ah...okay...now I understand. 420...
well, it's 422 now...
:stoned:
*exhale*
...fall 10, yo... Brandung oben!...
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ah...okay...now I understand. 420...
well, it's 422 now...
:stoned:
*exhale*
...fall 10, yo... Brandung oben!...
And my opinion is that "fighting for your country" is a stupid idea. Just because I happen to have been born in territory claimed by the United States government, why should I be willing to kill people who happen to have been born in territory claimed by a government that isn't liked by the government whose laws I am forced to follow?Quote:
Originally Posted by da haze meister
[align=right]—Bill Hicks[/align]Quote:
I was over in Australia and I was asked, "Are you proud to be an American?" and I was like, "I don't know. I didn't have a lot to do with it, you know. My parents fucked there, that's about all." You know, I was in the spirit realm at the time. "Fuck in Paris! Fuck in Paris!" but they couldn't hear me, cause I didn't have a mouth. I was a spirit without lungs or a mouth or vocal cords. They fucked here. OK, I'm proud. I hate patriotism. I can't stand it, man. Makes me fucking sick. It's a round world last time I checked, OK? You know what I mean? I hate patriotism. In fact, that's how we could stop patriotism, I think. Instead of putting stars and stripes on our flags, we should put pictures of our parents fucking. Gather people around that flag and see your dad hunched over your mom's big four-by-four butt. See if any boot rally mentality can circle round that little fucking image.
[align=right]—Emma Goldman[/align]Quote:
Conceit, arrogance and egotism are the essentials of patriotism. Let me illustrate. Patriotism assumes that our globe is divided into little spots, each one surrounded by an iron gate. Those who have had the fortune of being born on some particular spot consider themselves nobler, better, grander, more intelligent than those living beings inhabiting any other spot. It is, therefore, the duty of everyone living on that chosen spot to fight, kill and die in the attempt to impose his superiority upon all the others.
The inhabitants of the other spots reason in like manner, of course, with the result that from early infancy the mind of the child is provided with blood-curdling stories about the Germans, the French, the Italians, Russians, etc. When the child has reached manhood he is thoroughly saturated with the belief that he is chosen by the Lord himself to defend his country against the attack or invasion of any foreigner. It is for that purpose that we are clamoring for a greater army and navy, more battleships and ammunition.
An army and navy represent the people's toys.