I will say no poetic words for the recent events, because I cannot even touch that which others have already said. My feeble words have never done anyone justice, especially not in such a time of crisis when they need to be spoken most elegantly. I have a feeling these two men (Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson - TV evangelists) are going to be on the Most Hated list of quite a few people after their recent comments. "liberal civil liberties groups, feminists, homosexuals and abortion rights supporters bear partial responsibility" (article here). I expected homosexuals to bear the brunt of the blame somehow. They always do since it never fails that they are blamed for something (if it was indeed their fault in any way, I'd be pretty sure that heterosexuals would have to bear as much blame). But feminists? That seems to be pushing it a bit. Hopefully it goes without saying that I don't condone stating that homosexuality brought down the wrath of God. Nor do I condone blaming feminists. I certainly don't believe my God would strike down people for wanting equal rights. If there is a cosmic chart of the evils of the universe, feminists seem like they'd be pretty low on it along with, say, girl scouts. Besides, had God wanted to strike down such people, I'm confident he's heard of San Francisco which, when gays are spoken of, San Francisco isn't far behind (I'm sure it has feminists too). That's just the way it is. I've seen everything from feminists to video games blamed for the events, yet few will simply settle for the real causes. Hate and ignorance. On another yet similar note, there was a group of Arab folk in the bookstore tonight. Traveling in packs now, because they are no doubt scared to be harassed and attacked like others have been (of course they all just might have felt like reading, I'm not going to just assume...further). I don't blame them at all. If I were in their shoes and had enough friends to be considered a pack, I'd travel with them. At any rate, there were other people there giving them the evil eye. And I do mean evil. I was just waiting for the ignorant people to have a go at them. Luckily, nothing went down. Not while I was there, at least, but they were still stabbing them with their eyes when I left. Being between the groups, I fear to see how many holes I must have in my shirt. I can't sew, yet I still fear for them more then I do my shirt. And our humanity. And extinction.
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