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World Flag

When the man manufactured nations of this world, the ramshackle regional, geopolitical postcodes, realise that all humankind is one species facing the same problems day in, day out,  the flags they fly on masthead, palace and places of power will be removed. 

When each and everybody realises the divisions inherent in the lives we lead, those of race; religion; class; gender; politics and wealth divides us and by allowing ourselves unquestioningly to be divided we accelerate the division even further until one group opposes another causing more conflict. 

When every woman and man understands that national patriotism is a fraud rejecting the true patriotism of one world people, then those women and men will see that unification, not globalisation, is the only way for humankind to progress.

When humankind begins to realise its enormous potential by defeating poverty, petty partisan politics and the wasted centuries of waging war, they will fly a different flag, a flag of unity, of brotherhood and of a single vision. 

One world. One race. One humankind.

The Cheese Grates It: Old Men and Young Girls: Creepy, Not Hot

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And creepy

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So, so, so, so, so much THIS!

This is another reason why I can’t stand the bullshit of the so-called “classic rock fandom” on Tumblr obsessing over dudes old enough to be their fucking grandfathers. Not to mention that it’s gross as fuck and disrespectful as fuck.

The reality if any of those guys actually hit on these delusional girls would not be teh epic romance or teh hot sexy tryst. It would be like 47-year-old Bill Wyman seducing 14-year-old Mandy Smith or 30-year-old Ted Nugent talking 17-year-old Pele Massa’s parents into giving him custody of her so he could fuck her. What the hell her parents were thinking, I’ll never know.

Both of these are things that happened. It is not hot. It is not sexy. It is gross.

36-year-old James Franco trying to seduce a 16-year-old girl is not sexy.

A middle-aged James Woods trying to seduce a 17-year-old girl is not sexy.

A middle-aged Dustin Hoffman telling his teenage assistant that he wanted a “hard-boiled egg and a soft-boiled clitoris” for breakfast is not sexy. It is creepy as all fuck.

The men that these girls are drooling over are older than me, and I’m one day older than dirt.

Have some fucking respect, not just for people who may be becoming vulnerable due to their age, but for your damn self. If some old man wants to put his creepy paws all over you, it is not hot or sexy, it is WRONG! Don’t give him what he wants, it will ruin your life. RUN!

Don’t open yourself up to potential predators by blathering on about how you want to fuck some old man who happens to have musical talent or make yourself look like a freaking necrophiliac by blathering on about how you want to fuck someone who’s freaking dead. It makes you look like a potential victim and/or an asshole.

Also, that picture you’re drooling over is probably at least 30 years old. Don’t kid yourself that the guy still looks like that.

Have some damn respect for yourself.

Don’t be the groupie. Don’t be the victim. Don’t be the option. Be the star of your own show. Be your own rock star.

If you have been the victim of a gross creeper, don’t beat yourself up. He should have known better and should have acted better.

If you haven’t been a victim, good. Take steps to protect yourself and prevent it from happening. You deserve better.

~The Cheese Hath Grated It~

People Who Can Fuck Off And Die: The Ghouls Who Fetishize the Old, The Sick, and the Dead

They’ve done it again.

The latest nastiness:

“Reblog if you’re in love with someone who’s like 70 years old or dead.”

I am truly not sure why this sort of thing seems “cute” to some people.

Having lost many people in my life, having watched several of them succumb to serious illnesses, having watched people that I love grow old and die, watching people lose their abilities, watching their bodies become a burden, watching some of them lose their ability to remember or reason, I feel that this shit is coming from a twisted, soulless place.

I’m not going to generalize about an entire generation, because doing that would be bullshit. However, it seems that there is certainly a faction of the younger generation who completely lack empathy. Maybe they’re just drawn to the hellsite that is Tumblr, I don’t know. But they really make me feel sad and sick.

Not everyone in their 70s is frail, to be sure. But pretty much everyone in their 70s has health problems.

Of course, these cretins don’t care about that.

