Ignorance !

Now seriously, this whole epidemic of making fun of 50 Tyson is sick.  It is a ridiculous, childish, inconsiderate, heartless act of HATE.  It’s like your telling the younger generation to sit and make fun of someone who is mentally ill.  In this case, no he doesn’t have down syndrome, or mild retardation, or retardation.  He’s diagnosed with autism, which is a developmental disorder.  Therefore, he hasn’t fully developed his brain yet.  Autism is a serious disorder which affects the information processing in your brain. Most autistic children develope perfectly fine and then regress back down to sometimes infant stages.  It's not funny to make fun of, impersonate, or pick on anyone with any type of disorder.  So I dont understand how people sit there and watch him knowing he is mentally challenged and laugh because he’s doing something he likes to do.  That's just like someone else laughing at you, in your face for something you like to do.  It doesn’t feel so well., does it?

I won’t support Kevin Hart’s attempt to impersonate him because it's NOT right.  Regardless of how funny it may be.  He's setting the bar for more hate crimes, more bulling to happen, more deaths, more Collumbines, and etc to take affect.  Yes, I will not deny Kevin Hart is a funny man.  I only disagree with his actions and I don't think he thought his decision through before he did it. 

Personally, If your cool with me and I see you making fun of ANYONE with a disorder, expect to get yelled at or probably cussed out by me- if you want me to be honest.  It's not attractive, cute, or funny in any way shape or form.  If I catch you making fun of someone like that, including 50 Tyson, kiss our friendship goodbye because I won't sit and allow you or someone else to do that.  I don’t condone it!  I have family members- little children, who are autistic and I would kill someone if they got bullied or made fun of.  They didn't ask to have a disorder.  Its genetics!!  Stop being so insensitive and heartless.  This is why the world is the way it is now.  People killing themselves because they’ve been pressured, bullied, abused mentally or emotionally and all.  No one thinks before they do things and no one cares about anyone else.  There's no excuse for it and its pathetic & SAD!

Let's Talk Trash !

The initiative is as always, going to be self-driven at first.  The video that Capt. Charles Moore talking about the "Seas of Plastic" expresses deeply among some, but others ignore it because they truly don't care.  Personally, I care about the life that lives in our oceans, but I'm lazy when it comes to talking about the subject or helping out at all.  Moore had talked about ways to reduce the amount of plastic waste that is found in our oceans & I agree on those ideas; but I have a thought of my own & my ways differ from his.  It's possible to add other ideas to work among the ones that he'd mentioned in the video:  http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/capt_charles_moore_on_the_seas_of_plastic.html

The best plan is to do simple things to reduce your use.  Change starts at the bottom & if you want to make a difference, start with changing your own buying habbits.  When you get home from the store, don't throw the grocery bags away.  Recycle them & use them again for other purposes.  Water bottles, pop bottles...they can all be reused to store cold, fresh water in the refrigerator.  Aluminum cans can also be recycled & you could even earn money for recylcing them.

There are many places where you can dispose of your 'trash' properly without contributing to the world epidemic of 'Plastic Seas'.

"We have better solutions now than throwaway bags, but if those don't come from sustainable sources themselves, we, the consumer, always engage in a certain amount of equivocation in supporting them. Corporate accountability is not an insignificant or irrelevant part of this process."  This was stated by Sam Spencer about the video & I agree with that statement.  This also goes back to the statement of change that I had made.  We should all engage in doing our share of cleaning up to help save our oceans & provide a better percentage of homeostasis.  After all, it is our world that we live in; so ask yourself, "What can I do to make a difference in the world?"

Something I'd Never Expect...

 Yesterday in English class, we had watched a 10 minute video clip of a Marine, Blake Miller's documentary.  Personally, it was really depressing to watch and understand where exactly Blake was coming from or why he had made the decisions he did because he himself couldn't explain why he was acting this way, but he knew what caused it:  His time spent in the Marines.

It's crazy how much stress and depression Miller had upon him from the time he was in the Marine Corps up til the new life he claimed he had after.  In the documentary, he had mentioned that when he had got married to his wife, he was happy and they both had it going great together.  But when he came home from the Marines, he didn't know who he was- but knew that he was not the same man he was before the Marines.  He personally felt that he should continue to live life on his own, so he had divorced his wife.

It sounded as if Blake didn't want anything to do with anybody and found himself to be suicidal.  This made me personally think about my step-brother Joe.  Joe had gone into the Marines and I have only seen him once since he had gotten married to his gorgeous wife Amanda, and moved to North Carolina- but he came to visit us for Christmas of '08.  I do remember when my other brother Josh had talked to him on the phone and he had said that he hates it in the Marines and cannot wait until he is done serving his time.  There was a thought that I had in my head that Joe's whole life wouldn't be the same when he is out; his life and himself as an individual.  I hope that the effect on Joe wouldn't be the same as Miller's.

After the video, I felt my heart ache for Blake Miller.  I wouldn't want to go through what he had at all and all I can do is pray for all our Marine Troops to make it home safely and live their lives happy without grieving over the past.