Sunday, December 23, 2012
Sandy Hook
And yes, another school shooting, and the gun nuts are out in full force with their standard responses
"Guns don't kill people, people do"
Really? they do? you mean the guns don't just jump into people's hands and yank their fingers onto the trigger? What a revelation! I guess all efforts to make sure everyone doesn't have 100 guns flying out of each of their asses are useless, because hey people kill people, not guns, and all we have to do is fix people right!
Idiots.
What would it take to convince these people? a pre school shot up? how about a maternity ward, bullets riddled through a group of newborns maybe?
But thats all well known. Let's talk bout another aspect, hypermasculinity and being humiliated as a cause for this kind of action.
If Im being honest, were there kids in high school I wish I could inflict horrible pain on because of being bullied by them? HELL YEA.
What are schools doing to curb that? If schools instead of stationing armed guards, had hot girls come and have sex with us geeks at that age, I think a huge part of the problem would be solved. We don't need armed guards, we need big tittied hotties, at every school.
If the shooter had gotten some poontang, would he have done what he did? Who knows. maybe, but less likely I think.
Here is another great article
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Legitimate Grape
Listen, while this statement is one of vile ignorance, there is something that everyone is missing.
While it's politically correct to lump all rape into the same act, unfortunately, in reality we know there are differences between a college girl that gets drunk and flirts heavily with a jock fratboy that ultimately ends up raping her, and a woman walking down the street, kidnapped at gunpoint, taken to a remote building, raped, and then thrown back on the street.
The analogy is this. Lets say, I have a million dollars, and I'm walking down the street, someone comes up to me, points a gun at me, and says, lets go to your bank and you will withdraw your million and give it to me. That is one kind of robbery.
Now lets say, I paste the money all over me, walk down the street and boast how rich I am, and flaunt it, of course I HAVE THE RIGHT to do it, and it doesn't JUSTIFY being robbed... but if I was robbed, whats the first thing that ANYONE in their logical mind would ask me: "Uhh why did you paste it on your body and walk around boasting it?"
Rape, Robbery, Assault, Murder, Arson, are all CRIMES. And no one is ever justified in doing them, thats why our legal system labels them as CRIMES. in all cases though, there are certain steps one can take to mitigate those from happening. Akin was likely alluding to those cases in which all mitigating steps were taken, and there is no way of interpreting any kind of invitation (not to get raped of course, but of any kind of sexual interest at all).
Now before the people clamor "how dare you? boo! blame the victim" just check out one of the geniuses of our time:
click here
Louis CK is a special person, however, I don't think he just happened to run into the ONLY woman in the entire world who thinks this way.
So, while it's PC to look at this in a clear black and white lens, lets try and expand our thinking, even if the person who's causing us to do so is a complete fool that doesn't know how to pick the right words when he speaks.
While it's politically correct to lump all rape into the same act, unfortunately, in reality we know there are differences between a college girl that gets drunk and flirts heavily with a jock fratboy that ultimately ends up raping her, and a woman walking down the street, kidnapped at gunpoint, taken to a remote building, raped, and then thrown back on the street.
The analogy is this. Lets say, I have a million dollars, and I'm walking down the street, someone comes up to me, points a gun at me, and says, lets go to your bank and you will withdraw your million and give it to me. That is one kind of robbery.
Now lets say, I paste the money all over me, walk down the street and boast how rich I am, and flaunt it, of course I HAVE THE RIGHT to do it, and it doesn't JUSTIFY being robbed... but if I was robbed, whats the first thing that ANYONE in their logical mind would ask me: "Uhh why did you paste it on your body and walk around boasting it?"
Rape, Robbery, Assault, Murder, Arson, are all CRIMES. And no one is ever justified in doing them, thats why our legal system labels them as CRIMES. in all cases though, there are certain steps one can take to mitigate those from happening. Akin was likely alluding to those cases in which all mitigating steps were taken, and there is no way of interpreting any kind of invitation (not to get raped of course, but of any kind of sexual interest at all).
Now before the people clamor "how dare you? boo! blame the victim" just check out one of the geniuses of our time:
click here
Louis CK is a special person, however, I don't think he just happened to run into the ONLY woman in the entire world who thinks this way.
So, while it's PC to look at this in a clear black and white lens, lets try and expand our thinking, even if the person who's causing us to do so is a complete fool that doesn't know how to pick the right words when he speaks.
