Thursday, June 8, 2006

In loving memory.
Comments on commentary-

Neil- Haha, thanks man. I hope all is cool with you.

Peon.

Theme song of this post: There there by Radiohead.

On the day of June Sixth I sat at this computer and I came to a distinct conclusion about the state of things from my poor point of view. Of course, on that day, there were quiet murmurs that Satan would rend himself out of wherever Hell is (it is believed to be located somewhere near Hoboken) and stomp around, destroying the very fabric of our society since, you know, metaphysical creatures always seem intensely interested in the affairs of lesser, more mortal creatures and love to just muck around with them for a bit before returning to their astral realms. To me I would imagine that, really, I don't think Satan could quite outdo our efforts in chaos or evil. Not to say mankind is evil, we just have an option to act evil- that's part of free will. You could, for instance, take a knife from your kitchen and simply stab one of your fellow housemates to death, ending his life in a mere five minutes. Now I doubt you will for more reasons than 'choosing' not to, but the option is there and if you lose enough of your mind perhaps someday you will do just that.

So 'Progress', my poor attempt at being a poet (or my poor attempt at poorly attempting being a poet) was more of a comment on several facts. The first fact is that everything is cyclical. Dharmic as that concept is, everything revolves in a cycle. You live, you die and, in my opinion, you end up living again where after some time you will die again. In context it's like this: Someone kills a civilian, he kills your buddy, you lose it a bit, kill a civilian and someone else loses it a bit, etc.. I'm not sure where it started.. or where it will end, but most actions can be said to cause reactions which cause more reactions which just goes out of control and then you get a 'stable', 'free' country like Iraq or the hell-hole that Somali is.

It was also my condemnation of the mass media who I really hate. Not abhor or something as smart or verbose as that, it's just simple hatred (like: I want it to be burned into the ground, shit upon by a horde of monkeys and then burned again). They report the 'facts' and sensationalize them to the point that it's a pox on the idea of 'honest reporting'. If you want the facts, you can get them from any media station, that much is true. I can't deny them that. But, in the process, how many looped videos of horrible things will you see? Will you turn away, maybe turn it off? Probably not. It's oddly enticing to you, isn't it? All the violence, and bloodshed. It's interesting. You don't want to partake in it, but the simple imagery of it is quite interesting. In an era where the FCC is insisting that your morality (which, obviously, you can't handle without the Government intervening and protecting it) is being compromised by foul language and nudity you can, if you wish, view all the horrible violence that you want to view in a nice, concise one hour bloc of CNN. Demolished buildings, fires, dead people, crying families. You might even get to view ranting lunatics like Ann Coulter decrying whatever she feels is against her ideology. It's great TV.

In the end, it irritates me and it irritates me that it probably doesn't irritate you.

One, two, one-two-three-four..

P.S. All's well that ends well.

P.P.S. Zarqawi is was more than 'killed'.. if you saw the footage of the bomb hitting his 'safe house' he was utterly annihilated, lol.
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