Today in sociology class, we discussed capital punishment. Now i live sociology, and am majoring in it. So i don't take it very seriously, because there's not much i'm learning in an intro class(SOC201). Also, as you well know, i'm a jackass anyway because nothing is real, and I have fun with life.
So in class we had a discussion about capital punishment, dividing into two groups. Pro and con. All but me and five others were pro. The con group was me, an ex-irish catholic who comes from lower class roots, and five african-american girls. I mention this because everyone else is white, upper-middle class, and conservative christians. Hence, they know jack shit aout real life. Anyway i'll get to my crowning moment of the day. And it's only 1030.
Class: We believe capital punishment is a good and necessary act. It deters criminal acts and helps the victims' families go on, knowing the person who hurt their family will die. The notion of "an eye for an eye" is just and acceptable.
Teacher: Aren't the majority or all of you Christians? I would assume morally you would be against the death penalty.
Class: No the Bible says "an eye for an eye", and...
Me: Hey remember the time the Bible says JESUS was killed by the State? You're justifying the existence of a system which killed your Messiah? How stupid are you?
Class: Gasp!... But!...
Me: No. People like you killed Jesus, and i'm not going to listen to anyone who promotes killing Jesus....Idiots.
Whee! Wasn't that fun? I love sociology class. I think it helps a little, what with my deepset roots in socialism. And sorry to anyone that reads this, if you are christian and promote the death penalty, you killed jesus. How ironic. No wonder i'm not any religion anymore.
Tell me what you think, and question my logic!
And remember, nothing in life is real. How do i know this? Well, what did you eat yesterday, what did you drink, what did you read, what did you do? Tommorow, will any of that matter? How about next week, 5 years, ten years. Almost nothing you do in an average day has any lasting consequences. I don't say this in a you can do anything and get away with it way. But most of what you worried about today will not trouble you next year or perhaps even tommorow. So since it is temporary and fleeting and has no long lasting effects, does it matter in the first place? And if it doesn't matter, what makes it "real" to us? Once you realize how little so much in life actually matters, you can appreciate the blanket truth, to borrow an I <3 Huckabees phrase. Just release your everyday dears and woes. Realize that in a year, they won't matter. If a year why not a month. A month why not a week, a week a day, an hour a second. Unless something effects you forever, it is temporary. And if in the long run it doesn't matter, why should it matter in the short run?
It shouldn't and doesn't.
Just breathe, and smile. "When you get the blanket thing you can relax because everything you could ever want or be you already have and are."
Now doesn't that make you happy?
So in class we had a discussion about capital punishment, dividing into two groups. Pro and con. All but me and five others were pro. The con group was me, an ex-irish catholic who comes from lower class roots, and five african-american girls. I mention this because everyone else is white, upper-middle class, and conservative christians. Hence, they know jack shit aout real life. Anyway i'll get to my crowning moment of the day. And it's only 1030.
Class: We believe capital punishment is a good and necessary act. It deters criminal acts and helps the victims' families go on, knowing the person who hurt their family will die. The notion of "an eye for an eye" is just and acceptable.
Teacher: Aren't the majority or all of you Christians? I would assume morally you would be against the death penalty.
Class: No the Bible says "an eye for an eye", and...
Me: Hey remember the time the Bible says JESUS was killed by the State? You're justifying the existence of a system which killed your Messiah? How stupid are you?
Class: Gasp!... But!...
Me: No. People like you killed Jesus, and i'm not going to listen to anyone who promotes killing Jesus....Idiots.
Whee! Wasn't that fun? I love sociology class. I think it helps a little, what with my deepset roots in socialism. And sorry to anyone that reads this, if you are christian and promote the death penalty, you killed jesus. How ironic. No wonder i'm not any religion anymore.
Tell me what you think, and question my logic!
And remember, nothing in life is real. How do i know this? Well, what did you eat yesterday, what did you drink, what did you read, what did you do? Tommorow, will any of that matter? How about next week, 5 years, ten years. Almost nothing you do in an average day has any lasting consequences. I don't say this in a you can do anything and get away with it way. But most of what you worried about today will not trouble you next year or perhaps even tommorow. So since it is temporary and fleeting and has no long lasting effects, does it matter in the first place? And if it doesn't matter, what makes it "real" to us? Once you realize how little so much in life actually matters, you can appreciate the blanket truth, to borrow an I <3 Huckabees phrase. Just release your everyday dears and woes. Realize that in a year, they won't matter. If a year why not a month. A month why not a week, a week a day, an hour a second. Unless something effects you forever, it is temporary. And if in the long run it doesn't matter, why should it matter in the short run?
It shouldn't and doesn't.
Just breathe, and smile. "When you get the blanket thing you can relax because everything you could ever want or be you already have and are."
Now doesn't that make you happy?
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