FACT Check..50% of teens and 27% of parents feel they're addicted to their mobile devices, poll says...Nearly 80% of teens check their phones hourly; 72% feel the need to respond immediately...I and my friend Ross, the chaplain at my school, consistently and persistently stressed that the youth is in need for social contact. Maybe we are in need of a new social contract... and reorganization of society... The elders, Big Brothers of all the nations are piling stinking garbage piles all over the globe... and the youth are "angry"... they are disinterested in the social fabric woven by their elders... but at the same time they are genuinely in need for social interaction... That's exactly what the above poll demonstrates... They need to interact and talk and come together...
...and maybe soon the youth will take another step and come up with a new agenda to change the social fabric of society... and maybe they will initiate a more peaceful... caring and sharing society...
The youth is in revolt in North America... that's what the U.S. primaries are showing... The youth have rejected the mainstream candidates... But, as yet, they have not come up with their own and future oriented agenda...
Maybe they will soon...
I will be delighted... Ross, my friend, would have been thrilled...
The above poll inspires hope...
The atrocities of the Islamist-Jihadist-fascists inspire hope too... After all, humans cannot condone forever the fascistic vision of the Islamist-Jihadists... These groups will implode from within... and the Islamic youth will reject them...
The Turkish, Saudi, Azerbaijani... and other despotic fascist regimes will be rejected eventually... and I hope sooner... than later...
The above poll of mobile phone users... gives me hope and I will wait patiently... and I know that Godot...eventually will come...
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We are destroying ourselves and the environment around us... and the youth does sense it...
Go home - by Viktoriia Moskalenko (Ukraine)
The sheep are peaceful... and very docile... The flock and the shepherd are part of the harmony of humans and earth... But then there is the rest...  Appreciate every piece - by Marcin Jucha (UK) But then there is the brutality... We kill and we murder... to eat every piece... and then we kill just for the fun of it... and then we kill just for sports... and then we kill just for the sake of killing... We have devastated the environment... and I am sure the youth senses this... After all they will inherit the world...  ... and check the beauty of nature... we do not have to kill so as we survive... there are the alternative lifestyle... These fruits are delicious... and nutritious too...  Can you guess what this is...? A beautiful field of wild garlic...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And it is besides being beautiful it is nutritious too... But maybe you do not want to smell garlicky...!!!   Puno, Lake Titicaca - by Robert Holmes (USA) and Salmon still life - by Susan Bell (UK) A beautiful stand ...................And a deadly sin... Maybe it is not the right thing to say... But the ravages of the wars in the Middle east and Africa... and the migrant-refugee crisis... is giving me hope that soon there will be a new world order... Society cannot sustain the brutality and the savagery of the wars and religious fascism... So there is a hope in the evil that a New World Order just around the corner...
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I am hopeful... Ross, my friend, would have been proud of my optimistic evaluation...
Wars are the harbinger of peace... and brutality and beheadings will usher world harmony... A world without borders... in peace with itself...
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I do not like The System of The Dawn... Their music is too loud for me... But listening to their lead vocalist in his new song is fun... I hope you like it too...
Here is the article from Rolling Stone magazine...
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Rolling Stone Magazine See System of a Down's Serj Tankian Perform New Political Song 'Artsakh' Passionate acoustic tune calls for solidarity among Armenians in disputed region of Azerbaijan By Kory Grow May 4, 2016 System of a Down frontman Serj Tankian was so moved by the resilience of Armenian fighters in Nagorno-Karabakh, a region in the former Soviet Republic of Azerbaijan that neighbors Armenia, during a four-day war in April that he wrote a passionate new political folk song, "Artsakh," in deference to them. The song voices support for the people of Artsakh – the Armenian name for the region – and protests what Tankian describes as Azeri aggression. "These people have lived on those lands for thousands of years," the singer wrote in a statement. "They have struggle but also great beauty written on their foreheads. The whimsical appropriation of land by an empire (Stalin) placed them under Azerbaijan. They have since gained their independence and have lived a prosperous existence for the last 20 or so years. I do not believe in wars and ultimately borders but I deeply believe in self-determination and life without oppression. Therefore it is time for the world to recognize them as the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh)." Violence broke out in the region on April 2nd, prompting Azerbaijan's president, Ilham Aliyev, to call for the "immediate and unconditional withdrawal of Armenian troops from our territories," according to The Washington Post. As the situation worsened, Azerbaijani troops attempted to take control of the region. The paper reported scores of deaths, the worst in the region since 1994. A ceasefire was declared on April 5th. Russian President Vladimir Putin voiced his support of a truce, according to Armenia Now. "It's a crazy provocation," the singer tells Rolling Stone. "It's a land that these people have lived on from the beginning of time, from time immemorial, with children springing from the rivers and generations coming from their mountains. There is a national liberation struggle embedded within their character, their public mask, if you will. It goes on through trying to create peace. We will ultimately win with culture and all this beautiful stuff." Tankian made a video for the song, on which he sings and plays guitar, this past weekend. "Artsakh" lyrics, translated: We've always lived on these lands, Reaped and harvested these fields, Generations sprung from your rivers, Children born from your mountains, The public mask of tradition, The struggle for liberation or death, The enemy's gaze at your terrain, Our smiles at your bosom, At your bottomless will. We're going to sing with our fists With the tricolor flag of justice, Humanitarian love of peace With the holy blessing of a child's face, We are going to prevail with culture We are going to prevail with culture We are going to prevail by being Armenian. |
Wednesday 4 May 2016
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