There are two different kinds of people in this world: those who thrive in emergency situations and those who run to the nearest corner and curl up in the fetal position. Well, maybe they don’t get that scared, but most just freeze and do nothing. And I do mean most. There are many situations that qualify as an emergency so let me explain and give some examples.
Today a new weekly trend begins! Every Tuesday here at Scribute, from now until the end of time, will be True Story Tuesday. This means every Tuesday I will post a review of a documentary movie. The reason for this is (1) because I love documentaries and (2) because this is the Blog of Knowledge and it’s hard to walk away from most documentaries without gaining at least a little bit of knowledge. So on to my first review: Collapse.
So by now most people have seen the commericals put out by the Ad Council aimed at teenagers for using the word “gay” to describe something that is stupid. I just saw this for the first time yesterday, and I am appalled. This is fucking ridiculous. In no way, shape, or form could this ever stop teens from saying “gay”; it just won’t happen. I’m not saying it’s impossible to make them stop using this term, but this is definately not an effective way of doing it. In fact, after seeing this commercial, I decided to double my usage of the word gay just because of how fucking gay these commercials are.
Today I walked through the forest barefoot and shirtless. It was one of the most amazing experiences I have had in a long time and I plan to continue this as a daily tradition. In fact I am going to spend much more time outside than I have been recently. It saddens me to see so many buildings and man-made things when I am with nature. We have been slowly murdering Mother Earth for centuries now, and it needs to stop.
Often, when building a campfire or backyard bonfire, there is that one person who tries to take control of creating it and who has very little knowledge of how to properly build or start a fire. They gather all of the wood and material to start it with, making them seem knowledgeable when they come back with all of the correct supplies: shavings to light, twigs to catch, bigger sticks to keep it growing, and logs to keep it going and give heat. So far they seem on the right track.
First and foremost, racism is completely ignorant and unnecessary. There is no reason to ever hate anyone because of their outer appearance, and there are not, nor will there ever be, exceptions to this rule. Racism is not only found among Whites, it is found in Blacks, Hispanics, Asians, and every other race on the planet. The best way to defeat this racism is not through more racism, nor violence, but non-violence alone can combat this evil enemy.
Black nationalists have taken it upon themselves to fight back against racism with violence towards the “White Man,” which is extremely counter-productive and, essentially, makes them racists themselves. This helps nothing and only makes the group they are combating more racist, more violent, and more hateful. There is nothing helpful in this method, but everything hurtful.
One of the main issues people need to get past in order to destroy racism is the fact that what happened in the past is history and we needn’t dwell on it. In contrast we need to move forward. The key word here is “forgive.” I am a white man, but I have never enslaved anyone, never whipped anyone, never denied anyone anything based on race; yet some men hate me as if I have done all of these things, only because of the color of my skin.
Also, programs intended to advance the members of any race, such as Affirmative Action, only widen the social gap between races. The complete and immediate destruction of all similar programs would be an excellent step in the obliteration of racism. Everyone, even the people who “benefit” from these programs would benefit more from their collapse.
So far most of these arguments have been geared towards the world’s minorities, however, Whites are the biggest perpetrators of this issue. I have no desire to support this argument by facts of the past because the people involved in racism at that time are not the same people involved in the present and future struggles. My main argument on this issue rather is the white men and women I meet and talk to everyday, especially in the south of the United States where so many are racist. Much of their reasoning is completely ignorant and inherited from relatives. If a man is racist there is a great chance he will raise his children as racists, and there is a good chance his children will not give up these ideas when they become of an age when it is reasonable to think for one’s self.
Many of the Whites’ arguments are based on the percentage of other races in jail, crime rate, language (including accents and slang), among other things. These are not only irrelevant, but ignorant, and do not matter because, no matter what, all men are different. These percentages have everything to do with income, location, etc., and nothing to do with skin color.
So, please, next time you have something negative to say or do against a member of another race, please think it through and either keep it to your self or disband it from your mind. As a matter of fact, do everything in your power to keep any of these thoughts from ever entering your mind, and you will be a better person for it. Be the change you want to see in the world.
The current system of higher education (College or University) is complete and utter bullshit. It is practically the same thing as high school, except it costs $15,000 a year for the schools that aren’t even considered good (yet more bullshit). The same failing method that is used to teach high school is used to teach college, or University for those in other countries. I can not speak for these other countries however, so don’t think that is what I am trying to accomplish. I am merely speaking on what I know, and what I know are the colleges of the United States.
The failing method I speak so negatively of is this: one goes to class (this usually is not a class the student signed up for, but one that is merely required), one “learns” the required material, one studies said material in order to do well on the test, one passes said test, one forgets said material. This is the cycle that goes on continually in our society and no one has yet been brave enough to question it. Well, I believe I am now prepared for the challenge.
I have also mention that some colleges are not considered “good” schools. The masses believe that if they don’t go to an expensive school with a great reputation, they will not be able to find the job they are looking for. This is, of course, false. The object of college is simple: pay thousands for a piece of paper that proves you did just that. Let me go over this again. The object of college is to give people with money a higher footing in the job market.
It may take tens–if not hundreds–of years to destroy this heinous system, but if the people of our country join together, as we have seen before, anything is possible. I propose any person who views this and has a question or rebuttal, post it in the comments and we may continue this dispute there.