I want you...

I guess the real question becomes:  is war necessary, really?

The essence of life.

The people speak

  Ending the issue with "Na na naa - na, Na na naa - na, Hey Hey Hey Goodbye", Geraldo and his foxy friends were chased from the "Occupy Wall Street" gathering.  Why?  Said quite clearly and emphatically by the protesters:  Fox lies.  Now, how does one misunderstand that?
  Bill O'rielly, exemplifies the concept of "selective hearing" when referring to this protest as "anti capitalism".   Fox, ever the bastian of bull, the epitome of about me, the billionaire bootlicker, seems to think that the people who are protesting the loss of the American Dream are simply poor sports.  They refer to the protesters as anti-American, socialists, and I would bet "rapscallions" was used at least once, but have no problem in standing up for the so called "Tea Party", who garner their moniker from the riot protesting the government working against its very citizens.  Fox, once again, seems to embrace hypocrisy.  You have to wonder if they are even aware of their duplicity?
  The frightening thing:  it likely won't matter.  The people who are at the top, thieving, raping, pillaging and plundering from the comfort of their ivory tower,  have no concern over the little people in the streets.  Frankly, that's where they've put many already and feel no compunction about adding to the list.
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What is really unreal

found via google image search

There was a really interesting discussion on Milkboys recently.  (here)  It would appear that Japan is increasing the concepts of abuse to include what was refered to as Manga in the article. 

  Like most reasonably computer literate individuals, I am aware of the anime drawings.  They do have the tendency to go a wide degree of situations and characterizations.  I'm not really into it myself, guess I just missed the "comic book bug" that many have.  So, I guess there is a degree of "whatever" to my response to something like this, until I begin to think deeper on the subject.

  The problem that many people have with the anime stuff is that there is an element, a style of content for some, that depicts sex with seemingly underage people.  It is that type of anime that Japan is referring to as "child abuse".  As you can imagine, there are some who agree, there are some who disagree.

  In the end, my concern really comes by the concepts used to fight the issue.  Referring to the drawings and cgi as "child abuse" and therefore needing to be addressed in the same ways as pornography and assault seems to stretch the bounds of reality a bit.  I'd rather stay out of the concept of abuse for the moment and focus on fiction.

  Now, a cartoon, by definition, is fiction.  It may be based upon fact, I guess, but it does not capture a real likeness nor is it an image of a real person.  So, I think it fair to say it is fiction.  Unreal.  A non person.  Fake.  Imagination.  Fantasy.  Thought.  Do I go on?  And yet, this very definition is ignored and the image declared abuse, imparting a reality that doesn't seem warranted. 

  Does this become a thought crime, handled by the thought police?

  What is the difference between a doodle and a crime?

  Is Michaelangelo's David now to be considered pornography?

  What about written stories?  Are they open to this?

The classification of such images as abuse will have little real effect on me.  It is the end of this that scares me.  If we decry one fiction to be abusive, what's next. 

What are your thoughts.

Homosexuality - Religion - God

Is your religion separating you from God?  Sent to us from Scottie....thanks Scottie :)

How can it be fair to say I can't be saved by God if I'm gay?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2011/oct/05/god-gay-christian-bible?newsfeed=true


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