"where i'm from you see a fucking dead body errryday" - weezyWe
yeah. real but sad. i've been a lot of places, Spain, Los Angeles, Jamaica, new york, VvvvvAaaaa, Denver, the list goes on...but the only place i;ve ever seen dead bodies...yup, the N.O. my hometown, New Orleans, Louisiana. here's the thing. everytime i saw a dead body that was the result of violence, esp over drugs or gangs, it made me MAD.
so a couple days ago when i laid down for a nap, i couldnt sleep, cause that pic of asian kids running after WE (the united states) dropped an atomic bomb on their land...it was in my head. and i decided that when i get the chance (and money, :D), imma have that joint blown up and put on my wall.
why?
because when you actually SEEEEE the devastation...it means more.
everyday we become desensitized by the news because they report killings in te same breath that they report on the circus. for many americans, theyve never seen a dead body in person. it;s psychological,. when you see it, it does somethng to your state of mind. that's why Bush and particularly Cheney did not allow US to see pictures of the MANY caskets returning from the Iraq/Afghanistan/DEBACLE wars...because Americans would have felt some kind of way....and maybe it wouldnt have been just one lonely mother of a fallen soldier protesting at Bush's ranch.
when i was laying there trying to turn my brain off so i could sleep, i realized that if more of us saw the actual processes and results of things that we allow, ie the death penalty, wars, and the things that we keep quiet about, ie drug and gang violence, things would be different.
so often we dont reeeally care or understand until we go through it. that's why one of my favorite quotes is "don't condemn what you don;t understand". i try to remember this often, cause sometimes i am quick to condemn others. but when i take the time to look at their situation, it usually makes more sense. even the kids in my home city of new orleans, and yes i do mean kids, that are killing each other, have a relatively "good" reason for it. many of them do it because it's retaliation or they are asserting themselves against those that have hurt the ones they love the most. i know kids whose parents are nowhere to be found...and the only family they have is the gang or kids on the block that they get down with. so when someone hurts one of their people...of course it's on. they dont see any other option.
my point in this post is that if those of us who already KNOW there;s other options than murder and gangs and atomic bombs etc etc would take some responsibility for our communities, regions, countries, and WORLD, then we can fix some of this!
im not as naive as i used to be, i know this world will never be perfect. but i surely think it can be better.
so look at these pictures. one embodies terror and massacre at the hands of a "government". the other, pain, suffering and death at the hands of a tortured soul.
join big brothers/big sisters. take some time to help someone worse off than you, and trust me, theres always someone worse off than you. the easiest part is it doesnt have to be a huge sacrifice. simply treating ppl like human beings rather than animals, or criminals, or deviants, is a start. take the time to speak to your fellow men and women and kids. simply saying hi goes a long way. in a small way it shows that you know we're in this together...so why not just say good morning.
i have a lot more to say about how the way you treat people effects (or affects, lol) the way people respond and sometimes act out, but that's another post...Hampton Police Department...wink wink...(it's coming....!).
look at the pictures. get a little mad, kinda sad, and then channel that energy. do what you can to cut down on bullshit like this. life is hard enough with cancer, famines, droughts etc etc etc!! let's stop adding to it with our own efffed up complications.
"i'm talking to the man in the mirror, he heeee,
i'm asking him to change his ways....
if you wanna make the world, a better place, take a look at yourself and then
make
a
chaaaaaaange...."
michael's a little confused about some stuff but he got that right. change starts with the one looking back at us in the mirror.
stop digesting bullshit or they'll keep feeding it to you, cause it's cheap and easy to find...(in my opinion).
sincerely,
carlin
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