O Canada...

You know, sometimes I get damn tired of this country we live in. The hypocrisy... it hurts.
Don't get me wrong - I love my country. I believe to the depth of my very being - hell, I KNOW - that it's the greatest country on earth. I mean, it's absolutely obvious. We're peaceful, diplomatic and open (though our leaders aren't always). So much, in fact, that we create commissions to evaluate our ever-evolving culture, morphing and rebuilding itself constantly with every new life that enters our fair dominion.
But that's just the problem, isn't it? Actually, it's a lack thereof. We're too well off. We're too comfy. We don't have famines or droughts. We don't have genocide. We don't have civil unrest, mass repression or angry diplomats (well, maybe Quebec...). We don't have illegality spewing over our borders. Our power stays on during the colder months.
All this said, generally speaking, we are in the ideal spot to help the rest of the world, right? I mean, the economy's good, the infrastructure is stable, the people are chillin' all over the place...
NO!
Wrong!
Absolutely not!
Apparently, as opposed to making the rest of the world a better place - instead of making it awesome and peaceful (like us) - we need to spend our boundless resources making up, and subsequently correcting, more problems. Like Bouchard-Taylor, for instance. Now, I have nothing against the principle of reinforcing the common knowledge that back road Quebecers are blatantly racist, I just think we could be doing more. We made the assumption that Muslim women won't lift their veils to vote. We're scared of what will happen now that we have an American-like dollar (boohoo). OH NO! What are the possible causes of a 10% drop in the murder rate!? I think we need a reality check. Here are some things worth fighting for...
- Fighting injustice
- Destroying poverty and world hunger
- Keeping our planet habitable
- Keeping our planet alive with flora and fauna
- Promoting the arts
And we could take away from, say...
- Military
- Military
- Military
- Oh, and the PM's allocated allowance for foodstuffs. Really, Stephen...

But, I digress, I really would take any reason to whack the Government's plans, and its people. We won't get into that today, though, shall we?

In the end, Canada probably has an entire team of Navy S.E.A.L.s-like diplomats behind enemy lines in every conflict zone, everywhere, trying. Maybe we just need to push harder.
Maybe we need a real government.

La Compréhension

En fait, il n'y a rien de plus ironique et idiot que d'écrire sur ce sujet. Chaque mot que je tape insinue une manque totale de compréhension elle-même, chose d'importance extraordinaire. En fait, je ne suis ni écrivain, ni philosophe - je suis un jeune qui essaie de définir le monde autour de lui dans des termes que sa mentalité peut accepter aujourd'hui. Peut-être qui demain je raconterais une autre histoire. Aujourd'hui, par contre, le monde et comme ça. Voilà.

Mais ça, vous l'aviez déjà compris, j'espère.

On sent toujours la nécessité d'expliquer. Ma deuxième phrase explique ma première. Ce texte m'explique. Moi, par contre, je suis inexplicable. Tout le monde l'est.

Mais, ah! joie des joies, oui! Nous, les humains, nous avons conçus des manières exceptionnelles de s'exprimer, de s'expliquer.

On a le langage et les arts, qui permettent, mélangés ensemble ou tous seuls, d'exprimer ce qu'on ressent. Que la technique soit innée ou appris, on est capable de faire ressortir des émotions chez les autres.

Rien n'est plus spécial que la compréhension absolue entre deux êtres, car aucun amour n'est plus pur.

Ici je laisse mon écriture. Cette paragraphe-ci, que vous lisez, je l'ai écrit et réécrit sur une douzaine de sujets et dans une dizaine de manières différentes. Honnêtement, chaque mot que j'écris devient de plus en plus personnel. Je m'ennuies de moi-même et de ma mélodrame.

Essayez de me comprendre.

Yes, Another Teen's Blog

MISSION STATEMENT

Objective:
- Reduction of Smiley's cerebral pressure by writing down ideas and rants, when such action is deemed necessary.


Commitment :
- None.

Likelyhood of continued existence (based on previously collected data):
- Improbable at best.

Languages:
- English
- French
- Spanish
- Interjections in other languages and dialects, purely for style, effect and Panda-ness.

Demographic:
- Zachary Fellegi Rosentzveig

*One is to note that anyone who decides to publish their thoughts for the better part of the world to see does not write in a personal manner - they don't EXPECT anyone to give a damn. Just, you know, maybe...