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WE CAN USE BIGGER FONTS with different things and even colour. This is by far the coolest thing I have ever seen. BOLD FONT! sweeeeeeettttttt...

Ignorance

Teenagers have a natural rebellious behavior. We all seek to develop an opinion of our own, and often this search leads us to a conflict with the traditional beliefs of our society. Traditional society of course being Christian. This rebellious attitude against Christian beliefs has spawned such popular fads as "The DaVinci Code." Unfortunately, it also spawns irrational anti-Christian opinions, and effectually causes the public to acknowledge the average believer to be a right wing neo-fascist.

We all already recognize teenagers as being rebellious, so to a certain extent, we simply roll our eyes. But what happens when this attitude continues into adulthood? Should we continue to roll our eyes? Should we tolerate their ignorance? I recently read several reader comments in the "Vancouver Sun" newspaper about several issues, all religious, and I am ashamed to say not one well-informed person, with a logical, intelligent opinion, either replied, or had their letter printed.

I respect differing opinions, but I cannot help becoming enraged when a clearly immature child, or adult, presses upon others their irrational opinion based on little more than popular culture and misinformation. Our culture is not a Christian one. Our populace publicly denounces Christianity, and with frequency takes delight in poking fun at Jesus Christ, where Muslims, Buddhists, or any other religious group would demand a public apology.

In a nation with standards as high as ours, we respect those with differing opinions. So why must ours not be heard? Why must we be silent, and endure this onslaught of public hatred and mockery based only on ignorant opinions? With a policy of tolerance, why must we not be tolerated? Our government preaches high ideals, and our people make a farce of them.

I am no Republican. I do not agree with either the notion that all Christians must be right-wing pseudo-fascists, nor do I agree with whatever truth may be behind it.

It is time for the public to dispense with their infantile opinions, and mature into a truly intelligent, free-thinking populace, rather than an ignorant, irrational group of blind and deaf lone wolves; vicious and misinformed.

Alienation, why do I puke out words when I could say them so much better if I took the time to stop and write like someone who is worth reading...

So, I thought that I would write something worth reading as well. I was studying for an exam the other day and reading about different theories of perception, such as Direct Realism, Indirect Realism, Phenomenology, and Disjunctivism. It was all rather mind boggling, but I think that I have a grasp on what each of the positions was trying to say. As I sat there thinking, I began to realise, not for the first time, just how much of a facade our physical existence is. I thought about that one thought for so long and hard that my vision began to blur and it was as if the world was vanishing before me. Now, I don't do drugs, other than medicinal pain killers, MEDICINAL, but is this wierd? Does this happen to normal people? I was told yesterday that I am not a human, and I am inclined to agree. I really have no idea what humans are talking about and why they would do the things they do. Am I the only one, or is this alienation felt by all those who has gazed at a wall until it has disappeared? Maybe I should stop reading Emily Dickenson, she was a wacko...but so right. Ahhh, maybe if I go contemplate the colour green everything will glow with an emerald sheen. I want to climb a mountain and have a maitai kickboxing match with a blind tibetan monk. Anyone else in?

Recant

Ok, so I read the articles and take back what I said. They are very good. Please don't come to my house looking for sexual gratification Pretty One, you will find an infertile womb and an untouched glass of wine in the face. Where have you been, you've been out with that floozy again, haven't you, HAVEN'T YOU! Well that's just fine then...Hey could we seriously get sued, cause if so let's try for it. I shall be ranting about the abolition of women's suffrage later if anyone cares...p.s. Margaret Thatcher was a man.

Huzzuh, I LIVE

I cannot believe the acid trip this place has turned into in my absense! I am not even going to bother with all this reading. Can't a guy go and fight for the People's Army of the Republic of Congolese Anarchists (or PARCA for short) without the whole place going to the turkies...well I guess it was inevitable. Who are these other people who have been added to the list? They had better be hot and if not rich and if not that then incredibly good people, like the elephant man. Well, I have to get back to my propogandizing of African minorities...

Sex starved love monkeys

We live in a sex crazed society. Instead of the elaborate social gatherings of yesteryear, in which a formal dance was alive with passion; the brush of a cheek, or the touch of hands electric, we sink to the highly sexualized 'grinding' of modern "dance". Were this an isolated occurence, restricted only to dance, or even to entertainment as a whole, it would be easy to turn a blind eye to this harmless fun. However, this cultural change is symptomatic of a complete shift in society; a general numbing of our more refined senses.
Like one addicted to pornography or narcotics, our society finds itself needing stronger and stronger doses of stimuli to arrive at the same buzz. Where once romance, and it's undertones of sexual fancy was commuicated through the brush of hands, or a longing gaze, we now must resort to grinding our sexual organs together in a mute pantomime of the sexual act. An orgistic aerobics class for the sexually depraved. A sexual warm up, to the pounding beat of the latest pop hit.
As we grow ever number, we've required more and more forceful stimuli to arouse us; just as a crystal meth, or cocain addict, a porn addict or serial killer requires more and more potent doses, explicit content, or gruesome acts to satisfy their hunger.

So where does that leave us? In a darkened corner befouling ourselves, perhaps?

But what does this isolated issue speak of in relation to society as a whole? A time when both men and women are ashamed of their bodies, and strive relentlessly not to be healthy, fit and active, but to appear healthy, fit and active, to look like the supposed ideal set out by the media, models, and movie stars.
Now, the difference between these mind-sets may not be readily apparent, and although slight, make all the difference, both physically and phsychologically.
The former stresses a healthy attitude and lifestyle, without worrying about counting calories, obsessing over the scale, and purging oneself to the brink of bulemia; instead it strives to eat, live, and exercise healthily- looking fit and healthy are of course natural by-products of living a healthy lifestyle.
The latter thinks only of the final product- looking good, and tries to achieve it through extremely unhealthy means. Through purging, crash dieting, and unhealthy levels of exercise; in short, is hell bent on the illusion of healthiness, rather than living healthily itself.
It is this simple difference that leads to the epidemic level of chronic low self esteem across all demographics in western society, and beyond.

Western society as a whole is dysfunctional, unhealthy, and is quickly reaching a point of catastrophic damage from which we will have only two choices- immediate change, or a continued and irreversable slide into unimportance and obscurity.

But what, if any link is there from chronic low self esteem, to modern dance style?
Quite simply, the overwhelming majority of western youth have such poor self esteem that they have lost their respect for their bodies, and for themselves as people. For this reason, and naturally, a broad range of other factors, we find ourselves in this state of modern decay. Where once the flutter of eyelashes, or the subtle walk of a preening woman were enough to capture the affections of a suitor, young women today grind their thin, malnourished bodies against the crotch of strangers in clubs.
And for what?
To forge an immature relationship between oversized children for the purpose of mutual esteem? A young womans' feeling of sexual power or control over men driven to the brink by a woman practically laying him right on the dance floor?
Is this healthy?

Clearly this is merely a symptom of sociological downfall that effects every facet of life. A problem so far-reaching that it cannot be escaped.
So do I propose banning such acts, no. Treating the symptom is as ineffectual as putting a band-aid on an arterial hemorrhage. Instead we need to look clearly and unflinchingly at the nearly impossible mire we have trapped ourselves in, and begin to shovel ourselves out.

Oh, and the monkey, he just got off the dance floor and he's feeling very...satisfied. OOOoooh, Yeah!