:: The Blurst of Times ::

:: 3.27.2003 ::

I spent my entire day in meetings. Good: the day goes by quickly and no real work has to get done. Bad: the day flys by and no real work gets done. Verdict: Having to bring work home sucks.

This phrase makes no sense: "Ten fingers, ten toes, twnety reasons to die." It's from the preview to that new movie Bulletproof Monk, which looks a lot like every Jackie Chan movie ever made. I think some writer had the idea that it might sound tough, and people would leave it at that and not think about it, but in reality it doesn't even sound tough. It sounds fucking stupid. It is phrases like this, that come from movies like that, that make me not want to even bother to leave my home to ever see movies again. I hope when my friends start making their movies, they don't put crap like that in them.

And speaking of stupid quotes (I was wondering how I would segue to this...) taken from the newspaper "I just wish all the people who were protesting the war would stop whining and rally behind our troops who need our support, now more than ever." I would like to say this: Yes, they are protesting a war. Because that war is still continuing, it would make sense for them to continue protesting. Furthermore, being arrested for civil disobedience is not whining, I would say about 180 from it. Furthermore, there is no logic behind saying "support our troops by supporting war". In fact it seems to me, that just the opposite is true. I support and respect these people, friends on mine are soldiers, I care about these people. Because of this, I don't want them to die. I don't want them to be in harms way, so I don't want them fighting wars. On the other hand, people who support war, are supporting the idea of using (invaluable) human life to achieve some other (greater?) end. They want my friends to be used as pawns so they can have "homeland security," or cheap oil, or tax cuts, or whatever. They don't support the troops, they support a fear-ocracy, that chews up 19 year olds and spits them out in pine boxes. Next time someone asks you to "support our troops," tell them you do, and tell them you want the war to end.


Long quote here. Peace.

"Who's that shining forth-right man about to die behind me? He's waiting for the portress to send me head over heels. Who's that black-heart four-star general walking up the hill, to ask the liberals nicely to help finance his private war. And before you trust that man, when he puts the rifle in your hand, sings you songs of pageantry and grace. And how much you want to bet on the other side there's a man with twice your pride and they put you feet first in an unmarked grave..."

:: Freddy F. at 12:02 AM [+] ::