War

[Gregorian]

16. Fortunately, this was the mindset of the neighborhood in which I grew up.

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I grew up knowing better. And my dad grew up in poverty, so it wasn't like we had some lineage of bright people. I am totally anti-military. I'll go as far as to say that if we want to win some war on terror, all we have to do is stop being shitheads.

Vietnam was winding down, but the threat of being drafted still existed. One neighbor moved to Canada, where he lives to this day. Both my friend across the street, and me were preparing our CO status.

I still cannot believe the blindness of the human being towards several totally obvious things, war being one. The other is energy related. It's this ignorance that will end us all if we don't grow up.

Edit- As I digested more of this topic I asked what can be done to help others see the folly and tragedy of war even though it is glorified by the profiteers. First, when I was just a young child my father warned me that much of the history I would learn in school revolved around war. He used to lament that history defaulted to war. Even in university level history, I was dismayed that it was all WAR. I did not do well in that course. So how do we get other to see? This is where, I believe, the notion of trickle down really does work. Knowledge works that way. And I also believe that our schools are designed to keep people submissive. But the molding of society into submissiveness is also at the corporate level. Buy this, buy that. It may seem benign, but it plays on a subconscious level of the human that subtracts from independent thinking.

We were not fooled. And why is that? This is critically important, because it covers almost everything one does in life. Can I dissect what is coming at me. This is why when talking with my father before Bush stole office, he said "here come the wars". Now how did we know that? If more people had known that, there would never have been a close election. But it goes further than that. This kind of consciousness expands to include many other areas in life. Should I take care of my body? Should I take care of my community? Should I be careful with the energy I use. It all adds up to who is in control. Either I am in control, or some outside force is.