June
28, 2015
“The
Daily Debates”
By
Jim Culp
Well,
it’s that time again. There’s confusion all around and Uncle Jim has to get
everyone straight. That’s ok; I don’t mind.
First,
let’s get this gay stuff out of the way. Gay people, the homosexual version of
the species Homo sapiens, date back 4,000 years. People didn’t “get gay” in
1960 when the Beatles brought Rock and Roll from England; nor did they “turn gay”
because Satan wants to destroy the institution of marriage. In simpler terms, “some
folks is gay, some ain’t,” please get over it. I hear Senators this morning
talking about proposing a Constitutional Amendment to ban gay marriage for all
time? Maybe they need to obtain a dictionary and read what they word “freedom”
means. Go ahead Senator, look it up.
Second,
let’s talk slavery. Slavery dates back to the beginnings of recorded history.
Man is a creature that sometimes must exert his will over others. If you look
at history, the Babylonians (dating back to 3500 BC) instituted slavery in
every facet of life. The Roman Empire (both Pagan Rome and Christian Rome) made
slaves of every single race that they conquered; the English made slaves out of
thousands of Irish; the African landowners of the 16-and 1700’s sold slaves
(entire families and generations) to thousands of rich folks in many countries,
probably the largest to the families of the Americas. Slavery was condoned by
Christian and Muslim for centuries; and oh yeah, the Torah. Slavery in the 1860’s
in the war torn United States was nothing out of the ordinary in history. Families
of the North and South both owned slaves; and many slaves from both sides
fought in the war. The Confederate flag (a battle flag, and later a national
symbol of the Confederate States of America), was representative of the
thirteen states that succeeded from the Union; it was and is not a symbol of
slavery any more than the U.S. flag is. The rhetoric that states this absurdity
would be equivalent to saying that the U.S. flag stands for the near genocide of
the North American Indians.
Thirdly,
the world is seemingly obsessed with the “terror group” ISIS. First of all,
although I certainly in no way condone these people’s actions, regard them in the
same way that I regarded the Iraqi resistance in Iraq. ISIS is a group of people driven by religion
(imagine that) that believe in a cause, and that cause is making sure that they
are not placed under imperial rule that will most assuredly be imposed on them
if they lose, and also establishing a one party Islamic State. Now, that imperial
rule may come from the United Nations, or it may come from Bashar Al-Assad.
Either way these guys aren’t going to stand for it, and have resorted to some
pretty nasty tactics to show that they mean business. The resistance in Iraq was
fighting an illegal invasion of their country, and when the fight subsided
there, these guys joined ISIS. I was on the ground in Iraq when thousands of
Iraqi soldiers that were supposed to receive pay to join the army of the “New
Iraq” and defend her against hostile takeover from Iran or Syria. Guess what?
They weren’t trained or paid. Those soldiers with no job or country went where
they saw a cause and a paycheck and started fighting the country (Iraq) and the
invaders (US) that had fucked them over. So when we are labeling anyone
terrorists, let’s look at all the facts. I’ve already told you that ISIS is
funded from many sources; and some of those sources are western governments.
Fourthly
and finally; there is a debate in this country that just doesn’t make any
sense, yet it keeps making headlines. So let me make my case.
Axes
were invented sometime several thousand years BC. They may have been crude, but
they gave one man a distinct advantage over a man that didn’t have one. Later,
axes evolved into very powerful tools and weapons, with hundreds of designs in
use across the face of our planet.
Guns
(although crude) were invented sometime in the 1200’s. They also gave a
distinct advantage to the wielder over his opponent if that person didn’t have
a gun. Guns also later evolved into very powerful tools and weapons, with
hundreds of designs in use across the face of our planet.
Although
many times in history, overlords have outlawed the use of axes and guns, they
both survive today as two modern and perfected tools that can be used for
sport, work, survival, and war. So my question remains; when someone is
murdered with an axe, why aren’t politicians screaming to outlaw axes?
