If you think a poet might be in it for the love of their own voice, you might be right. Which borrowed “causes” do you find the most offensive for bad writers, politicians, and other public figures to take up?
Abuse, I find it terribly bad taste for someone to write about abuse when they have not experienced it or had anything to do with it. Sure you can imagine how it feels but thats the thing, You dont feel it. And they do.
That whole pink White House thing kind of through me off. And this is just breast cancer awareness. While I’m a big fan of protecting women and their breasts, I keep wondering if we’re a boob-obsessed culture? Or maybe it’s all just more marketable than lung or colon cancer. I’d like to see someone take up the cause of colon cancer.
Man, that guy looks happy. I guess I appreciate the effort, though. I lost my grandmother to colon cancer when I was a kid. It sort of runs in my family but then I won’t be going in for that first big colonoscopy for another ten years, I guess. Can’t wait!
Also, I didn’t realize winning poetry contests got you laid. Then again, I’m more of a prose guy. Maybe I should try going to some poetry readings to pick up the ladies. We can talk about the suffering of others and get really turned on by our empathy. Heh. Okay, I’m enjoying this way too much. :)
Biting, but brilliant. I hate it when politicians and celebrities speak of prostitution and exploitation but have no clue who it really affects or what impact it has on the people who end up involved.
The ‘war on drugs’. It’s Prohibition revisitted, just funds organised crime. Current USA drug policy is a total failure. The best thing they could do would be to discard the DEA and all current drug policies, and rebuild from ground up using Amsterdam as the model.
‘Gun control’. Abandon it, it’s unconstitutional. A fully armed citizenry would permanently derail terrorism and become a serious incentive for politicians to deal honestly, as well as deterring violent crime. Kennedy, Sarah Brady, and Biden should be ejected for ignoring the Bill of Rights.
‘Stimulus’ bills. Writing financial policy on a hog farm is a joke.
Nationalisation. It might work in some socialist nations, but I feel no incentive to participate in nationalised services in the USA. I have no faith in any ‘national health care’ efforts or similar attempts to instill a socialist economy here, and will refuse to accept medical care or other nationalised services.
A fully armed citizenry was the norm all over the world when men carried swords and knives. The politicians were no more honest then than they are now. Instead of politically motivated terrorism, they had greed oriented muggings and kidnappings that ended in murder. An armed person thinks through their weapon.
I won’t even discuss nationalised health care. Those who have it are grateful for it. It is always there, for everyone. And no one has to choose, as my elderly US relation sometimes has to do, between food, heat in the house, or medication.
Sorry for the second post, I have something to add:
“The suffering of others” is a theme anyone knows about, that anyone knows is a problem. It’s easy to agree with one who adresses such an issue. Would anyone say AIDS is no problem? Abuse? Etc…
By writing about those, you write about things people can easily identify with; also, you can easily be awarded prices by the goverment or any other organisation with many people behind it. You can easily be a good, godfearing citizen by writing about it, without the mark of an outcast attached to you by actually having suffered from the condition you adress.
“Look how normal and conscious of today’s problems I am”. Oh well.
Again, I applaud this one. I really like the words you chose. Putting getting laid and a poetry contest next to each other sheds a wonderful light on the whole “contest” thing. Would you (not in the artwork itself of course) include art scholarships in the list?
Scathing & brilliant. Bravo.
Abuse, I find it terribly bad taste for someone to write about abuse when they have not experienced it or had anything to do with it. Sure you can imagine how it feels but thats the thing, You dont feel it. And they do.
That whole pink White House thing kind of through me off. And this is just breast cancer awareness. While I’m a big fan of protecting women and their breasts, I keep wondering if we’re a boob-obsessed culture? Or maybe it’s all just more marketable than lung or colon cancer. I’d like to see someone take up the cause of colon cancer.
Dr. Schultz has! Yeah!
http://www.herbdoc.com
(colon cancer is way more prevalent than breast cancer and aids, but those things are “sexy” so they get way more rap)
Man, that guy looks happy. I guess I appreciate the effort, though. I lost my grandmother to colon cancer when I was a kid. It sort of runs in my family but then I won’t be going in for that first big colonoscopy for another ten years, I guess. Can’t wait!
Also, I didn’t realize winning poetry contests got you laid. Then again, I’m more of a prose guy. Maybe I should try going to some poetry readings to pick up the ladies. We can talk about the suffering of others and get really turned on by our empathy. Heh. Okay, I’m enjoying this way too much. :)
the skewering of others
wins high-fives and gets you laid
(some things remain constant…)
brilliant. love it.
This one, with the abrupt, unexpected kind of ending, definitely reminds me of ASW
Biting, but brilliant. I hate it when politicians and celebrities speak of prostitution and exploitation but have no clue who it really affects or what impact it has on the people who end up involved.
Nothing special to say, except for my total agreement with the first and last posters. Sharp piece.
The ‘war on drugs’. It’s Prohibition revisitted, just funds organised crime. Current USA drug policy is a total failure. The best thing they could do would be to discard the DEA and all current drug policies, and rebuild from ground up using Amsterdam as the model.
‘Gun control’. Abandon it, it’s unconstitutional. A fully armed citizenry would permanently derail terrorism and become a serious incentive for politicians to deal honestly, as well as deterring violent crime. Kennedy, Sarah Brady, and Biden should be ejected for ignoring the Bill of Rights.
‘Stimulus’ bills. Writing financial policy on a hog farm is a joke.
Nationalisation. It might work in some socialist nations, but I feel no incentive to participate in nationalised services in the USA. I have no faith in any ‘national health care’ efforts or similar attempts to instill a socialist economy here, and will refuse to accept medical care or other nationalised services.
A fully armed citizenry was the norm all over the world when men carried swords and knives. The politicians were no more honest then than they are now. Instead of politically motivated terrorism, they had greed oriented muggings and kidnappings that ended in murder. An armed person thinks through their weapon.
I won’t even discuss nationalised health care. Those who have it are grateful for it. It is always there, for everyone. And no one has to choose, as my elderly US relation sometimes has to do, between food, heat in the house, or medication.
I applaud this one.
Sorry for the second post, I have something to add:
“The suffering of others” is a theme anyone knows about, that anyone knows is a problem. It’s easy to agree with one who adresses such an issue. Would anyone say AIDS is no problem? Abuse? Etc…
By writing about those, you write about things people can easily identify with; also, you can easily be awarded prices by the goverment or any other organisation with many people behind it. You can easily be a good, godfearing citizen by writing about it, without the mark of an outcast attached to you by actually having suffered from the condition you adress.
“Look how normal and conscious of today’s problems I am”. Oh well.
Again, I applaud this one. I really like the words you chose. Putting getting laid and a poetry contest next to each other sheds a wonderful light on the whole “contest” thing. Would you (not in the artwork itself of course) include art scholarships in the list?
I wish I had something relevant to add to the argument; but I couldn’t resist posting simply to say that this is a brilliant one. Kudos.