*Cross posted from my blog*

Ah, Independence Day. The celebration of a bunch of white boys signing some papers to make the country that we stole from the Native Americans "legal". We hold these truths to be self-evident. But do we? Have we actually used any of the so called truths that the "laws of nature and of nature's God" entitles us?

The United States was founded as a revolution against Britain. We needed a place that was ours, a place to adopt our own rules and form of government. Then we just gave up.

Where are the people who fight for truth? Where are the people who don't let the government forget that the people are still in charge? Why are we just play-acting through our lives instead of going out and making changes to the things that are still seriously wrong with this country?

This Independence Day, I'm declaring my independence. I vow to fight harder this year for social change, mainly those that I see as the most important at the moment - abortion rights and gay rights. The times, they are a changin'. With Sandra Day O'Connor resigning, shit is about to get hectic...

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On another note, I'm also declaring my independence from conventional thought. I'm allowing myself to accept that I like certain things that aren't social acceptable. I like being spanked, slapped and ravaged. I like having to call him Sir, even though I choke on the words sometimes. I like having no say in our sexual relationship, knowing that he knows me better than I know myself and won't push my limits farther than I'd like. I love him, regardless of how non politically correct our courtship was (today is the two year anniversary of our initial engagement). I don't care what people say or think. And it's about time.