Thursday, August 2, 2012
HMF is back BABY
I've decided to come out of hibernation for something very important.
I'm going to say something that's on everyone's mind, but no one will actually say out loud.
It's been on my mind, and it involves something surrounding the Aurora Dark Knight Rises shooting.
But in particular this story:
Let me be the first to say, I thought this event was horrible, and if it doesn't make the lawmakers in this country think about changing the gun and ammunition laws to make it harder for nutcases like this to amount arsenals strong enough to take Cleveland in a weekend, then they are the true heartless among us.
No, the question I'm asking is: Is female life more precious than male life?
Understand, I have NO problem with anyone jumping in front of anyone to save their life, what any of us would do in a situation where we have fractions of seconds to decide is a difficult thing to "project" we will just act without thinking.
But - story after story about how these heroic boyfriends jumped in front of their girlfriends to save them, leads me to ask - is this what women subconsciously want from the guys they are with? That if push came to shove, they would put their woman's life above their own?
We've all heard stories of "women and children" being saved first on the Titanic, or how about when news reports talk about people being killed in a tragedy and then tack on, "including 15 women and children"
I'm asking a serious question here about our society and the media that shoots information directly into our consciousness:
Is a male's life worth less than a woman's?
And the underlying takeaway, from this incident I get is clear: if you're a male, your life is not as valuable as a woman's.
Now, some may say, "Well, women have the capacity to give birth, so their value is clearly higher"
Last I checked though, a woman can't generate a baby on her own. Why is one part of the process valued higher ?
Wouldn't it be equally heroic if a woman jumped in front of her boyfriend to save his life ?
Or, the other question to ask, if a boyfriend didn't instinctively jump on his girlfriend to save her life, risking his own, does that make him instantly a horrible person - if he thought of his own life and safety first ?
Saturday, March 20, 2010
The walmart racial statement case
That's right folks. I'm out of the wood work, and better than before. Trying to change the world one person at a time.
My phoenix like resurrection is concerning this little tidbit :
http://www.nj.com/newsflash/index.ssf?/base/national-112/1269076164166250.xml&storylist=jersey
I think people are clearly missing the point when it comes to the walmart case of someone saying "All black people please leave the store."
People look at this and say "Look! See how much the world hasn't changed, there's no progress, there's no racial unity, we still are a divisive society."
And I say that's nonsense. Understand this, whoever did this, whether he's an employee, a customer, a insurgent racist sent from wherever these people congregate and dispatch their minions to disrupt shopping, he's obviously committed to his craft of causing racial turmoil and expressing racist views... HOWEVER, I contend, 10 years ago, he would have had no problem saying
"Attention walmart customers, would all the f*cking n*gg*rs get out of here"
Yet, he filtered himself to say 'black people' - so lets celebrate this! It's progress.
My phoenix like resurrection is concerning this little tidbit :
http://www.nj.com/newsflash/index.ssf?/base/national-112/1269076164166250.xml&storylist=jersey
I think people are clearly missing the point when it comes to the walmart case of someone saying "All black people please leave the store."
People look at this and say "Look! See how much the world hasn't changed, there's no progress, there's no racial unity, we still are a divisive society."
And I say that's nonsense. Understand this, whoever did this, whether he's an employee, a customer, a insurgent racist sent from wherever these people congregate and dispatch their minions to disrupt shopping, he's obviously committed to his craft of causing racial turmoil and expressing racist views... HOWEVER, I contend, 10 years ago, he would have had no problem saying
"Attention walmart customers, would all the f*cking n*gg*rs get out of here"
Yet, he filtered himself to say 'black people' - so lets celebrate this! It's progress.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Shout out to AK
Hey AK, if you're still out there. Here's a shout out to you.
If there's one chick I miss from the SM days, it's you.
If there's one chick I miss from the SM days, it's you.
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Cognitive Dissonance
Cognitive Dissonance.
Here is an interesting principle, cognitive dissonance, it's the recognition of two contradictory perceptions, and it usually yields to amending one of the perceptions to become more resonant with the other. The perception that is amended is usually the subordinate of the two.
A very common example, buyer's remorse: Most people have the perception that their purchasing decisions are prudent, wise, and well thought out. Hence, when they spent large amounts of money on something that doesn't yield immediate value, they begin to artificially "bump up" the value of that thing, in order to avoid the dissonance with the stronger perception: I'm a wise purchaser.
