The Selling Out of My Generation
OK...so you didn't use birth control that hot summer night, and now you are a proud parent. WHO CARES? The moment that most people my age find out they are having a baby, the bike gets sold, the bass boat gets sold, and they are at the Lincoln dealership looking at luxury Sport Utility Vehicles or SUVs as they are referred to. Come on people, you don't have to give up your freedom and your life just cause you had a friggin kid. My friend has a 6 or 7 year old son, and he still drives a damn 70s model Ranchero. He has his bike, and he has his freedom. Why sell out to societies' standards of what you "should" have when you have a family? It not only is unnecessary, but it is downright stupid. Let's look at this from a completely logical point of view.
Here I am, an event of major importance in my life has just happened. Let me see what can I do to mark the occasion?...well, I could sell everything that brings me pleasure, forego my belief system, turn my back on the people who have supported everything I have ever done, take a job I hate at some lame corporation, and basically be miserable for the next 18 years....OH THE JOY OF IT.
I am sure that seems a little radical to all you moms and dads out there, but it is a reality, and the sooner you face that, the better you will be prepared after a hard days work selling people on the establishment BS, with no stress reliever like a leisurely putt to take the edge off, to explain to your kid why you slapped the snot outta him/her. Yes folks, you gave up your right to freedom and you right to stress relief when you sold out. Now mister corporation owns you, you have no life, you have no rights, and you have nothing of your own that means anything except your precious family that won't be around long, what, with all the liquor you have used as a substitute for a life. I see the headlines everyday..."Teens Go On Shooting Spree...16 Dead" These little headlines like the Colorado Incident show me that parents don't know how to raise their children. I was raised by a wonderful family. My father gave me a BB gun when I was about 8 or 9, and I soon earned (that's right earned) the right to a Pellet gun, hell, we even hunted Bambi. I was raised to respect firearms, not fear them. Parents are so caught up in the fear, that they will not even own guns with a child in the house. Lets look at another fine example of Fatherhood.
Badger has a really great kid named Vincent Black Shadow. Now, Badger has been a security guard, and as such, usually has an assortment of armaments around his home. Vinnie has been shown the weapons in question, and has even been allowed to touch, and handle them. He is being raised to respect firearms. He knows the do's and don'ts of the firearm, and keeps his hands off when he is not actually handed the weapon. Now we look at my friend Badger himself. An ex-punk rocker, Rocky Horror Picture Show junky of yesteryear, and all around nutcase. He hasn't gone on any shooting sprees, nor has he used a weapon for anything other than it's intended purpose. His father knew the importance of showing him the right way of doing things. Is any one else seeing my point here?
Fear of your kid shooting someone is never going to go away no matter if you have a gun in the house or not. His friends dads' have guns. I suppose you can restrict them to the house, home school them, never let them have a life of their own, that would surely solve the problem...but at what cost? "A Psychotic Albino Teen Mutilates Child at Bus Stop" seems to be the next headline we would be reading. Are you willing to go through that? Has corporate America, the press, and twisted politicians brainwashed you into believing that an unarmed public is a safe public? You sold out to this point with your Lincoln or Lexus SUV, why not sell out whole hog? Where does it end? When we are all exactly the same pitiful slaves to the establishment eating with plastic forks on paper plates? Is this the America YOU want? Take away my guns, my knives, my forks, my plates, they are dangerous weapons....come on now Really, when will it end? I for one will never sell out to the press, the politicians, nor the corporate king pins (you may prefer to read that as"organized crime")
I understand the need for laws. But when the law prevents you from protecting the very people you sold out for, is it really a "good" law? And I understand you want to transport you children safely. Chevy and other manufacturers make plenty of less expensive SUVs. Hell, a 1976 Dodge Van is built better than any SUV you can buy today...You don't have to sell your life-style to have a family. You DO have to be responsible for their upbringing. You DO have to spend TIME with those precious minds to help them discern right from wrong. You DO have to pass along the rough lessons you had to learn. You DO have to be honest with them. It really isn't that hard people. You just have to believe as you were taught as a child.....Do unto others as you would have others do unto you. And teach your children the history of America. What our forefathers fought so hard for, freedom from oppression. The same oppression that our government in all its wisdom is again trying to force upon us.
Read my words, listen to your heart, and remember all the souls that died in the terrible wars that won us our freedom, then go into the other room, and hug you child for me.
Keep the Shiny Side Up
Butch