Positive thoughts

What happen to giving out of the pure satisfaction of pleasing another. Why now, must we receive in order to give. We feel we must receive something for our hard work, for giving to another selfishly as if “life” is at stake and you must make a good bargain. Free, what has become of that word, what was the purpose of that four letter word. A word that seemingly is loosing the value of its meaning. If you ask in today’s American society for a place to rest your head at night, a cup of water, and piece of bread to fill that parch and hunger you feel, you can expect to receive a look and action that follows most of the time you starring at the back of the person you just asked for help as they walk away. To ask one to fathom the thought of doing something for another;work, with no compensation of money but instead just the things they may need at the time, if anything, would be a thought most couldn’t. But you ask someone to do extravagant stunts, degrade themselves to a role outside the norm, even step on the toes of death for a shoot at TV time with no money compensation; just the chance to partake in a world not of reality but entertainment, most all would do.

What happen to community and the value it had? What happen to family and the value it had? What happen to the barter system? What happen to the mindset of giving and helping others? What happen to living and understanding life for what it is, and accepting what it is?

You know we've never actually been at a moment in time when all positive thoughts where all accepted at the same time. These things and many other thoughts have had its time in American society but never lasted, it was replaced and forgotten with the new better way. What would happen if we actually learned from the past, as we so loudly say we are, because if we've learned from the past than we would see peace. Yet we continue to repeat the same things, just in different ways and different justifications, and so we continue to see the same problems that are prevalent today that where prevalent back than.

Our generation and marriage

  Although the delay in marriage has increased according to stats and social observation, the percent of people who still marry in their lifetime is higher with only 25.2% never married (Corr et al., 2009)...where am I going with all this, this generation seems to want to make single the thing, and really think its going to happen. Our societal norms and acceptance might have changed temporarily but the need for love from another hasn't and never will and when y'all stop fooling yourself thinking your really happy sharing something that's only amazing with the one right person (sex), thinking coming home to only yourself for the rest of your lifetime, is what it is, maybe you'll stop wasting your time running from something most of you all desire and want, but instead choose to live a video lifestyle that gives you a temporary high on life instead of permanent high nothing can match.

War and genocide; is there a difference?

Is war any different than genocide? Both consist of the killing of a certain target group set in order by authoritative figures supported by majority of a group. The major difference that sets them apart is the type of justification given for support. One can argue other simplistic arguments of the difference between the two, but in the end when it comes right down to it, both are the killing of another human being supported by respective societal figures. Yes, killing of another human being will occur outside of war and genocide, but the mortality rate for large groups of people at a single moment in time would decrease. In the United States in 2004, there were 17,357 homicide deaths with an overall death rate of 5.9 per 100,000 (Minineo et al., 2007). Homicide is classified as an act by one human being that is intended to or actually does kill another human being. The homicide rates have been trending upward since the late 1980's (with a sharp spike in 2001 resulting from deaths associated with the September 11 attacks on America)(Corr et al., 2009). Outside of the definition stating the killing of another human being, war and genocide is basically homicide. Sometimes it isn’t just an individual, but a group of individuals that take action to kill other human-beings; in all its human-beings killing other human-beings. To arrange for and bring about large numbers of death requires extensive and systemic organization, involving legal, economic, military, and political structures, sometimes along with educational and scientific research structures(Corr et al., 2009)

What would come of this world, and the death system if people would only concern themselves in matters of violence when it directly effects them personally not indirectly. What would happen if people set down and actually thought about what another person is asking them to do. What would happen if people only feared God and not man.

For someone to gain control of a society they must invoke a fear unlike any other, and than promise a protection that they only can give.