Another example is investor strategy and loss. People believe they are wise stock investors, so they put money into a stock, it goes down, and they put more, and repeat the process - all because there's an underlying belief they are good investors, and the stock will eventually turn up. But what ends up happening? either you cut your losses, or go down with the ship.
There is a direct parallel here with women, and their choice of men. While it's clear society privileges women to choose their mates, it implies to most women they are innately better selectors (ie men are superficial, only care about looks, women are more mature, and choose based on personality!) This makes women convince themselves they are great selectors of the men they choose to have in their lives, so much that it becomes a firmly rooted principle.
Therefore, when guys treat them poorly, or is a general prick, they bump up their value, as it resolves the cognitive dissonance with the underlying principle they already have: I'm a smart chooser. Ultimately of course, it's the women that suffer by clinging to the belief they are "good selectors" - and sadly many go down with the ship.
Whats the solution?
It all comes back to equality really. If women actually work to erase the outdated gender model that they are "selectors" and it's the man's job to "chase" them, then *they* will ultimately benefit as they won't be constantly reinforcing to themselves they are "good" at mate selection, and perverting reality in their own minds, in order to avoid the cognitive dissonance.
A societal pressure for men to approach, and be more 'pro-active', has a flip-side:
A society that pressures women to be constant receivers of that information, and by extension, skilled evaluators - which evidence clearly states, they are not. So for their own good, women must actively choose to believe in equality thoroughly and completely, without exceptions and selectivity many normally apply.
*as a side note, if history is any guide, you can never convince ANYONE to undergo a course of action because it's morally correct (ie. pursue a just cause for equality, for equalities sake), rather you have to show how a course of action ( no matter how correct it is, in *principle*), will directly benefit THEM.
And there you go.
Here is an interesting principle, cognitive dissonance, it's the recognition of two contradictory perceptions, and it usually yields to amending one of the perceptions to become more resonant with the other. The perception that is amended is usually the subordinate of the two.
A very common example, buyer's remorse: Most people have the perception that their purchasing decisions are prudent, wise, and well thought out. Hence, when they spent large amounts of money on something that doesn't yield immediate value, they begin to artificially "bump up" the value of that thing, in order to avoid the dissonance with the stronger perception: I'm a wise purchaser.
Another example is investor strategy and loss. People believe they are wise stock investors, so they put money into a stock, it goes down, and they put more, and repeat the process - all because there's an underlying belief they are good investors, and the stock will eventually turn up. But what ends up happening? either you cut your losses, or go down with the ship.
There is a direct parallel here with women, and their choice of men. While it's clear society privileges women to choose their mates, it implies to most women they are innately better selectors (ie men are superficial, only care about looks, women are more mature, and choose based on personality!) This makes women convince themselves they are great selectors of the men they choose to have in their lives, so much that it becomes a firmly rooted principle.
Therefore, when guys treat them poorly, or is a general prick, they bump up their value, as it resolves the cognitive dissonance with the underlying principle they already have: I'm a smart chooser. Ultimately of course, it's the women that suffer by clinging to the belief they are "good selectors" - and sadly many go down with the ship.
Whats the solution?
It all comes back to equality really. If women actually work to erase the outdated gender model that they are "selectors" and it's the man's job to "chase" them, then *they* will ultimately benefit as they won't be constantly reinforcing to themselves they are "good" at mate selection, and perverting reality in their own minds, in order to avoid the cognitive dissonance.
A societal pressure for men to approach, and be more 'pro-active', has a flip-side:
A society that pressures women to be constant receivers of that information, and by extension, skilled evaluators - which evidence clearly states, they are not. So for their own good, women must actively choose to believe in equality thoroughly and completely, without exceptions and selectivity many normally apply.
*as a side note, if history is any guide, you can never convince ANYONE to undergo a course of action because it's morally correct (ie. pursue a just cause for equality, for equalities sake), rather you have to show how a course of action ( no matter how correct it is, in *principle*), will directly benefit THEM.
And there you go.
Monday, August 31, 2009
Saturday, August 15, 2009
A confessional - justice
I felt a little bad doing this, but finally I did it.
