There's been a lot of hub-bub about the so-called venerable prophet Mohammad getting skewered in European (mainly Danish) political cartoons -- and it has the Arab world up in arms (like that's something new).
From what I can tell, the Europeans have been satirizng Mohammad for quite some time, and it's only now that it's boiled over...
But the fact the Arabs are tripping points to the fact that they are basically perverting one of the tenants of Islam -- which is tolerance. YEAH! You wouldn't know it, by the way the Arabs behave. But you have to look at it this way: Arab culture took claim of Islam and the rulers and reactionary clerics have systematically used it to continue to oppress the people. Everything that hinders so-called progress (in terms of what the Occidental economics would call progress) can be justified by the Arab elite by turning to the Quran or siting something Mohammad said.
And keeping the people down is what the Arabian oligarchs do best -- better than anybody on the planet, maybe in the history of the world...
Check this out -- I was reading an interview with the State Department's press liaison, and she made a remark that tripped me out. When she was in Saudi Arabia, the Saudi women were upset at Bush and the U.S. Government for permitting Oprah to do a show about sexual repression in the Muslim world. Indicating that in the Muslim world the citizenery is so ignorant (and sheltered) as to think that Oprah's show is a government program. They honestly believe that. It's easy to see why... in their frame of reference TV and all its programming is controled by the fat, wealthy as hell rulers, sanctioned by clerics and thus there is no creatively free shows or shows that operates with a license to say what they want without repuercussions (like getting your tongue cut the fuck out!).
In the eyes of the liberal West, Islam and Mohammad are just plump and juicy ripe for satire and comedy. I have to believe that something will pop up on South Park (I never watch the show anymore, but know that scandalize Jesus and the Devil).
Arab culture needs to take the reins off, get sucked up in the maelstrom of conspicuous consumption and abusive capitalism -- then religion can get attacked, questioned, revered, and celebrated the way it is in the West... but will that ever happen?
Nah -- the Arabs have been trippin' since before the time of Caesar, they'll keep trippin' forever if you ask me.
Wednesday, February 22, 2006
Wednesday, February 08, 2006
Natural Born White Trash -- It's All Over And Growing
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Sunday, February 05, 2006
Servey Says... Smack That Booty!
Have you ever been to the website
www.bootyvote.com?
It's exactly what the title purports to be a place where ass photos are rated by the myriad of viewers (4000+) who visit the site on a regular basis.
This shouldn't really cause any comment, least of all from me, but it got me thinking -- entertainment has changed quite considerably since the Internet has infected the culture.
Digital, disposable, solitary entertainment experiences is what the the under 25 set is going to know and love -- group enjoyment is old school, because the effects of letting the computer, VCR and latest gaming console act as the main forms of occupying a growing kids time has pushed the youth, particularly young males, into a more solitary existence. Where interaction with other humans becomes an annoyance or an obligation, not something that is cherished, relished and expected.
The other day I was at the Santa Monica mall and saw these two teenage girls shopping together. Nothing out of the ordinary, except they were both listening to their iPods as they walked around, and only disengaged their headphones to test an item with the other. I thought, this is disturbing because they aren't really together -- they're not socializing the
On a certain level, I don't give a good fuck, because I'm not going to be living in the U.S. that much longer. All of the Baby Boomers are going to suck this country dry once they begin to retire, and need all sorts of social programs to deal with the decaying of their bodies. And who's going to pay for it? All the new immigrants from South and Central America and East Asia that are going to be coming over here. The population growth is going to continue to come from immigration, and the work opportunities are going to be less and less. Thus extending the gap between the haves and the have nots.
So when the average white kid gets displaced 'cause he's been spending too much time in front of his webcam singing to the Web-universe and not learning Spanish, advanced mathematics and Chinese, it's not going to be my problem at all. 'Cause I'll just shake my head from Sydney or Madrid...
If figure Europe will retain it's cultural identity and standard of living better than the US, because they'll pass laws to protect their culture -- as they do with movies and TV.
The US will be a true melting pot of megacities that have humdrum exiistence in cubicles or working shit jobs just get by on credit.
www.bootyvote.com?
It's exactly what the title purports to be a place where ass photos are rated by the myriad of viewers (4000+) who visit the site on a regular basis.
This shouldn't really cause any comment, least of all from me, but it got me thinking -- entertainment has changed quite considerably since the Internet has infected the culture.
Digital, disposable, solitary entertainment experiences is what the the under 25 set is going to know and love -- group enjoyment is old school, because the effects of letting the computer, VCR and latest gaming console act as the main forms of occupying a growing kids time has pushed the youth, particularly young males, into a more solitary existence. Where interaction with other humans becomes an annoyance or an obligation, not something that is cherished, relished and expected.
The other day I was at the Santa Monica mall and saw these two teenage girls shopping together. Nothing out of the ordinary, except they were both listening to their iPods as they walked around, and only disengaged their headphones to test an item with the other. I thought, this is disturbing because they aren't really together -- they're not socializing the
On a certain level, I don't give a good fuck, because I'm not going to be living in the U.S. that much longer. All of the Baby Boomers are going to suck this country dry once they begin to retire, and need all sorts of social programs to deal with the decaying of their bodies. And who's going to pay for it? All the new immigrants from South and Central America and East Asia that are going to be coming over here. The population growth is going to continue to come from immigration, and the work opportunities are going to be less and less. Thus extending the gap between the haves and the have nots.
So when the average white kid gets displaced 'cause he's been spending too much time in front of his webcam singing to the Web-universe and not learning Spanish, advanced mathematics and Chinese, it's not going to be my problem at all. 'Cause I'll just shake my head from Sydney or Madrid...
If figure Europe will retain it's cultural identity and standard of living better than the US, because they'll pass laws to protect their culture -- as they do with movies and TV.
The US will be a true melting pot of megacities that have humdrum exiistence in cubicles or working shit jobs just get by on credit.
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