Greetings, fellow travelers, and welcome to the 15th posting of volume four of the Blog. Well, my look into what way I can use my renewed creativity has lead me to a decision. I've decided to go into movies and make one. Therefore, I would like to announce the first project from Golden Shawn Productions: "The Melting of the Iceberg" It's the culmination of my "Life in Hyperion" material. More information in the coming months.
Meanwhile, the Blog is your source for the news of the world as seen by me. As you all know, last week, the number of openly gay athletes in the four major American sports leagues was an official zero. Now, that number has increased to one with the coming out of NBA player Jason Collins of the Washington Wizards. His coming out was a surprise as no one even knew of his homosexuality. Nevertheless, he made the brave decision to come out and be the first.
In the same vein of news relating to the equal rights of homosexuals the country over, the state of Rhode Island became the tenth state to legalize same sex marriage, winning the race to become so over Illinois and Michigan. And it looks that the 11th state to legalize it isn't far behind. In Delaware, a bill to legalize same sex marriage has passed the state House and it has been forwarded to the Senate for a full vote next week. Illinois will have to settle for being the 12th state and that's not too far away either.
By the looks of it, this has been a good week for the gay rights movement, with their first open pro athlete and the division of same sex marriage states now one in five among fifty, with even that being short-lived as another readies to join the marriage equality club. Now, let me say once more that I am a heterosexual white male but I am all for letting everyone marry who they love... within reason. I don't believe in that whole "slippery slope theory" of marriage, that if you legalize marriage between two people of the same gender, it will lead to marriage between a person and your beloved pet.
That theory is made up by people whose IQ could be measured in single digits. I believe in reason in government. A government must listen to its citizens and pass laws that reflect the wish of the people. A decade, a majority was against marriage equality and simpletons took the time to pass same sex marriage bans. Now, the tide has changed and the people now want marriage equality. The government now must undo these bans and bring the world closer to peace. Let not the ranting of mad men ruin society.
As I've said recently, we are living in the Crazy Times, a period of history where our society is losing the grip on its collective sanity. The cure for the Crazy Times is reason. Reason lead to the Arab Spring two years ago. It lead the people of Libya to end the rule of a despot and it's leading the people of Syria in a civil war against a family regime. The time to reason with ourselves as a race is fast nearing. Can you face the outcome of that? If not, a heavy toll will be levied on us and I fear the price is something we can't pay.
The news of late has caused me to wonder where our civilization is going. I mean, the world's first commercial space plane just finished its first test flight, telling of a future in the stars. At the same time, countries like North Korea and Syria show a future where free will is a luxury. As I close out this week's posting, remind yourself that the future is not certain. It is created through the smallest actions. In conclusion, the old phrase that the flapping of a butterfly's wings can cause a storm is very true but only when the butterfly is really flapping away...
By the looks of it, this has been a good week for the gay rights movement, with their first open pro athlete and the division of same sex marriage states now one in five among fifty, with even that being short-lived as another readies to join the marriage equality club. Now, let me say once more that I am a heterosexual white male but I am all for letting everyone marry who they love... within reason. I don't believe in that whole "slippery slope theory" of marriage, that if you legalize marriage between two people of the same gender, it will lead to marriage between a person and your beloved pet.
That theory is made up by people whose IQ could be measured in single digits. I believe in reason in government. A government must listen to its citizens and pass laws that reflect the wish of the people. A decade, a majority was against marriage equality and simpletons took the time to pass same sex marriage bans. Now, the tide has changed and the people now want marriage equality. The government now must undo these bans and bring the world closer to peace. Let not the ranting of mad men ruin society.
As I've said recently, we are living in the Crazy Times, a period of history where our society is losing the grip on its collective sanity. The cure for the Crazy Times is reason. Reason lead to the Arab Spring two years ago. It lead the people of Libya to end the rule of a despot and it's leading the people of Syria in a civil war against a family regime. The time to reason with ourselves as a race is fast nearing. Can you face the outcome of that? If not, a heavy toll will be levied on us and I fear the price is something we can't pay.
The news of late has caused me to wonder where our civilization is going. I mean, the world's first commercial space plane just finished its first test flight, telling of a future in the stars. At the same time, countries like North Korea and Syria show a future where free will is a luxury. As I close out this week's posting, remind yourself that the future is not certain. It is created through the smallest actions. In conclusion, the old phrase that the flapping of a butterfly's wings can cause a storm is very true but only when the butterfly is really flapping away...
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