"She's in love, and the world gets blurry
She makes mistakes, and she's in no hurry to grow up
'Cause grownups, they don't understand her
Well it's a big, big world out there, but she's not scared...
She finds hope in the strangest places
She reads her books, and she knows the faces
Of everyone that ever said she's alone
She knows every word to the saddest songs
And she sings along, though her friends all tell her
That she can't sing...
She's eighteen, much too young
To know what a kiss like that would mean
But her lips, they were no stranger to the touch
And she likes it way too much."
--Mayday Parade, So Far Away

Friday, September 21, 2007

All We Do is Kill.

I was just reading the headlines on my Yahoo page, and I saw that two kids in at Delaware U were shot. The article then went on to discuss how these shootings were unrelated to the Newark killings, which I haven't even read about yet.

Seriously, people. When is this going to end? When is the human race finally going to realize that killing someone doesn't do any good?

Sure, you can dislike another person. You can even call them petty names if you so wish. Not nice, but they'll get over it.

You cannot, however, take a gun to their head. That's not cool. Not only uncool, but unbearably wrong.

No one has the right to take your life, and you do not have the right to take anyone else's. When you bring each human being down to the level of blood and guts and brains, we have nothing but life. You can't take mine, and I can't steal yours.

This is not about equality, or fairness, or "loving everyone." This is common sense. Quit shooting people. Cut it out. This is ridiculous, and I am disgusted.

GET OVER YOURSELVES. Life isn't about beating up everybody else. Just stop it. STOP IT.

STOP.

Please?

4 comments:

Aristos said...

My dear KB:

The killing won't stop. It's human nature. There's no cure for pride or envy. Alas.

Abby said...

I know. I can't help but wish things were different, though.

They can all hate each other, and be proud and envious... I just wish they'd quit using their guns to talk.

Aristos said...

Would you prefer knives and swords, or just a good old fashioned choking?

Abby said...

None of the above?