Patriotism is Cultism

As I scrolled through my Facebook news feed, I discovered the following artwork here, being shared by the page, “Voting is Violence,” and originally posted it to my own wall, along with commentary…

"Patriotism is an immoral feeling because, instead of confessing himself a son of God... or even a fee man guided by his own reason, each man, under the influence of patriotism confesses himself the son of his fatherland and the slave of his government, and commits actions contrary to his reason and conscience." - Leo Tolstoy

“Patriotism is an immoral feeling because, instead of confessing himself a son of God… or even a free man guided by his own reason, each man, under the influence of patriotism confesses himself the son of his fatherland and the slave of his government, and commits actions contrary to his reason and conscience.” – Leo Tolstoy

My Commentary: Statism is a cult!

Pun’s Son’s Got the Vocab!

The following correspondence originally took place upon the Facebook wall of my friend, Kala Z, after he tagged me in his post…

Kala Z.: Big Pun’s Son:

(tagged) Rebekah P., Last Prince, Rayn, Jason B.

Jason B.: Check out the ‘team backpack’ cypher….too good

Kala Z.: Will do

Rebekah P.: Fuego!!!!!!!

Last Prince: Dopeness…

Rayn: Skillz! He’s got the vocab! 😉

The Ravings of a Genocidal Lizard

The following correspondence originally took place here, upon the Facebook page, “End Apartheid“…

End Apartheid:

"Alert: Share this because the mainstream media will not. 'We need to flatten entire neighborhoods in Gaza. Flatten all of Gaza. The Americans didn't stop with Hiroshima. The Japanese weren't surrendering fast enough, so they hit Nagasaki, too.' - Gilad Sharon, Ariel Sharon's son, Op-Ed in the Jerusalem Post"

“Alert: Share this because the mainstream media will not. ‘We need to flatten entire neighborhoods in Gaza. Flatten all of Gaza. The Americans didn’t stop with Hiroshima. The Japanese weren’t surrendering fast enough, so they hit Nagasaki, too.’ – Gilad Sharon, Ariel Sharon’s son, Op-Ed in the Jerusalem Post” (source: http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Op-Ed-Contributors/A-decisive-conclusion-is-necessary)

Rayn: Lizard scum!

Street Fighter – Celebrity Edition, Featuring Björk

The following correspondence originally took place upon the Facebook wall of my friend, Claudia C….

Rayn: LOL!

Björk vs. Reporter:

Claudia C.: she lost it… what was the reason for such display of violence?

Rayn: I think Björk’s maternal instincts went into overdrive. For one, that particular reporter was stalking Björk from place to place, even as she attempted to avoid the woman. Secondly, as Björk was passing by the paparazzi, they attempted to ask her baby son questions, which she found to be most threatening!

Claudia C.: aha. I did not know that reporter was stalking her.

Rayn: No doubt! It’s not exactly obvious from this footage… I saw it on television, originally.