Rants - Radicalization
What radicalized me?
What radicalized ME?!
No.
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Tuesday, January 31, 2017
Theatre - On Othello, Walterdale, and White Privilege
Theatre - On Othello, Walterdale and White Privilege
I'm angry.
And then I'm alternately sad.
I like the Walterdale. That theatre is fun, and we've mounted many shows on that stage. I've seen a lot of my friends cut their teeth on productions in that space, as actors, as directors. It provides a great training ground with different stakes that are necessary to provide more fuel for a successful theatre community.
Then I was made aware of their mid-season show, Othello.
It's heartbreaking.
Tuesday, September 2, 2014
Words - Gamer
Words - Gamer
Do you know what a gamer is? Media, modern media would have you believe it is a sociopath, or a psycho. It would have you believe a gamer, and I include myself in this, that a gamer is a person who is fundamentally mentally unhinged. A person who cannot distinguish right from wrong, who enjoys killing, and violence. A person who is wrapped in a kind of illusionary reality, an escapism from the 'real' world. That gamers are predominantly unhinged young men suffering from acute mental trauma, who are more capable of stripping down a 9mm gun than asking a normal person for directions.
That is what people would have you believe by the word, gamer. This catcheism, this strange, curious word that somehow categorizes us and dennounces us at the same time as less than human. Gamers are violent, vitrolic. They have no mastery of the spoken or written word. They are sexist, chauvanistic, and prone to tantrums or displays of threatening behaviour. They live in their parents' basements, subsist on cheetos and mountain dew. They do not bathe, are pasty white, greasy unkempt hair, and black t-shirts. They are the dregs of a digital society.
That's what people would have you believe by the terminology, gamer. Is that not so?
No.
Do you know what a gamer is? Media, modern media would have you believe it is a sociopath, or a psycho. It would have you believe a gamer, and I include myself in this, that a gamer is a person who is fundamentally mentally unhinged. A person who cannot distinguish right from wrong, who enjoys killing, and violence. A person who is wrapped in a kind of illusionary reality, an escapism from the 'real' world. That gamers are predominantly unhinged young men suffering from acute mental trauma, who are more capable of stripping down a 9mm gun than asking a normal person for directions.
That is what people would have you believe by the word, gamer. This catcheism, this strange, curious word that somehow categorizes us and dennounces us at the same time as less than human. Gamers are violent, vitrolic. They have no mastery of the spoken or written word. They are sexist, chauvanistic, and prone to tantrums or displays of threatening behaviour. They live in their parents' basements, subsist on cheetos and mountain dew. They do not bathe, are pasty white, greasy unkempt hair, and black t-shirts. They are the dregs of a digital society.
That's what people would have you believe by the terminology, gamer. Is that not so?
No.
Wednesday, August 13, 2014
Rant - Trolling
Rant - Trolling
Let's declare a cessation on the word 'trolling' and call it like what it is. Criminal harassment. Verbal Abuse. This frontier of digital assault should be in the twilight of its days now, not becoming worse and worse with every passing day. Let us get the names of these people, who hide behind monikers and anonymity. Let us have their faces, and let them stand trial for their actions. Let them speak in a public forum and defend themselves, and let the rest of the world know that there is no defense for these terrible actions.
"In the name of a joke, or Just Kidding" is no longer a defensible excuse for not being an upright human being.
Let's declare a cessation on the word 'trolling' and call it like what it is. Criminal harassment. Verbal Abuse. This frontier of digital assault should be in the twilight of its days now, not becoming worse and worse with every passing day. Let us get the names of these people, who hide behind monikers and anonymity. Let us have their faces, and let them stand trial for their actions. Let them speak in a public forum and defend themselves, and let the rest of the world know that there is no defense for these terrible actions.
"In the name of a joke, or Just Kidding" is no longer a defensible excuse for not being an upright human being.
Monday, November 18, 2013
Rants - Steve Albini - The Problem With Music
Rants - Steve Albini - The Problem With Music
THE PROBLEM WITH MUSIC
This oft-referenced article is from the early ’90s, and originally appeared in Maximum Rock ‘n’ Roll magazine. While some of the information and figures listed here are dated, it is still a useful and informative article. And no, we don’t know how to reach Steve Albini.
-Negativland
This oft-referenced article is from the early ’90s, and originally appeared in Maximum Rock ‘n’ Roll magazine. While some of the information and figures listed here are dated, it is still a useful and informative article. And no, we don’t know how to reach Steve Albini.
-Negativland
Thursday, November 14, 2013
Soap Box - Ford
Soap Box - Ford
I'm not defending Ford by any means, but every time someone points out the fact that he is fat, as though that is somehow the core reason for his main failing as a politician I somewhat want to throw up. Our society has made it alright to lampoon him based on his appearance, his level of physical fitness (or apparent lack thereof).
I'm not defending Ford by any means, but every time someone points out the fact that he is fat, as though that is somehow the core reason for his main failing as a politician I somewhat want to throw up. Our society has made it alright to lampoon him based on his appearance, his level of physical fitness (or apparent lack thereof).
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