Hey Freak!

Wow. So this is what blogging on a Saturday feels like.

Well, we woke up this morning and walked to Starbucks and then Bristol Farms, where I got a chocolate croissant. So, basically, I'm more awake now than I usually am at work at this time.

Anyway. There are a few things I was thinking about this morning...

• Starbury. In the days of $200 high end basketball shoes, and "normal" prices hovering around a little over $100, it's really refreshing to see an NBA player (Stephon Marbury) involved with marketing shoes for... get this... $15. No, I didn't forget a digit. That's fifteen dollars. I gotta say, that's freaking awesome. I mean, what a novel concept... selling affordable basketball shoes! What a radical idea, and it just might work!
  
  Seriously, though... it's about fucking time somebody did that. What next? Easily affordable cars? Nah, that'd never happen.



• I was doing this meme over at Staz's, and... well, question #13 was "Who did you lose your concert virginity to?" Me? My first concert was... Tommy Tutone. Yes, the 867-5309 guys. And then it dawned on me... to this day, I have never ever ever met anybody else who has seen them in concert. Have you seen them? Or known anybody who has? I coulda swore, I wasn't the only person there...



• I was thinking about hate, and why some people hate other people (different ethnicities and gay folks) seemingly so arbitrarily. And yanno, I can't recall any atheists with this kinda hatred. I mean, you never hear anybody being discriminated against "... in the name of Science!" Like, you don't hear people saying "Well, *I* read Darwin's The Origin of Species. And it tells me that niggers, chinks, spics, and fags are all lesser species than whites."
  
  Don't get me wrong - it's not a knock on religion, per se. I'm not against religion. But, please... you have to admit, religion is much more easily twisted and turned into hate than, say... science. Facts. Logic. Think about it. We've got the extremist Muslims against the extremist Christians. Meanwhile, all us atheists and moderate Muslims and Christians are saying "What the fuck? Isn't God supposed to be all about peace?" And really, what kind of God would be so petty as to order the murders of all non-believers? Isn't the world big enough for everybody? Can't God find a way to co-exist with non-believers? Aren't all people "God's creations," whether they believe in God or not?
  
  And really, there's no proof that, say, dolphins and whales believe in God. Should we start killing them too? Oh, wait...



• One more thing, and this'll probably piss a lot of people off. But... it really bugs me when you see stories on the news, and they're talking about some racist, and then they mention "the N-word." Just say the damned word. Nigger. George Allen loved to use the word Nigger. I fucking hate that word, but dammit, let's expose these assholes for what they really are - horrible fucking people. I'm not gonna water it down by saying "Oh, he said the N-word." He said Nigger. If that angers you, good. You should be angry. Because nobody should use that word.
  
  Look at it this way - would you call a date rapist a "mild sexual abuser"? Would you say that he "... committed the R-word"? Of fucking course not. (Hell, I wouldn't even call anyone a "date rapist." A rapist is a rapist. Calling someone a "date rapist" makes it seem more acceptable. And in my eyes, it isn't.) You say that he RAPED people. That's a hard word to hear, but it's necessary, so you know just how horrible that person is. You don't fucking water it down because people might be sensitive.
  
  I'm sorry, but if you water shit down like that, you make the act more acceptable. And that's not acceptable to me.

Shoot. Sorry. I didn't mean to be such a downer there. But that's what I believe.

Last, but not least - I saw this at Pesky Apostrophe. Try not to get the song stuck in your head:


Happy Saturday!

I've had it up to here with this political correctness crap. People who use the terms N-word, F-word and C-word sound like freakin 3rd graders. Just say the damned word!

well said mikey, tell it like it is! fuckin' perfect!

love the video.

Mikey ~ $15 shoes - way to go, Starbury. The sad irony is that they will probably be manufactured at the EXACT same sweatshop as the Nike's for the exact same cost. -!- Starbury is just probably okay with making less of a profit.

I've never seen Tommy TuTone - but I do remember that song, and all the prank calling we'd all do. duh. My first concert was Sha Na Na! LOL! ... Can anybody tell me if they've seen Sha Na Na live in concert?

That whole N word rant is so right on. What's the media making everything so freakin "nice" anymore? They did it with that rediculous terror bill they just passed in congress and senate, too.

ahg. Now I'M ranting!

BTW, I'll still be around. I'm actually thinking of starting fresh on a whole new blog. That's why MoDigli is on Hiatus. I'll keep you posted, and of course, I''ll keep reading here.

My favorite part about the Starbury shoes is that he's planning on wearing them during the season. Not modified versions either - straight up $15 shoes to tell everyone that he supports the product.

Of course, if his ankle explodes in 35 pieces at any point, his idea will probably go down the tubes. Too bad though, b/c kids need that kind of mentality these days. Next, maybe we can get an NFL player to teach the value of paying rent rather than buying rims.

Re: The N-Word
I always assumed the censorship existed because hearing the word was a very jarring thing. Like, they try to defuse it so it doesn't cut so hard when its spoken. But really... its sorta silly because its all about context here.

If it doesn't cut when Snoop Dogg says it, why should it cut when a news announcer says it? As long as you're not using it to name someone maliciously, its a word. We, as a world, can get really worked up over stuff like this sometimes and lose sight of the bigger picture all too often.

you make a great point about atheists.

I totally agree with you about the A'holes who refer to the N-Word..etc. They should have the guts to say what they F'ing mean. This PC stuff is a pile of doo doo. =))))))


On a serious note, check out Secular Humanism and Free Inquiry Magazine

Regarding the atheist hate...I will say, many hate Christians pretty arbitrarily (myself, I'm always super careful to avoid even LOOKING like I have something against them, as an atheist). It's one thing to disagree, but to so vehemently hate Christians, when many of them are good people? Weird.

Good point, Kate.

I'm sure that a lot of what I say seems to be anti-Christian, and I'd like to make sure to state that I'm not anti-Christian. I try to make sure to specify "fundamentalist Christians" when I'm ranting, and if I've failed to specify in the past, I apologize.

Because, really, I have nothing against Christians. Nor do I have anything against Jews or Muslims. My anger is directed towards the people who use their religion to justify their own hatred to other religions, ethnicities, and lifestyles.

Now, to amend that to include atheists would be easy:

My anger is directed towards those people who use their beliefs (religious or otherwise) to justify their own hatred to (other) religions, ethnicities, and lifestyles.

Name:

Email:

Location:

URL:

Smileys

Remember my personal information

Notify me of follow-up comments?

Submit the word you see below: