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So, it's ANZAC day, which is the day, back in world war one, where Australian and New Zealand troops landed at Gallipoli (wrong place! cheers, guys) and you know, shit happened, bang bang you're dead, and to make sure that we never forget, they gave us April 25th off.
And, they say (whoever they are) that this is to remember and acknowledge those who died for our freedom in world war 1, world war 2, vietnam, and all the non-secret wars we've fought in. It's to give the people who were brainwashed into killing for their country a little moment of glory.
I know that other countries have war-is-great days, and I know that they mean nothing. I know that every single person who ever fought for 'our freedom' did so, missing some points:
(1) Our freedom in WWI was whatever Britain told us was our freedom. We went to protect the Motherland and act as cheap cannon fodder.
(2) Our freedom in WWII was to stop Hitler, and the spread of Nazism, which is fair enough, except that it took Britain six years to act, all time while Hitler was saying the same stuff. Our real threat was the Japanese, but somehow we were fighting in Europe.
(3) We'd do it again, and we will. World War 2 is the only war I can think of that was fought upon an actual and understandable principle. World War 3 is going to be about America trying to get away with murder.
If we fight for our freedom, then cool. But, if someone did that, then I want them to know that they fought for my free right to not spend anzac day gazing in wonderment at the ceiling thinking of how the diggers and (whatever they called us) worked together to save the world from evil. It's not fucking Dragonball Z, you know, it's not that simple.
It's my freedom to dissent. It's my freedom to get a big sign that says WAR SOLVES NOTHING, THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO KEEP HAVING THEM. It makes me so fucking angry that fucking people fucking think that we fucking have to fucking kill to fucking prove a fucking point which, when you boil it down to its fucking element, is all about fucking capitalism half the fucking time.
Grrr! And then these people try and make you buy little poppies, and what the hell? If you don't buy one, you're the most unpatriotic sack of snot in the world. You can let down your kids, your wife, your friends, but GOD HELP YOU if you tell the fucking RSA that they're a bunch of old fools who didn't know what they were doing in 1939, and don't have a lightbulb to turn on above their heads yet.
I want to go get some chalk now, and write things on the footpath. I might take a digital camera pic of it and post it. First, I'm going to kick something. |
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