Regaining Unconciousness
First they put away the dealers
Keep our kids safe and off the streets
Then they put away the prostitutes
Keep married men clustered at home
Then they shooed away the bums
and they beat and bashed the queers
Turned away asylum seekers
Fed us suspicions and fears
We didn't raise our voice
We didn't make a fuss
It's funny there was no one left to notice
When they came for us
Personally, I don't like the song, or at least not as much as I like the lyrics. Discrimination is inevitable and it is a force which nearly reigns supreme in this world, and it really is pathetic that people are dealing with it by trying to fit into the majority of whichever system. What's even sadder is that this is happening even among the people who fight so hard for human rights, freedom etc. I mean what kind of dumb fuck would fight for freedom, and use his freedom to make a choice dictated by the majority of society.
But it's true, nobody has enough guts to be who we really desire to be, assuming that is a different person from what society wants you to be. The sad truth is you'd rather follow the school into the net, because swimming alone in the sea is not the kind of freedom you actually want. I actually admire say gays and lesbians who aren't afraid to be who they are.
So there's been a lot of drama in my life this weekend and I've learnt really that you do things better when you do not think about yourself first. I mean we see that all the time, players who put their team first, patriots who put their country first and the list goes on. And it's a pity to say this but a lot of times when it comes down to the crunch, God's presence isn't exactly the first thing you base your actions on. So the next best thing is to think for the people around you and to do right by them. It's amazing how much more strength one can draw from wanting to protect his loved ones than from motivations of a more predatory nature. History speaks for itself, a country looking to conquer never wins a war, instead the victors are always those who fight to protect.
Nice entry.
Keep our kids safe and off the streets
Then they put away the prostitutes
Keep married men clustered at home
Then they shooed away the bums
and they beat and bashed the queers
Turned away asylum seekers
Fed us suspicions and fears
We didn't raise our voice
We didn't make a fuss
It's funny there was no one left to notice
When they came for us
Personally, I don't like the song, or at least not as much as I like the lyrics. Discrimination is inevitable and it is a force which nearly reigns supreme in this world, and it really is pathetic that people are dealing with it by trying to fit into the majority of whichever system. What's even sadder is that this is happening even among the people who fight so hard for human rights, freedom etc. I mean what kind of dumb fuck would fight for freedom, and use his freedom to make a choice dictated by the majority of society.
But it's true, nobody has enough guts to be who we really desire to be, assuming that is a different person from what society wants you to be. The sad truth is you'd rather follow the school into the net, because swimming alone in the sea is not the kind of freedom you actually want. I actually admire say gays and lesbians who aren't afraid to be who they are.
So there's been a lot of drama in my life this weekend and I've learnt really that you do things better when you do not think about yourself first. I mean we see that all the time, players who put their team first, patriots who put their country first and the list goes on. And it's a pity to say this but a lot of times when it comes down to the crunch, God's presence isn't exactly the first thing you base your actions on. So the next best thing is to think for the people around you and to do right by them. It's amazing how much more strength one can draw from wanting to protect his loved ones than from motivations of a more predatory nature. History speaks for itself, a country looking to conquer never wins a war, instead the victors are always those who fight to protect.
Nice entry.
posted by here's to all our vice at 7:43 AM
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yea nice entry.
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