3.19.2006
Culture of Fire!, Part 1/2
There's a word I want to hear, and it isn't Corruption. Remember watching
The Civil War on PBS years and years ago? Remember how the letters they
read always seemed to damned eloquent? So proper. Their English was
fantastic, and they used it well. Same goes for letters written during
World War I. It's like they were just smarter than we are now, and more
practiced at writing. Well, who knows if that's true or just some effect
of the weird sample of who writes while they're being shot at.
But then why in 1919 didn't the Supreme Court throw in a, "oh, and don't
shout conflagration either." I mean, people were smarter back then,
right? They used big words all the time. Here's my point. Anyone who can
read can look up and define a word. Doesn't mean they'll feel it. And
corruption is one of those words people can usually define, but don't
feel. It's an arm's length description of that guy you trusted with your
children turning out to be a child molester. It's a polite way of bringing
up that guy you thought was stand-up, running off to Switzerland with his
wife, baby and a pathetically small amount of embezzeled funds.
When someone steals, call them a thief. When they rape, call them a
rapist, and when they sell their votes and influence, we should call them
Criminals in their cells at Rikers.
- BADIDEABOY
The Civil War on PBS years and years ago? Remember how the letters they
read always seemed to damned eloquent? So proper. Their English was
fantastic, and they used it well. Same goes for letters written during
World War I. It's like they were just smarter than we are now, and more
practiced at writing. Well, who knows if that's true or just some effect
of the weird sample of who writes while they're being shot at.
But then why in 1919 didn't the Supreme Court throw in a, "oh, and don't
shout conflagration either." I mean, people were smarter back then,
right? They used big words all the time. Here's my point. Anyone who can
read can look up and define a word. Doesn't mean they'll feel it. And
corruption is one of those words people can usually define, but don't
feel. It's an arm's length description of that guy you trusted with your
children turning out to be a child molester. It's a polite way of bringing
up that guy you thought was stand-up, running off to Switzerland with his
wife, baby and a pathetically small amount of embezzeled funds.
When someone steals, call them a thief. When they rape, call them a
rapist, and when they sell their votes and influence, we should call them
Criminals in their cells at Rikers.
- BADIDEABOY
