Not as much as you, I know. But hear me out. I was on vacation last month. I landed in Perth last Tuesday and did not have a laptop for a week. (Thanks big bro!) Also I’ve got my period now. Fun fact, PMS and periods are completely different things. Feel awkward yet? Yeah well, deal with it! I’m kidding. I’m sorry for not posting for a while now. But hey, I’m finally back!
That’s not why I’m pissed off though. I’m pissed off about what I’ve been reading on the news and Facebook for the past few days. So without further ado, here is what I’m pissed off about and why. I am not going to sugarcoat anything, so bear with me please. (Or is it bare with me? I forgot. Either way, RIP English.) However, just to lighten the mood I’m going to quote George Carlin for each point I list down. (Or maybe, it might just make it much worse. In which case, you know.. Meh.)
1.) What happened in France is horrible. The happenings around the world last week is horrible; bombings in Baghdad and Beirut, Earthquake in Japan. Here is my problem. Just because the media doesn’t hype up the disasters that took place in other parts of the world, does not mean that YOU have the right to take away the sadness that people are feeling for France right now. YOU do not have the right to tell who gets to feel sad and who doesn’t. So just shut up and sit down you carbon based life form. (Adam Ferrara’s words. Not mine.)
“We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry too quickly, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too seldom, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom. We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often.”
2.) Stop blaming refugees. We are all refugees. Except now there is a fancy word for it; “immigrants”. Come by a boat without a Visa and you’re a refugee. Come by a flight with one and you’re an immigrant. We’re all running away from something. What you ask? Life and truth.
If you still live in your country and think “what is she talking about?”, think about this; if God created this planet, aren’t we all refugees on Earth now? The Earth doesn’t belong to us. Dinosaurs “killed” to survive. Humans “murder” for fun or because “God said so.” Dinosaurs lived on it for 65 million years. “Modern” form of humans have lived on this planet for approximately 200000 years. Look at what we’ve done to this one beautiful planet that “God” left for us? How long do you think we are going to live if we keep going on like this?
“The planet isn’t going anywhere. WE are!
We’re going away. Pack your sh*t, folks. We’re going away. And we won’t leave much of a trace, either. Maybe a little Styrofoam … The planet’ll be here and we’ll be long gone. Just another failed mutation. Just another closed-end biological mistake. An evolutionary cul-de-sac. The planet’ll shake us off like a bad case of fleas.The planet will be here for a long, long, LONG time after we’re gone, and it will heal itself, it will cleanse itself, ’cause that’s what it does. It’s a self-correcting system. The air and the water will recover, the earth will be renewed.”
3.) The Facebook profile picture. Alright, so you agree it doesn’t help anyone right? So why do you want the same for other countries going through the same disasters? Double standards much? And yes maybe it doesn’t help anyone financially but it does help that the world is coming together to support each other. Isn’t that what’s more important? Emotional support? Yes. Perhaps the media does not hype up what is happening in every other part of the world, but think about this for a second; do you actually think that everything you read is actually true? At the end of the day, media is just business. Deal with it.
“All media and the politicians ever talk about are the things that separate us, things that make us different from one another.”
4.) Those of you who don’t believe actually believe in or practice any religion, PLEASE stop “praying”. Stick to your belief, folks. Don’t just “pray” because the hashtag says so.
“Atheism is a non-prophet organization.”
Also, the very concept of religion is to come up with a way of living, to further better humanity, but guess what? Religion is a business too now. Religion – 1, business – 1, bullsh*t – 1, humanity – 0.
“Religion has convinced people that there’s an invisible man…living in the sky, who watches everything you do every minute of every day. And the invisible man has a list of ten specific things he doesn’t want you to do. And if you do any of these things, he will send you to a special place, of burning and fire and smoke and torture and anguish for you to live forever, and suffer and burn and scream until the end of time. But he loves you. He loves you and he needs money.”
5.) STOP BLAMING THE MUSLIMS, DAMMIT! Do you actually believe that terrorism ONLY involves a bunch of imbeciles whipping out guns and shooting people? Terrorism exists in every form, people.
Pablo Escobar was a drug trafficker who was responsible for many deaths. Do we call him a “terrorist”? No. We call him a “DRUG LORD”. Was he a Muslim? No. Adolf Hitler was a Nazi dictator. Yes, because that is what you call someone who massacred approximately six million Jews in cold blood. No, no. You don’t call him a terrorist. If someone else does it, it’s “mass murder” or “genocide” or “slaughter” or “massacre”, but if a Muslim does it (even if he murders ONE person) he’s a “TERRORIST”?! F*CK YOU, ENGLISH. F*CK YOU, MEDIA.
“By and large, language is a tool for concealing the truth.”
Come on people, we’re all educated human beings here. Please think before talking (or in this case, typing. Cause we’re all fancy now). Act, don’t react. Don’t let your emotions cloud your judgement. If you can be emotional and still think rationally, by all means, go ahead.
I sincerely pray for the souls of everyone who had to give their lives to something so useless and pathetic. I also pray for the families and friends of the victims. My condolences.
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