"What I want to say is this: - If you logically try to persuade a person that there is no absolute reason for shedding tears, the person in question will cease weeping. That's self evident. Why, I should like to know, should such a person continue doing so?"

"If such were the usual course of things, life would be a very easy matter," replied Raskolnikoff.

- Crime and Punishment, Dostoevsky

Monday, April 7, 2008

Lack of human rights (made in China)

It would be really tremendous if the Chinese police could stop shooting Tibetan monks. This could be a really long blog entry, but I have PMS and I can definitely foresee a situation whereby I so enrage myself with my own polemic that I hurl my laptop off my balcony and burn all my clothing that is of Chinese origin. I will say this: given the Chinese government's consistent crushing and quelling of human rights; their violence towards the Tibetan monks; and their nefarious involvement in the exploitation of Africa for its oil - I will be sorely pissed if Canadian athletes participate in the Chinese Olympics.
And don't get me started on the Olympics either. I foresee bar stools being hurled off the balcony next.
Alright. Let's try and end this on a high note. Oh, hey! Anyone find the guy that murdered his three children in Mission yet? And boy, I bet all the kids that were removed from the polygamous compound are all totally normal and well adjusted.
Okay. Attempt number one to end on a high note failed.
I'm clean. I'm warm. I'm fed (I could even say I'm well-fed - tonight's dinner didn't suck). I'm employed. I'm healthy. I have a social network that would make bacteria jealous (funny bookclub joke!). I seemingly have retained some semblance of a sense of humor, though it's jostling for position in my cerebral cortex with this uncanny desire to kick someone in the nuts.
Spellcheck just told me I spelled 'cortex' wrong. Now that's funny.

1 comment:

Godinla said...

I agree wholeheartedly with everything you just said (I am protecting my nuts though). Screw spellcheck!