Tyler Clementi, RIP

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)

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

in a war that will never end.

I love America,

but I, too,

am afraid of it.