I always thought that it should be just fine having (or adopting) a child and allowing them to decide for themself which sex and gender labels they want to use... and how they want to express that choice.
...allowing people to continue the bullshit of polarizing sex, and allowing the people in medicine to further fill peoples heads with LIES? That gets to me. You CAN'T choose the sex and gender of your child!!! CHROMOSOMES DO NOT DETERMINE SEX AND GENDER!
Sunday, September 30, 2001
Wednesday, September 26, 2001
Death?
I've never feared death either... it's the pain and to some degree... the humiliation... suffering it or inflicting it (before/during/after) that I fear. Death is just NOT pretty.
One of my favorite quotes, from one of the world's oldest (over 100 years old) women, when asked for advice about life...
EAT MORE ICE CREAM!
One of my favorite quotes, from one of the world's oldest (over 100 years old) women, when asked for advice about life...
EAT MORE ICE CREAM!
Saturday, September 22, 2001
I fight when I FEEL like it.
I think a lot of those "canned" reactions (you made reference to) were just emotional outbursts. I know that the first thing I thought/felt was, nuke 'em... but when someone I love is in danger, I tend to react that way.
I spent all of 9/11 as close to tears as I've been in quite a while... not for the loss of life, or the fear, or anything like that. My first thought was, "Shit, if Palestine is responsible for this, my dad is dead." I then walked around like a zombie until my sister got in touch with him, and even after that I still worried. I still worry now, but that's usual. I always worry about him and wish he'd get out of the Middle East.
Now? I'm in limbo, on many levels. I'm just waiting... waiting to see what this "new war" will look like... how it will affect me and my loved ones. I know that it might sound cold that I'm not walking around mourning the WTC, Pentagon, and PA people who died and feeling sympathy for the ones they left behind... but I'm not. I don't know anyone directly affected, and it may as well have been a movie. I know that it's just awful.... oh, how cold and uncaring... whatever. It's a shame. It sucks that anyone has to hurt... but I don't feel emotionally moved because of it. That's just the way I am. I dissociate. It's what I do best.
My life has not changed. I have not lost any loved ones. They say that life will change... more so than usual, I think they mean. So, I'm waiting. In the back of my mind is a bit of anger, because I really liked New York... and someone really fucked up the atmosphere... but there are no violins playing. In truth, there's even a little bit of excitement about it all. It makes life a little less boring, doesn't it?
I'll give my comments on the movie, but it's still just a movie. It hasn't affected me personally.
there, how's that for honesty?
I spent all of 9/11 as close to tears as I've been in quite a while... not for the loss of life, or the fear, or anything like that. My first thought was, "Shit, if Palestine is responsible for this, my dad is dead." I then walked around like a zombie until my sister got in touch with him, and even after that I still worried. I still worry now, but that's usual. I always worry about him and wish he'd get out of the Middle East.
Now? I'm in limbo, on many levels. I'm just waiting... waiting to see what this "new war" will look like... how it will affect me and my loved ones. I know that it might sound cold that I'm not walking around mourning the WTC, Pentagon, and PA people who died and feeling sympathy for the ones they left behind... but I'm not. I don't know anyone directly affected, and it may as well have been a movie. I know that it's just awful.... oh, how cold and uncaring... whatever. It's a shame. It sucks that anyone has to hurt... but I don't feel emotionally moved because of it. That's just the way I am. I dissociate. It's what I do best.
My life has not changed. I have not lost any loved ones. They say that life will change... more so than usual, I think they mean. So, I'm waiting. In the back of my mind is a bit of anger, because I really liked New York... and someone really fucked up the atmosphere... but there are no violins playing. In truth, there's even a little bit of excitement about it all. It makes life a little less boring, doesn't it?
I'll give my comments on the movie, but it's still just a movie. It hasn't affected me personally.
there, how's that for honesty?
Thursday, September 20, 2001
(About the "loss of freedom"...)
I'm sure that I'll get people who disagree with me... but that's nothing new.
About the "loss of freedom"...
In all honesty, I can't think of anyone that this has impacted more than Arabic and Islamic Americans. They're now under constant suspicion. They're walking targets... not just targets for the idiotic few who do not know the difference between "Terrorist" and "Darker than pink-skinned American", but targets for the U.S. government as well. If you're an Arab or Islamic American and had plans to fly anywhere over the past week, you're toast. If you're an Arab or Islamic American and happen to have relatives in Afghanistan, you and they are both toast.
I'm used to being searched at airports. Any biker, punker, odd-ball, dude with a cock ring or freak is used to it. It's called being unique. I'm used to being afraid to leave my house. It's called living in the inner city. I'm used to being afraid of cops. It's called being intersexed. I'm used to being afraid of my neighbor. It's called paranoia.