At a public library computer some desi girl left her email logged in, and I found she applied for a job. The guy who wrote her back said something like
"every time I come into the bank you have such a great smile, and that gives me a great smile"
so I wrote him back (As her)
"If I get the job, you'll walk away with more than just a big smile. if you know what I mean. hint hint, call or write xoxox"
Then I clicked send. I felt a little bad, then I checked this girl on facebook, and saw her picture. a total hottie, probably reaped off the fat of the land for a good while now - gaining favors, free meals, extra attention, telling good guys to f*ck off just based on their looks - so this small amount of justice was deserved. Heck who knows, maybe she was thinking that all the way, did her deed and now has the job!
Maybe I did her a favor! that would be the ultimate irony.
At a public library computer some desi girl left her email logged in, and I found she applied for a job. The guy who wrote her back said something like
"every time I come into the bank you have such a great smile, and that gives me a great smile"
so I wrote him back (As her)
"If I get the job, you'll walk away with more than just a big smile. if you know what I mean. hint hint, call or write xoxox"
Then I clicked send. I felt a little bad, then I checked this girl on facebook, and saw her picture. a total hottie, probably reaped off the fat of the land for a good while now - gaining favors, free meals, extra attention, telling good guys to f*ck off just based on their looks - so this small amount of justice was deserved. Heck who knows, maybe she was thinking that all the way, did her deed and now has the job!
Maybe I did her a favor! that would be the ultimate irony.
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
a wake up call.
If this isn't a wake up call to push for a society that treats men and women equal.. I don't know what is.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090805/ap_on_re_us/us_health_club_shooting
Now I know what you're thinking.. "This guy is sick! he's a lunatic! he's a ... whatever" and yes, anyone who's willing to take their own life, and that of others, certainly is all of those things... but look what got him there...
a society that positions women in such a point of power, where a guy feels he has to take a gun to match that power.
This should be a wake up call. Now instead of arguing with me, how about we try and figure something out to stop this sorta thing.. hmmm?
By the way, I'm sure what this guy certainly did NOT need, was women telling him 'ugh you're so bitter , you're just angry, you're just this, you're just that!"
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090805/ap_on_re_us/us_health_club_shooting
Now I know what you're thinking.. "This guy is sick! he's a lunatic! he's a ... whatever" and yes, anyone who's willing to take their own life, and that of others, certainly is all of those things... but look what got him there...
a society that positions women in such a point of power, where a guy feels he has to take a gun to match that power.
This should be a wake up call. Now instead of arguing with me, how about we try and figure something out to stop this sorta thing.. hmmm?
By the way, I'm sure what this guy certainly did NOT need, was women telling him 'ugh you're so bitter , you're just angry, you're just this, you're just that!"
Thursday, July 30, 2009
for minority success in politics and public spheres...
A few things have to happen
1. A white person has to fuck up MAJORLY. I mean so majorly, like almost bankrupting the country.
2. Another group of whites have to want to look like they are "true liberals" and believe in "true racial equality" and get
behind that minority.
3. The minority has to have *some* appeal to white america, in some way shape or form. Even Obama falls under this category.
1. A white person has to fuck up MAJORLY. I mean so majorly, like almost bankrupting the country.
2. Another group of whites have to want to look like they are "true liberals" and believe in "true racial equality" and get
behind that minority.
3. The minority has to have *some* appeal to white america, in some way shape or form. Even Obama falls under this category.
Monday, July 20, 2009
Oh. and the best one.
First they ignore you… ( no one responds at SM )
then they laugh at you… ( object of mockery at SM )
then they fight you … (banned from SM, deal with punks like 'pot meet kettle')
then you win … (stay tuned - one day, males and females will be treated equal in this society)
then they laugh at you… ( object of mockery at SM )
then they fight you … (banned from SM, deal with punks like 'pot meet kettle')
then you win … (stay tuned - one day, males and females will be treated equal in this society)
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Some great quotes.
"Great spirits have always encountered violent oppostion from mediocre minds."
-Albert Einstein
"He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it."
-Martin Luther King, Jr.
"Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth. "
-M.K Gandhi.
So. the quest for true equality between men and women is ongoing.
-Albert Einstein
"He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it."
-Martin Luther King, Jr.
"Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth. "
-M.K Gandhi.
So. the quest for true equality between men and women is ongoing.
Friday, July 10, 2009
Obama's "staring" at a girls ass.
So the fuck what?
