Sunday, June 24, 2007

Feeble Endeavors of the Intellectually Constipated

I've been wondering a lot about people lately. Why is it that everyone wants to get a piece of everyone else’s life? Why can’t people mind their own goddamn business, or manage their own miserable lives instead of prying into the lives of others?

If you’re human, you probably understand exactly what my point is in writing this Blog entry. If you don’t, then please crawl back into your hole 'til someone beats the ignorance out of you. Coz uh, REALITY CHECK: the people of the world are pretty pathetic. I will not exclude myself. We all have our moments. But let's focus on the ones who are more consistently dense.

Like a few months ago there was this Christian lady with her Holy Crusade who was trying to get Harry Potter books banned in all public schools in the States. According to her, those books were the cause of the Columbine shootings and the Virginia Tech massacre.

It’s not really the banning of the books that bothered me, but her lame attempts to be a bible-thumping frickin’ hero. Because if you look at it logically, Harry Potter books have gotten millions or even billions of kids to read who probably would not have read in the first place. Now if kids can’t tell the difference between fiction and reality, then their parents obviously are not raising them the way they should. But what ticks me even more is the fact that this nut job of a Christian admittedly has not even read any of the books. How perverse is that?

My point has been made. We encounter people like this every single day. I’ve realized lately that I’ve been dealing with them the wrong way. Getting annoyed won’t do anything. And insulting them won’t alter the circumstances, so we might as well recognize what these people are made for: simply for the amusement of the more intellectually fortunate people like us...

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

damn, i can so relate. as u know, i just had such an encounter with such a pathetic person you described. the one's who can't mind their own friggin' business. ugh!

Anonymous said...

the way you write and express yourself is just amazing. no steer. i wish i could write this way...

kat, you're a genius.
there rarely are such people. let alone one's that are actually alive -.-
and to think i'm actually friends with someone who has an effin great mind like you! how lucky can i get? hehe. *proud* =D

seriously, become a writer. or a columnist or something. people would read it. and i'd be your subscriber.

i think i've found a new fave site i'm gonna visit ;p

haha, alam mo naman ako. when it comes to this stuff, same opinions tayo eh. kaya i'm your fan ;p
coz u can put it to paper. actually, more of electronic paper .
=)

yes, it's inspiring.

Bamboozled. said...

Hey Shel, thanks!!! I can't write under pressure though; only when I really need to rant about something. Haha!

I'm glad someone actually reads this thing. Sometimes it just feels like I'm talking to myself. The thought is disturbing in a way. =s

Thanks for commenting! Yay for Shelley! =)