Thursday, June 15, 2006

St. Anthony.
Comments on commentary-

Tortor- Thank you, Tori. I appreciate you taking the time to leave a comment for me. You and I agree.. and there should be many more out there who have a dissenting opinion on how things currently are. Hopefully some kind of action will be taken, something positive will happen. That's what I hope in.

Oh, and, the prospect of a good discussion+coffee is tantalizing. ;) Much love.

All that we've won.

Theme song of this post: So Much For The Afterglow by Everclear.

There's some kind of collective air you can detect sometimes when a social group considers them to be a more elite version of what you can normally get. It tastes of egocentric zeal- a kind of over joyous, infectious zeitgeist. "We're the X of X and we know it to be true, so true, so very very true". Or, when you listen to individuals it's almost like a bad infomercial: "I had encountered other X's but X is the best X I've been to/partake of/brownnose to by far!" To be fair, in the case that spawned this miniature rant they have reason to say what they say about themselves: it is all, arguably, true. Even with truth behind it it seems a little personally overzealous, heh.

When you hear about the gay marriage debate or the on-going debate about violence/sexuality proliferation in the media and the actions being taken against them ask yourself this: how much do you want the government deciding what is best for you on the basis of morality? How much control do you want them to have when it is, really, your responsibility to guard your children from what you consider too profane for them to see? The sicknesses that turn a child into a cop killer are a bit deeper than a round of GTA or the rap music ranting about shooting up the cops. It's the rich-poor divide, the poor education system, the poor state of sections of our society that we're ignoring to tackle the "big" problems that are going to topple our society if they proliferate. That's bullshit. The politicians on television do not know what is in your best interests, they have a bevy of other people to play to first- the bible thumping voters, special interests and otherwise. Just ask yourself how much freedom you want to give up for your "morality" to be safe from near-constant harm it's apparently in because of everyday life. (Isn't media a foggy mirror of the society it's spawned from, anyway? What does that say about the underlying issues that we should be dealing with? The cause for the effect?)

How ya doin' young lady?

Later.

P.S. The PS3 continues to anger me. Rageeee powerrrr activate! *turns Sony corporate headquarters into rubble*

P.P.S. NBA Finals still ongoing. Go Spu-... avs! Mavs!

D:

P.P.P.S. *... a glimpse into the surreal side of socialization...*

DeathKnight V4: That's you speaking
DeathKnight V4: Not me
DeathKnight V4: You don't even need to sign that
DeathKnight V4: Just show that to someone anonymously and they'd be like
DeathKnight V4: "Travis said this?"
Zacherai: >>;
Zacherai: I know
Zacherai: it bears all the mighty artist Travis sign
Zacherai: BOLD
Zacherai: yet deep
Zacherai: yet so very blatant
DeathKnight V4: What part of it was deep?
Zacherai: WITH HIDDEN LEVELS
Zacherai: >>
DeathKnight V4: It ended with "food and fuck".
DeathKnight V4: With hidden levels?
Zacherai: don't let one aspect of it blind you to the mastery of the other aspects.
DeathKnight V4: Do I need to like
DeathKnight V4: Kill the Boss without taking damage?
Zacherai: no
Zacherai: but you must dodge every trap
Zacherai: in this bottomless pit
DeathKnight V4: I'd say something but I'd just encourage your unsedated behavior.
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