This article clears him of it:
http://buzz.yahoo.com/buzzlog/92794/?fp=1
Anyway, this just illustrates white privilege in the earnest. Bush or Clinton could've fucking grabbed the girl's ass and it would've just been written off as the frat boy acting up.
Anyway, lets move on to the actual girl. First of all, she probably enjoys having her ass stared at, why else would she even wear a dress like that?
I find it interesting that women enjoy using their sexuality to their advantage but then cry foul when men actually respond to it. You can't meter when and where your sexuality gets used, if you "flaunt" it, don't be surprised when it actually takes effect!
This article clears him of it:
http://buzz.yahoo.com/buzzlog/92794/?fp=1
Anyway, this just illustrates white privilege in the earnest. Bush or Clinton could've fucking grabbed the girl's ass and it would've just been written off as the frat boy acting up.
Anyway, lets move on to the actual girl. First of all, she probably enjoys having her ass stared at, why else would she even wear a dress like that?
I find it interesting that women enjoy using their sexuality to their advantage but then cry foul when men actually respond to it. You can't meter when and where your sexuality gets used, if you "flaunt" it, don't be surprised when it actually takes effect!
Friday, March 6, 2009
An open call to all detractors
I am temporarily lifting the comment moderation, in the off chance that anyone is reading this, I'd like to ask all a question.
many people from SepiaMutiny have said that there were multiple calls for me to be banned, well, you all got your wish, they thoroughly dislike me over there, if a klan member wanted to do a post, they'd probably allow that over allowing me back on.
But I invite you to come here and share if you actually did send SM a letter urging my post. They said many people did, I want to hear from you.
many people from SepiaMutiny have said that there were multiple calls for me to be banned, well, you all got your wish, they thoroughly dislike me over there, if a klan member wanted to do a post, they'd probably allow that over allowing me back on.
But I invite you to come here and share if you actually did send SM a letter urging my post. They said many people did, I want to hear from you.
Monday, March 2, 2009
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Sad, but true.
Yet another reason, why beautiful women are quite possibly the dumbest creatures to exist on the planet.
How does one go from this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-pTRf-hw0g
to this?
http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0,28383,25122056-10388,00.html
Thank you, it's just sad but true.
How does one go from this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-pTRf-hw0g
to this?
http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0,28383,25122056-10388,00.html
Thank you, it's just sad but true.
Friday, February 13, 2009
F**K Valentine's Day.
F#@^K Valentine's Day.
There, thats the title all you people expected. but this post isn't about valentine's day or why I hate it, really. I'm pretty much indifferent to valentine's day, my problem is with any kind of social order that tells me I *have* to do something , on *THAT* particular day, and if I don't I'm a bad mate. To me, Valentine's day has the position of the SATs, as part of a college application. How in the world can you reduce 4 years of high school study, extra curriculars, and other activities to a single test score, taken on a single day of heightened scrutiny, and pressure?
In the same way, how can my entire worth be reduced to my actions on one day, that's been hyper commercialized ad nauseum. I won't even get into the argument that this holiday is rooted in western society, from middle ages, and the concept of "courtly love." A time period which, if the men were to ask women to hold THEIR end of the bargain, they would cry sexism before the.. you know what comes you know where.
St. Valentine had nothing to do with romance, love or anything even remotely close to it.
And never mind how it's just commercialized into bullshit fear, where if you don't get a girl a rose, a card, or take her to dinner, or any other crap like that you're just put into a state of FEAR.
But this post is about events that have transpired in the weeks before valentines day, and a protest avalentineforindia.blogspot.com"
I had read their postings, and posted a suggestion that they change the name, for their own benefit, and ability to connect with the silent majority within the country.
Some ridiculously misguided, anonymous prick, responded with (I'm eliminating some of the post):
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Modern democracy, personal freedom, adult franchise, written constitution, scientific enquiry- all are ideas that came to us, at least in the recent times, from the west.
Our founding fathers, when debating our constitution in the Constituent Assembly were willing to adopt these. There was no cry against these being western. The first 4 words of our constitution, and in my opinion the most magical, the most powerful ones- are a straight lift from the US constitution that was written 250 years before ours.