And what do you wanna bet they’re looking at 40 plus year old pictures anyway.

I really fucking hate this bullshit.

Here’s my favorite song for when I’m feeling like giving someone a one way ticket to the center of the sun.

The Calling

The Cheese Grates It: Aim For the Right Target

 CONTENT WARNING:

Self harm

Suicide ideation

Recently, Gal Gadot expressed this sentiment regarding the death of physicist Stephen Hawking:

"Rest in peace Dr. Hawking. Now you're free of any physical constraints.. Your brilliance and wisdom will be cherished forever."

Ms. Gadot was then taken to task as if she'd said "fucken cripples shud ride the lightnin lol."

There is some lack of awareness in Ms. Gadot's comment, but she was not implying that having handicaps/disabilities/whatever the fuck you want to call it made a person lesser in any way.

I am a person with disabilities, and I was once taken to task for using the term "handicapped" to describe myself.

Could we all please just stop looking for reasons to be offended? It makes us look like "special snowflakes" and makes people less inclined to listen to the serious concerns we have. 

For an able-bodied person like Gal Gadot, the idea of being severely physically constrained is a frightening one. Although Dr. Hawking expressed acceptance of his condition, it is hard for a person without severe physical limitations to imagine that a person with such limitations might not be wishing that they could be able-bodied, that perhaps they are truly okay just as they are. 

Again, Ms. Gadot was not stating that Dr. Hawking wasn't worthwhile exactly as he was. She was expressing a wish for him to be able to move about freely, an attribute which she sees as precious. There was no malice intended in her words, and people need to back the fuck off. In our current call-out culture where a person can be viciously attacked for not expressing their thoughts in a very exacting way, it's no wonder people are afraid to speak at all.

Every person with disabilities views their particular disability (or disabilities) differently as well, and there are some disabilities that are so truly heinous that I feel it would be cruel not to wish that the person could be free of said disability--not because the person isn't worthwhile as they are, but because the disability is SO FUCKING HEINOUS. I don't believe this is a hard concept to grasp, but I will not be surprised if there are those who tell me I have "internalized ableism."

Other than a bit of a limp and a slow gait, my disabilities are invisible. I am prone to activity intolerance due to my endocrine problems. I used to be able to work strenuous physical jobs. I lost a reasonably well-paying job due to these issues, and I now live in poverty. I also have problems with urinary retention and have to use incontinence pads. I generally don't have fecal incontinence, but sometimes that happens too. It's miserable and embarrassing. I am prone to infections in my "plumbing." Most of the time I only eat one or two meals a day because I can't afford food, thanks to the fact that it's hard for me to work. 

Would I give up my physical disabilities if there were a way to repair them?

Fuck yes I would, in a heartbeat. 

This in no way means that I think people with physical disabilities don't deserve to be treated with the same respect and dignity that able-bodied people receive. Society as a whole has a problem with treating disabled people as lesser, and that needs to stop. 

People with disabilities should not be forced to live in poverty. My situation often makes me extremely depressed and, yes, suicidal. I currently have self-inflicted cuts and bruises because I am so frustrated and disgusted at my situation and at myself. When I express frustration or upset over my situation, I get told that I should "just focus on the positives," "chin up," and "try harder." All of which is bullshit and is not resolving the problem of people with disabilities being treated as if they are a burden.

This is not what Gal Gadot was doing.

I am far more offended by those who act like people with disabilities are lesser and a burden who should just sink into squalor and die than I am by someone like Gal Gadot, whose statement may have been a tad uninformed, but who was, in fact, hoping that a person who lived with physical constraints unimaginable to a young, healthy, able-bodied person would be free of those constraints. Her statement was without malice. She does not deserve to be attacked.

Save your ire for those who really deserve it: the people who make laws to take away what little those of us who can't work "normal" jobs are afforded.

~The Cheese Hath Grated It~

Give Me Love

Acharya Swami Pranabananda

"True religion does not require one to count beads and say prayers; what really matters is
how you behave and interact with others."