War kid

No, I'm not talking about the Iraqi war, or whatever they're calling it. I'm talking about something that most people wouldn't consider a war. But let me tell you, it did start a major conflict... or maybe I should say it has started some major conflicts. I can't really say... but I know America has suffered in it's memory, so I'm sure other countries have as well. Are you wondering what I'm talking about now? Yes? No? Haha it's not really funny, but if you don't laugh you gotta cry.

I'm a product of war. Both the physical and mental aspects of it. You see, prejudice is a war we fight every single day of our godforsaken lives. It's not even about being African American anymore. It's everybody. If you see someone of middle eastern decent walking down the street, what do you do? Glare? Give a dirty look? Or think something along the lines of 'bastard bombed our country'?

We have become a state... a country... a nation... a world of stereotypes. I can't say just one region because, well... really, we are what we are. A world divided (unfortunately, that's a topic for another day). We build everything that we have upon stereotypes. Take American's for example. We are now the stereotypical epitome of fat, lazy materialistic bums. Alright, next. Let's take China, Japan or any of those eastern Asian isles. We consider them to be incredibly smart but when we come across one that is *gasp* normal we're quite shocked.

But the truly sad thing would be the prejudice that lies within our own borders. Whites against blacks. Blacks against latinos. And then, even among our own racial groups we have conflict. We've got gang wars and killing going on every day... kids don't even get a chance at life. We're getting tied, bound and whipped by the media ties who only fuel anger by telling lies. I'm ready for the explosions to happen. When everybody snaps and starts to fight back. That'll be one helluva time let me tell you.


~Epoch [z]

p.s. You think I ranted enough there? Haha What can I say, I'm a war kid in every aspect of the term.

Peaches and Cream

Homosexuality is a tense subject. I'm not gonna lie and I'm not going to be nice about the subject on hand. It gets people all white-knuckled with anger on both sides of the argument. I just cannot fathom what the big deal is. Fine... maybe you don't like the guy-on-guy or girl-on-girl, but the fact still remains that they are humans.

Sure, when it comes to some issues like peace of the free world or the elimination of human pollution to stop global warming, you can be obstinate. But when it comes to the issue at hand, how can you be so close-minded? There are those that oppose homosexuality to the point of it being called 'shameful'. The ethical ideals that we have to come to accept in the new age still include a prejudice not only for the racial society but also for the homosexual community.

What kind of vices are we adopting when we can not even accept the sexual ideas of a man and a women? I surf the net and see all these sites dedicated to the pureness of man. This includes the need to arbitrarily take the sexuality of a man/women and completely disrespect what they have. You say that that isn't gay bashing. Leave it alone for a few and read it over. If you can't see that you haven't just flippantly made the most contemptuous piece of crap on the web then you must live under a rock.

I don't really know it all but... doesn't everyone deserve a chance to love? Doesn't matter if they're of the same sexual orientation. It's not revolting. It's not disgusting. It's not even a rebellion. I think it's just how they are. Can you stop yourself from liking... even loving someone? Yeah, I didn't think so.

~Epoch [z]

p.s. In some places, being homosexual warrants the death penalty. Isn't our world just peaches and cream?

Intro

First and foremost, let's get the introductions done with. I am Epoch [z] although Epoch is fine by me. I am a female so please don't refer to me in the way you would the male persuasion. Sometimes I've got a lot on my mind, so you'll have to put up with my rants on the unfairness of the world from time to time. Otherwise, I'm a pretty easy person to get on with.

Let's see... what else? Ah, I'm pretty new at the whole blog thing so forgive me if I do things incorrectly. If that's, you know, possible on a personal web-journal. What I'll put in this is what I think about on a day to day basis. This can include so pretty random and not overly serious crap to musing and rants on war, poverty, sickness, pretty much the whole Enchilada. Guess that's about it...


~Epoch [z]