The Battle of the Ex’s We have come to hear an awful lot about fathers who don’t support their children. Some won’t, some can’t, but the father’s ability to pay doesn’t matter much. What matters is whether or not he pays. We even have a rather cute name for this obnoxious animal, “deadbeat dad.” There …
Lecture No. 1 “I love an opposition that has convictions” – Frederick the Great The Battle of the Sexes has degenerated into a Dirty War, and we are, each of us, being drafted into it by forces who care not a whit for equality or fairness. Propaganda, as a tool of control, is effective only …
One boy is dead, and a father was imprisoned after a racially charged trial that divided a city. But the girl, apparently, escaped unscathed.
It is truth alone that frees, not the activity of will. —Jiddu Krishnamurti I take the above quote not to mean an invitation to inactivity, but an assertion that right action can only follow right thinking, or, better in keeping with the philosophy of Krishnamurti, with the perception of the world as-it-is. I’m reminded of …
“Whoever, intending to insult the modesty of any woman, utters any word, makes any sound or gesture, or exhibits any object, intending that such word or sound shall be heard, or that such gesture or object shall be seen by such woman, or intrudes upon the privacy of such woman, shall be punished with imprisonment …
When an article that paints Assange as “a man of strong sexual appetites who is not averse to exploiting his fame” can’t find a single thing to substantiate the rape charges, what are the chances that a single male reader will not see this as a wake-up call?
If we want to reengineer men to be less violent, then perhaps their role as congenitally selected bodyguards is the first thing that needs to come into question. Perhaps we should confront men about their universally common knee jerk reaction to protect others in distress, even if violence is required. And perhaps we should confront women for selecting men with such capabilities.
I personally think things are snowballing enough, quickly enough, that early next near politicians the world over will not be able to avoid these issues anymore.
Our brother RulaZ is releasing an album of his music; pure and raw zeta rock to the last song. And by referencing A Voice for Men, he honors me and pays homage to all of you.
What we excuse, we enable. And what we enable, we get, in ever increasing amounts. When enabling women to excuse, rationalize, justify and shift blame, even over their most heinous acts, we will pay for it. Sometimes the dues are paltry. Sometimes payment comes in little caskets.
