I can't say this is a channelling,
but it's felt from the heart.
It's about a story that's very,
very
sad:
First,
I want to send my deepest sympathy
to the family of this young man,
and to the families of all the young people
who have taken their lives
in the U.S.A.
over the past month
(and, really, over the past several years)
(and, really, over the past several years)
because foolish,
childish
people
scorned them for being different.
(I would like to say something about gay bashing,
but will reserve another entry for that.
Suffice it to say,
for now,
that this is the most
homophobic age
that history has ever seen,
and we absolutely need
to start admitting
that physical, sexual desire
does not fit neatly
into one simple mold.
And
if a man and a man
want to be together,
or a woman and a woman,
well,
it's no big deal.
I mean, really:
who is it hurting,
if they are together,
in the comfort
and privacy
of their own home?
If we just accept that,
and get on with it,
then we might be able to begin
to curb
damaging perversions
that have been spawned by our age
of confusion,
during which
the media seems to embrace many sexualities
but at the same time
silently enforces
homophobia.)
~ ~ ~
This incident just goes to show how skewed the morals
and the logic
of the youth of the
United States have become.
Seriously.
The only thing more upsetting than this video
and this story
is some of the comments posted on YouTube after it.
*/.
You might say
that it was just children who did this
-- evil children --
Well, but we must
take responsibility for our children.
The words that tumble
from a child's lips
and the actions
they perform
are reflections of the words
and actions
that child learns
at home.
( sgiquarterly )
Consider these videos,
which I also found
on
YouTube:
I don't mean to be a prude,
but there's just something really wrong here.
This may be just words,
language,
but where can it go?
The young man who
broadcast his roommate's sexual acts
is home now, and reportedly,
doesn't understand
what's going on.
He doesn't understand that he destroyed
another young man's life.
And how much money will his parents pay
to get him out of jail, free?
~ ~ `~ ~
America,
what have we become?
The land of freedom of speech,
the dream of our forefathers
has become a world where
"freedom"
means the ability
and right
to play games with other people's lives,
and to scorn and mock those
who are different
from our limited, little selves,
while across the world,
our sons and daughters
and other innocent
sons and daughters
keep dying
and other innocent
sons and daughters
keep dying
in a war that will never end.
I love America,
but I, too,
am afraid of it.
but I, too,
am afraid of it.
2 comments:
I cry for that poor, desperate young man. It's a shocking, horrible story.
Indeed, and as a teacher of young people, I realize how we really have to watch for so many other signals these days -- signals of abuse, loneliness, misunderstanding. . .
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