In the globalized world, we live in a global culture- it is inevitable and in my view desirable that cultural streams would mix and amalgamate. There is no difference between you- the so called moderate who would rather maintain the status quo because change makes him uncomfortable and the extremist fundamentalist who uses violence to force people to his views. In fact it is people of your ilk, the neo conservatives (if you prefer)who provide the seed bed for extremists to develop and provide them with the intellectual and philosophical sustenance.
Step out of your shell- do not only tolerate the difference in the other but celebrate it. You don't have to like what the other
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Now, I answered back, defending myself against this attack, as person should be allowed to do. The post was deleted and I was met with "you can't pee all over our blog" I actually saw myself as cleaning up the pee.
But fine, I stopped expecting unbiased treatment in the blogosphere, so I respectfully asked MANY times for the post (the original post) to be deleted, as I couldn't respond, there was no point in having it up there in the first place. And this request was repeatedly ignored, and I was assured by the blog moderator, the reason for being ignored was the impending protest and the time necessary to spend in preparation. Yes, ok I understand that.
Yet, the requests for deletion were deleted! How much more time does it take to delete the actual post I want eliminated? but they deleted my REQUESTS but nothing else.
Tell me please, how much sense does this make, if they are taking the time to delete my request of deletion... WHY NOT JUST DELETE THE ORIGINAL POST?!?!
It's the height of absurdity, but I guess salivating at the expectation of roses and chocolates could make a person all cooky.
But since I'm not allowed to respond there, I shall respond here:
Modern democracy, personal freedom, adult franchise, written constitution, scientific enquiry- all are ideas that came to us, at least in the recent times, from the west.
American/modern democracy, while it does have some roots in the thoughts of Thomas Paine and other "founding fathers," really had no operational precedent in any part of Europe, which was entirely monarchies. Rather, the first European invaders and squatters, drew upon the Native Americans form of government, most prominently, through the Iroquois League:
http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/CULAMRCA/IRLEAGUE.HTM
It was this entity that eventually became the foundation for the US Constitution.
But even so, lets say for arguments sake that India owes the west, in particular, the United States for its democratic ideals. What does this have to do with importing American/Western views on courtship and courtly love? Absolutely none. All it does, is propagate a continued unequal positioning of men and women, one that both men and women should be fighting to erase, if we all want the equality that we say we do.
"There is no difference between you- the so called moderate who would rather maintain the status quo because change makes him uncomfortable and the extremist fundamentalist who uses violence to force people to his views"
Uhh. No in fact that's the entire reason for calling someone a "moderate" is that they do not resort to violence, but believe their viewpoint is one worth merit. Is everyone that is pro-abortion, want to just fuck repeatedly until they die? Is everyone anti-abortion going to blow up a clinic? It's ironic that you make a point like this and then immediately ask me to :
" Step out of your shell- do not only tolerate the difference in the other but celebrate it. "
No, how about you step out of your shell, and stop thinking everything out of the west is inherently better and more fair. I've already shown you how Valentine's Day is rooted simply INEQUALITY, positioning men and women as inherently different. You can't retain a segment of that thought process, and want to eliminate the rest. It's called being selective, and ultimately it's hypocritical.
But I understand that men have to go along with female hypocrisy if we are to ever get any poontang. So I don't blame you for what you think.
There, thats the title all you people expected. but this post isn't about valentine's day or why I hate it, really. I'm pretty much indifferent to valentine's day, my problem is with any kind of social order that tells me I *have* to do something , on *THAT* particular day, and if I don't I'm a bad mate. To me, Valentine's day has the position of the SATs, as part of a college application. How in the world can you reduce 4 years of high school study, extra curriculars, and other activities to a single test score, taken on a single day of heightened scrutiny, and pressure?
In the same way, how can my entire worth be reduced to my actions on one day, that's been hyper commercialized ad nauseum. I won't even get into the argument that this holiday is rooted in western society, from middle ages, and the concept of "courtly love." A time period which, if the men were to ask women to hold THEIR end of the bargain, they would cry sexism before the.. you know what comes you know where.
St. Valentine had nothing to do with romance, love or anything even remotely close to it.
And never mind how it's just commercialized into bullshit fear, where if you don't get a girl a rose, a card, or take her to dinner, or any other crap like that you're just put into a state of FEAR.
But this post is about events that have transpired in the weeks before valentines day, and a protest avalentineforindia.blogspot.com"
I had read their postings, and posted a suggestion that they change the name, for their own benefit, and ability to connect with the silent majority within the country.