Have I lost my freedom because some idiot decided to play kamakaze with the WTC and the Pentagon? Nope. My life has changed little. There's just a little more fear about the drinking water.
...but I can't say the same for the people in this country who have the (right now, bad) luck of being of Arabic, Indian, African American, or of other dark skinned heritage who attempt to follow their religion and dress accordingly. Ask them about their freedom, and they'll most likely say... it's toast.
We're wiping out terrorism?
ok... how 'bout we start with the KKK?
Americans are no saints. We're human, just like the rest of the world. Wish we could act that way.
About the "loss of freedom"...
In all honesty, I can't think of anyone that this has impacted more than Arabic and Islamic Americans. They're now under constant suspicion. They're walking targets... not just targets for the idiotic few who do not know the difference between "Terrorist" and "Darker than pink-skinned American", but targets for the U.S. government as well. If you're an Arab or Islamic American and had plans to fly anywhere over the past week, you're toast. If you're an Arab or Islamic American and happen to have relatives in Afghanistan, you and they are both toast.
I'm used to being searched at airports. Any biker, punker, odd-ball, dude with a cock ring or freak is used to it. It's called being unique. I'm used to being afraid to leave my house. It's called living in the inner city. I'm used to being afraid of cops. It's called being intersexed. I'm used to being afraid of my neighbor. It's called paranoia.
Have I lost my freedom because some idiot decided to play kamakaze with the WTC and the Pentagon? Nope. My life has changed little. There's just a little more fear about the drinking water.
...but I can't say the same for the people in this country who have the (right now, bad) luck of being of Arabic, Indian, African American, or of other dark skinned heritage who attempt to follow their religion and dress accordingly. Ask them about their freedom, and they'll most likely say... it's toast.
We're wiping out terrorism?
ok... how 'bout we start with the KKK?
Americans are no saints. We're human, just like the rest of the world. Wish we could act that way.
Sunday, September 16, 2001
again...
That was not posted meaning that I feel that people shouldn't pray. It was about my being bothered that church (ALL churches, not just Christian churches) and state were not being kept separate.
It's not that I'm pissed that the Pagans were left out of the big prayer ceremony (although in all fairness, when you say ALL religions, you should do a better job at including ALL religions), it's that officially declaring a day of prayer is not something Bush has the license to do. Prayer is a spiritual practice... and at the least, an issue of morals. It is not the job of the government to dictate our morals, only to enforce laws. We are not "one nation, under God", we are one nation under a constitution.
People have their faith right now, and that is good... but we also need our government, and we need that government to represent us as a country, not as a "nation under God". If this is ever to be a "nation under God", I'm moving. The fact that I have the freedom to be as non-religious, or as religious as I care to be is one of the reasons I love my country. The fact that we are a nation full of people, some of who are "God fearing" and some of who are Atheists is what makes this country so great.
It's not that I'm pissed that the Pagans were left out of the big prayer ceremony (although in all fairness, when you say ALL religions, you should do a better job at including ALL religions), it's that officially declaring a day of prayer is not something Bush has the license to do. Prayer is a spiritual practice... and at the least, an issue of morals. It is not the job of the government to dictate our morals, only to enforce laws. We are not "one nation, under God", we are one nation under a constitution.
People have their faith right now, and that is good... but we also need our government, and we need that government to represent us as a country, not as a "nation under God". If this is ever to be a "nation under God", I'm moving. The fact that I have the freedom to be as non-religious, or as religious as I care to be is one of the reasons I love my country. The fact that we are a nation full of people, some of who are "God fearing" and some of who are Atheists is what makes this country so great.
how's THAT for timing?
It's all one big blur... doesn't feel like I've been home less than a week.
There was so much that I wanted to write about the gathering... but now it seems that I can't get my head to stop spinning long enough. It feels like Dragon Con was years ago, as opposed to a couple of weeks.
There was so much that I wanted to write about the gathering... but now it seems that I can't get my head to stop spinning long enough. It feels like Dragon Con was years ago, as opposed to a couple of weeks.
Saturday, September 15, 2001
analogy
If you saw a guy beating the living shit out of his wife, would you intervene?
Is it none of your business?
What if the woman cries out for help?
What if the woman cannot cry out for help for fear of being beaten even worse?
It's all good. It's your right to keep walking. I'm blowing the guy's nuts off... and I'll arm the woman every time, even if she later comes back to shoot me.
-FR the Underdog
Is it none of your business?
What if the woman cries out for help?
What if the woman cannot cry out for help for fear of being beaten even worse?
It's all good. It's your right to keep walking. I'm blowing the guy's nuts off... and I'll arm the woman every time, even if she later comes back to shoot me.
-FR the Underdog
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