sensitive subject only because the majority of crowd’s all have a different perception of what should be normal and how they want to address this normality, some types of people don’t want to be normal and want to be individualists, while others want to fit into the crowd as best they can. Even the type of music we listen to dictates which category of people we are perceived to be in. There are many definitions of what ‘normal’ really is. One such definition is “Conforming with or constituting a norm or standard or level or type or social norm”. The Collins English Dictionary defines normal as “Usual; Common; Regular; Typical.” It also states that normal is “Conforming to the conventions of one’s group” which is the type of normal I am going to discuss in this article. Normalcy within a group is all a matter of the person’s perception and act of will to which they want to be viewed by the public. Each person, whether they admit to it or not, judge a person within first 5 seconds of meeting that person, and judges them to be ‘normal’ or ‘abnormal’. The individual’s morals and the type of person they are adds to this immediate judgment, and so the public’s perception of normal is the individual person’s perception of normal but amplified by the amount of people which share their views. Yet another false judgment that the public makes is that all people who are overweight are lazy, whereas some have medical conditions. Even if they do have a medical condition, they are likely to suffer snide remarks such as “Fat ass” or “Wide Load”, which may just push them further into a depression and force them further into an eating frenzy. In America, at the current time, 64.5% of Adults aged 20 years or older, are now obese, which is more than half, and yet this is still not viewed as the norm within the American culture. The British culture is not far behind, with 40% of British adults obese, which is nearly as many as underweight or averagely weighted people, and still they are viewed as social outcasts. There are many groups that are viewed as not being normal, Goths, Emos, Punks, Anarchists, Atheists and many more. Religion is another reason for you to be regarded as not normal, or in some views, unfit. Christianity: 2.1 billion Islam: 1.3 billion Secular/Nonreligious/Agnostic/Atheist: 1.1 billion Hinduism: 900 million Chinese traditional religion: 394 million Buddhism: 376 million Primal-indigenous: 300 million African Traditional & Diasporic: 100 million Sikhism: 23 million Juche: 19 million Spiritism: 15 million Judaism: 14 million Baha'i: 7 million Jainism: 4.2 million Shinto: 4 million Cao Dai: 4 million Zoroastrianism: 2.6 million Tenrikyo: 2 million Neo-Paganism: 1 million Unitarian-Universalism: 800 thousand Rastafarianism: 600 thousand Scientology: 500 thousand As clearly shown above, Christianity is clearly the most popular religion within the free world, and there is a major difference between the highest and second highest religion, 0.8 billion people. There are many different varied religions, and yet some people of one religion may not be able to accept some people of another religion. So, in relation to the article and to finish, the publics perception of normal is within the individual, a Goths perception of normal may different from an Anarchist’s perception of normal and vice versa. This was written by: Punk1989 | |
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