After watching the WikiLeaks video, I think that WikiLeaks/Snowden are doing the right thing. As the people, we have a right to know what things like our taxes and our votes go to. I want to know why exactly we have troops where we do. And I want to know what our country is trying to do to prevent wars, rather than egg them on by only adding to the chaos. Think of it this way, somebody has some dirt on you, and they taunt what it might be in your face, but they never tell you. It's childish. We are supposed to be the land of the free, shouldn't that mean free everything? We should have the freedom to be able to know what our voted government officials are up to. Too often today, it seems like we are being more and more suppressed. I was watching a TV show called "The 100," and in the first couple episodes, it was the perfect example of this. Their spaceship home was running out of oxygen, and the man in charge didn't want the people to know, even though their death was set for a month or two away, unless close to 300 of them were killed off in an "accident." We're heading for the exact same thing. How much will be hidden from us? The things they hide, are things that could be the death of us. Everyone has heard of conspiracy theories, right? What if those things are all true, and the people that know the truth are kept hidden from the world. I saw a post on "iFunny" the other day and it through me off my mindset for a minute. It said "Time doesn't exist, Clocks exist." Think about it, it's just another way of controlling us, while making us to think that we're "free."
As for when it comes to the freedom of expression and creativity? People are way to damn concerned with money. I'm included in that. How often are we worried about the price of things? There is a reason people are suffering, because they are arrested for stupid things like copyright infringement. What happens when somebody decides that they want to copyright or patent oxygen? What are we to do then? I think that there are more important things for the country to be worrying about, like how we can prevent things like violence, or putting more funding towards the proper diagnosis and care of patients with mental disabilities. As humans, we are naturally creative. When we finger painted we were mixing colors together to make new ones, is that bad? Are big businesses are really that concerned with their profits? I'm sure they make enough money without having to sue people. I think that if you're going to sue normal, everyday people for downloading your songs, rather than paying for them, then you don't deserve my money. Simple as that. I remember when LimeWire was being shut down due to lawsuits, or whatever it was, and I was so worried that somebody was going to show up at my door and take me away as soon as I hit "download." I was a kid. And as kids, most of the time, we don't know any better. I shouldn't have to worry about that, when there are much worst things in the world. Next rant.
I enjoy writing. I enjoy the fact that I can say pretty much whatever I wanted in this blog, and I enjoy the fact that you, the readers, can respond back with what you think. I think that the first amendment is the idea that I can have my opinions, and I can choose to show them to the world, and I have the right to my opinion. And if you don't like it, then you don't have to read it, listen to it, or however, because you have the right to your own opinion. When I get upset, I often just feel like writing something down, often times I don't, but that is how I express myself when I can. Writing is how I enjoy to express myself. When I was little I used to write stories about the most random things, I have one about going fishing with my grandpa and catching a really big fish. I also used to write in a school newspaper, and one time I got to write an column piece, and it was about having a bad day, (I'm going to quote myself now) " Little things help. Find that one thing that makes you smile your silly little grin, and go with it. Take a chance. You don't know what the reaction is unless you try the whole experiment." I honestly should listen to my own advice, but that's not the point. I used that one chance at a column, and I took it, and not to sound cocky, but I think that I did a damn good job.
One of the things I've been hearing a lot about is gay rights. And yes, I'm a firm believer that love is love no matter who it is shared with. It goes back to control, as I was talking about earlier. If you ask, then I will gladly tell you that I support it, and I will tell you that I support it because all love is equal, think what you want about my opinion, but respect it, and I will respect yours. I honestly think that it goes for any kind of topic, you can share it up to the point of shoving it down other people's throats. At that point it has gone too damn far. If you don't like what I'm writing, you don't have to read it simple as that. Now, I'm not super open about religion, and that's my choice, but once somebody continues to use that against my beliefs or to make themselves sound better than the rest of the world, than I think that it's time for the people to stop. Like the Westboro Baptist Church, they have their opinion, I don't agree, but I respect their opinion. But the fact that they show up to throw their opinion around at things like weddings, that's down right rude. How would they feel if somebody came to one of their weddings, and protested it because they didn't like who was getting married? They'd get mad. Just like the rest of us. People just need to respect other people. Enough said. Rant over.
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