Obruo

Check out the post over at violentacres– V is absolutely correct, the war on drugs, euthanasia, et all are absolutely bullshit.  This is my greatest pet peeve, it makes me god damned angry, what right does anyone but me have to determine what i should or shouldn’t be trusted with putting in my body?  Why does someone other than me get to decide that it’s not okay for me to kill myself?  Why does someone other than me get to decide anything about what I do with my own life and body?  They shouldn’t.  What really pisses me off is I get no say on what the money I contribute to the government is used for… I especially dislike the fact that they’re using my money to keep drug addicts in jail… over 700k drug arrests with jail time last I checked and with minimum sentencing guidelines… a lot of those people aren’t going to get out of jail until I’ve been dead for many years… and thousands and thousands of dollars of *MY* money getting used to keep a non-violent offender in jail… That’s supreme bullshit.  Lets not forget the time the police waste hunting them down, the court costs, the cost of appeals, the cost of a state appointed attorney, etc… it all adds up to a whopping load of utter crap.  Dump that money into education, health care, shelters for the poor, social security– damn near anything would be a better place to spend the money… or hell, here’s a crazy idea, just let us keep some of our damn money that’s being wasted.   It’s just such an absolute load of crap… more damage has been done by prohibition (call the drug war whatever you like, but that’s all it is– prohibition.) than it has ever even come close to preventing.  The sooner we’re treated like adults who can responsibly control what they do with their own being when it isn’t infringing on the rights of someone else to do the same… the better off we’ll be as a society.

… YTMND, but well worth watching especially if you remember the original “We didn’t start the fire” by Billy Joel

I’ll toss the lyrics here too for the curious:
We didn’t start this Website (by: NeomatrixCTL & Freedrosie)

Harry Potter, Domo-Kun, Ridge Racer, Sailor Moon,
Stephen Colbert, Captain Picard, Attack of the Show.
Technologic, Curb Stomp, New Orleans, Falling Thwomp,
Bell Peppers, Brian Peppers, Myspace is Emo!

Captain Kirk, Oh Snap, Bill Cosby, It’s a Trap,
Connery, O RLY?, Katamari Damacy,
Cuppycake Gumdrop, Spinnaz never gonna stop,
Butterfinger, Lex Luthor, Screw YOU Scientology!

We didn’t start this Website,
It was always twisted,
Since the site’s existed,
We didn’t start this Website,
No we didn’t code it,
But we’re gonna vote it!

Had one weakness, Third Reich, Zelda, Nigga stole my bike,
Lindsay Lohan, Sonic, Hassan, NEDM,
Joshcube, Camping noob, Internet’s a big tube,
Hax, Max, Horsedick, Stapler, Tiny Tim!

What is Love, Dew Army, Safety isn’t guarenteed,
VinnyWeapons, CloudSong, Mastersitsu, Donkey Kong,
Conan, Cyberman, AsiaCopter, GMan,
Dinghis Kahn, Pokemon, People raiding eBaum!

We didn’t start the Website,
Though we didn’t start it,
Made it look retarded,
We didn’t start this Website,
No we’re not the smartest,
But We’re still called artists!

Willy Wonka, Virgin Nerd, Didn’t say the magic word,
Best day ever, Michael Moor, Holy crap a Dinosaur,
Spiderman, Barrel Roll, Batman Stares into your soul,
Had it with these F’n snakes, Punch the keys for gods sake!

Darth Vader, Bill Nye, Razor Gator, Homer, Pi,
Lazy Town, Gay Fuel Pride, Syncan’s gonna break my stride,
Eon8, Soylent Green, Never ending ball machine,
Shoe on Head, Violin, Stingray killed Steve Irwin!

We didn’t start the website,
We may be inventive,
But we’re not attentive,
We didn’t start the website,
No we didn’t make it,
But we’re here to break it!

PS3 vs Wii, 64 and DBZ, Russia, A-Ha, World of Warcraft drama,
Very Greedy Sea Gull, Chunk is Indestructible, Burger King,
Racial Slur, Pranking Telemarketer, Chuck Norris, Chocolate,
Jesus and a Fishbiscuit, Kool-Aid, not Afraid, Dr.Leet is getting laid!

We didn’t star the Website,
They may call us losers,
but there’s lots of users,
We didn’t start this website,
Much more than a blog,
Cause we’re the men now dog,
now dog (repeat)

Edit: The history and CORRECT lyrics ;) … Unfortunately this site didn’t exist when I sat down and listened to this three thousand fucking times :P

Those of you who know me fairly well know I have no real problem with religion in and of itself, I do however have a problem at times with the way some people present themselves, especially to children who aren’t theirs.

I read a really interesting story about a high school student exposing a teacher lying about some biblical statements he made in a public school classroom, the entire recording of the class is at the bottom of the page.  After listening to it… wow.  None of my teachers, even those with *VERY* strongly held religious beliefs *EVER* did anything like that… and if they had I’d have done all in my power to have them removed as a teacher, no one has the right to inflict that on someone else’s children.  It’s both ethically and morally wrong in the extreme, not to mention a massive abuse of power.

Sick stuff in the extremes… scary.

I just read a post on the NYT site that I felt I had to comment a bit on. Basically a palestinian contemporary art museum in Tehran opened a “holocust” (their pun not mine) exhibit, lampooning the holocaust (and most western culture too.) The basic premise behind the exhibit is the intent to expose western hypocrisy for invoking freedom of religious expression about the cartoons of muhammad while they condemmed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for saying the holocaust was a myth (Interestingly enough in some parts of europe that is highly illegal, but that’s beside the point.) The general feel I get reading the article and looking around on the net is that the curators feel that they are going to get some massive reaction to this, much like happened in the muslim world when the cartoons of the prophet came out.

Probally not.

Let me give you an example… You could make an animated movie of all the major religious figures from history (Jesus, Muhammad, God, Buddah, Kali, etc…) involved in one big ass orgy and 90% of the world would go “mm…kay, that’s tasteless and whoever thought that gem up is a sick bastage.” and in the “western world” at least you’d largely see nothing at all happen… a few of the big religious organisations would make a stink in the news, you’d get a few people walking around the creators house protesting for a few weeks, and the polticans of course would eat it up like candy and try to make some pr spin out of it to benefit their campaign for the next election. In a few days/weeks/months, it’d be history and no one would much think anything of it anymore. Even in the far east you wouldn’t see a tremendous response from the opinions of the few japanese and korean people i’ve mentioned it to. In the middle east I’d be willing to wager the response would be far worse than the Muhammad cartoons.

Why? I really just don’t get it. Blood begats more blood, this is a lesson burnt into history and fueled by the blood of hundreds of millions.

This kinda crap just annoys me… it doesn’t matter if you’re christian, pagan, jewish, amish, islamic, buddhist, or a member of the church of the sub-genius… if you are truely strong in your faith, why try to force it on the rest of the world? Live your life as your beliefs (be they personal or religious) dictate and if they’re of high quality people will recognise that and become greater for it.

Maybe I’m just intolerant of people who are intolerant of others religious/personal/political/etc beliefs. Oh the irony.