Some ridiculously misguided, anonymous prick, responded with (I'm eliminating some of the post):
--------------------------------
Modern democracy, personal freedom, adult franchise, written constitution, scientific enquiry- all are ideas that came to us, at least in the recent times, from the west.
Our founding fathers, when debating our constitution in the Constituent Assembly were willing to adopt these. There was no cry against these being western. The first 4 words of our constitution, and in my opinion the most magical, the most powerful ones- are a straight lift from the US constitution that was written 250 years before ours.
In the globalized world, we live in a global culture- it is inevitable and in my view desirable that cultural streams would mix and amalgamate. There is no difference between you- the so called moderate who would rather maintain the status quo because change makes him uncomfortable and the extremist fundamentalist who uses violence to force people to his views. In fact it is people of your ilk, the neo conservatives (if you prefer)who provide the seed bed for extremists to develop and provide them with the intellectual and philosophical sustenance.
Step out of your shell- do not only tolerate the difference in the other but celebrate it. You don't have to like what the other
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Now, I answered back, defending myself against this attack, as person should be allowed to do. The post was deleted and I was met with "you can't pee all over our blog" I actually saw myself as cleaning up the pee.
But fine, I stopped expecting unbiased treatment in the blogosphere, so I respectfully asked MANY times for the post (the original post) to be deleted, as I couldn't respond, there was no point in having it up there in the first place. And this request was repeatedly ignored, and I was assured by the blog moderator, the reason for being ignored was the impending protest and the time necessary to spend in preparation. Yes, ok I understand that.
Yet, the requests for deletion were deleted! How much more time does it take to delete the actual post I want eliminated? but they deleted my REQUESTS but nothing else.
Tell me please, how much sense does this make, if they are taking the time to delete my request of deletion... WHY NOT JUST DELETE THE ORIGINAL POST?!?!
It's the height of absurdity, but I guess salivating at the expectation of roses and chocolates could make a person all cooky.
But since I'm not allowed to respond there, I shall respond here:
Modern democracy, personal freedom, adult franchise, written constitution, scientific enquiry- all are ideas that came to us, at least in the recent times, from the west.
American/modern democracy, while it does have some roots in the thoughts of Thomas Paine and other "founding fathers," really had no operational precedent in any part of Europe, which was entirely monarchies. Rather, the first European invaders and squatters, drew upon the Native Americans form of government, most prominently, through the Iroquois League:
http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/CULAMRCA/IRLEAGUE.HTM
It was this entity that eventually became the foundation for the US Constitution.
But even so, lets say for arguments sake that India owes the west, in particular, the United States for its democratic ideals. What does this have to do with importing American/Western views on courtship and courtly love? Absolutely none. All it does, is propagate a continued unequal positioning of men and women, one that both men and women should be fighting to erase, if we all want the equality that we say we do.
"There is no difference between you- the so called moderate who would rather maintain the status quo because change makes him uncomfortable and the extremist fundamentalist who uses violence to force people to his views"
Uhh. No in fact that's the entire reason for calling someone a "moderate" is that they do not resort to violence, but believe their viewpoint is one worth merit. Is everyone that is pro-abortion, want to just fuck repeatedly until they die? Is everyone anti-abortion going to blow up a clinic? It's ironic that you make a point like this and then immediately ask me to :
" Step out of your shell- do not only tolerate the difference in the other but celebrate it. "
No, how about you step out of your shell, and stop thinking everything out of the west is inherently better and more fair. I've already shown you how Valentine's Day is rooted simply INEQUALITY, positioning men and women as inherently different. You can't retain a segment of that thought process, and want to eliminate the rest. It's called being selective, and ultimately it's hypocritical.
But I understand that men have to go along with female hypocrisy if we are to ever get any poontang. So I don't blame you for what you think.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
are you f*cking kidding me?
are yoU FUCKing kidding me?
Nip Tuck, they have an indian character.... and he wants to have his DICK enlarged.. and then have his SON do it?
what the MOTHER FUCK?!?!
Nip Tuck, they have an indian character.... and he wants to have his DICK enlarged.. and then have his SON do it?
what the MOTHER FUCK?!?!
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Changes
Alright. There's gonna be some changes around here.
Only blog members can comment. I'm sick of this anonymous shit.
I'm going to be more open minded to try and understand opposing points of view.
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