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Name: Emma
Gender: Female
Interests: Photography, Graphic Design, Music, Singing, Theater (Acting), New York City.
Expertise: Writing poems, writing songs, composing music.
Occupation: drifter.
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Member Since:
12/19/2006
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I'm beginning to get tired of all the ignorant people that I walk around every day. I'm beginning to get tired of all the ignorant airport security guards who glare at me like they know I'm in the middle of planning some scheme to bomb the airport while I'm standing in line to get through. I've been trying to accept it, and get used to it, but I can't take it anymore. Damn it, I want to live in this country without having being called a "terrorist". It's not that it hurts, because it really doesn't ( I know who I am, thank you very much. No need to label me), it's just that I have to deal with people with little knowledge most of the time (I'm being nice. I could have used a harsher term), and it really irritates me, because they all think they're so much better. Because they're not "terrorists". Do you really think it's right to base a religion on its people? CNN. FOX News. 99.9% of all households in America, own a television set. The T.V is most likely on for about 6 hrs a day. Think about how many brains have been washed so far? And what stations do you think most Americans watch while sipping down that beer every evening? What was that? C-span? Let's be honest here, we've all sat down and have been "trying" to clue in on what's going on in the world, so we tune into CNN, or some other crap channel. Truth is, what they show us on television is nothing but lies. Lies, lies, lies. Someone was once ranting to me about their hatred for television, because it erases your view of everything, and instead, lays it all out for you on the screen. Now that line, speaks the truth. We don't realize that all the crap on T.V about Bin Laden and bombs in London or whatever is all biased. The picture has been painted for us, therefore, Americans just turn off their brains and decide to believe whatever the media feeds them. But, the media=capitalism=anti-peace=anti-Islamic=they'll do anything they can to get all of America to believe that Muslims are terrorists. Sorry to break it down to you, but..we're not. Muslims are not that suspenseful and evil in our day to day lives. In fact, Islam is nothing more than a religion of simply peace. Terror is out of the question, and the very goal of a Muslim's life is to submit yourself to Allah (God), and just be a wonderful human being. Where's the evil in that? What I'm trying to say is, you shouldn't judge a religion based on its people. Because not all Muslims are bad. There are good, and there are bad. And the bad Muslims (extremists/taliban), are not even Muslim! They claim they know everything about the Qu'ran, but truth be told, when they utter out loud that "such and such" was written in the Qu'ran, and we should follow it...when it really wasn't, it is one of the biggest sins you could commit as a Muslim. Here are a list of things that are stereotypes about Muslims. Just want to clear things up.
- Women are forced to wear hijab. And their husbands force it upon them.
False, false, false. it's not supposed to be forced upon any woman. At all. Wearing a hijab, has to come from the heart, no one should really force it upon you.
- Men beat their wives in Islam.
No! Where did this even come from? It's just ridiculous. A woman's position in Islam is so high, it is said that when she gives birth, God erases every sin she has committed, because of the pain she had to bear through for nine months. Women and Men are equal in Islam, and should be treated with just as much respect. I'm not saying that there aren't men who don't beat their wives, but then again, turn on Oprah, and tell me how many stories you hear about women who get abused in the American society? Does this mean that Christians believe in abusing their wives? No. I rest my case.
- Women are oppressed in Islam.
All I can say to that is "PFFFFT!". Women have been granted freedom over 1400 years ago! I know a lot of muslim women who have never felt more free. What a joke. Women in Islam are not oppressed.
- We bomb places when we're mad.
You're kidding me, right? No. Those are called terrorists. That is the act of terrorism. Now, who said that terrorism only applied to Muslims?
ter⋅ror⋅ism-1. the use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, esp. for political purposes.Where in that sentence did it say "Islam", or "Muslims?". Why is it, that when someone says "terrorist", automatically, everyone thinks Islam? What about America? America is the number one terrorist country, and I bet that's a shocker to you right now considering how small your brain is. What about Israel? Don't you remember when they bombed and killed 2,000 Palestinians a couple months ago? Didn't anyone ever tell you that they have tanks roaming around Palestine, and they shoot at anyone they feel like? Haven't you seen those photos where the soldiers step on an innocent man's life while they laugh? Or the pictures where little second graders get shot on their way to school? Oh yeah...because that's not what they show you on T.V. Gee, I only wonder why.
You see, the media does not want to show how evil Israel is, because America is allies with Israel (does AIPAC ring a bell?), and together, they want to destroy Islam. They don't tell you this stuff, because then you'll actually open up your mind and want to learn more about this situation, and go realize that Israel and America are evil, because they want to keep you in this little box, so you never expand your brain, and you forever remain stupid, and get trapped in their nasty little lies. And if America is soooo peaceful, and is all for creating peace, well um. Did we forget BUSH? And what about the war in Iraq? Killing thousands and thousands of innocent lives by the SECOND! Using all this money to kill muslims! And think how much that money could help us here in the U.S, with education for kindergardeners. All the homeless people ignored on the streets. But instead, America uses it on weapons. No one even knows how much money America hands over to Israel to bomb us Muslims. But,In 2005, the US gave Israel more than $2.6 billion. It would blow your mind to find how out much it is now, and I can't even give you an accurate answer, because it literally goes higher by the second. And I can't even emphasize the word "litereally" any more. And the taxes that you pay, everything..it all goes to killing an innocent little girl in the middle east. An innocent new born baby with a bullet inside of its body. To imprison an innocent man, and demolish his home with his family in front of his very eyes.
And the sad thing is, most people don't even know where Palestine is.
(If you would like to know what actually happened in Gaza, you can click here: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/01/200917205418665491.html)
Is that not called terrorism? So, why is it that Muslims are terrorists? Every religion has their extremists. Al Qaeda (however the hell you spell it), the taliban, Bin Laden...
You think people in Afghanistan are going "YAY! it's the taliban! come here and stone me to death because it "says so in our religion", and I have to follow that!" or, a little boy goes up to a terrorist and says "Strap some bombs on me mister, so I can make everyone proud!". Think about it. We fear these people, so if we're muslims ourselves..that means we fear ourselves? Does that even make sense to you? EXACTLY. If you want to know about "reality", don't turn on CNN or the t.v at all actually. Step outside.
You see, we are all human beings and every religion has its bad people. Like, the extremists, for example. But don't go judging a religion based on its people. Because the people will always interpret it in different ways. And there will always be the pyscho's who give the religion a bad name. Instead, go research it, and see how many positive things you can find out about it. We all walk on the same streets. Breathe the same air. And when people look into my eyes, I only hope they can get past the surface and see the truth. But for now, I know I just have to accept it, and be happy, that I at least know the truth. And truth, is on the side of the oppressed.
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with every passing day.
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| Summer is definitely being a little bi***, but on the bright side, I'm going to see Matt Nathanson in concert tomorrow! :) yayy. Anyway, nothing else is really on my mind. Except that one of my best-est friends is moving across the country, by the end of the month, meaning she won't even be here for my birthday. I love her a lot, and I'm going to miss her like hell. :( It's a really big bummer.
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| So you stepped onto that stage
facing the world
ready to go into a thousand words
and you made yourself look like a fool
because of all these years
you were running,
running,
towards the sun,
just to find out
that it was never really on your side
all you had left
was a world full of screams
I laughed
while your words just
bursted into flames.
you got yourself ready,
from the sky, I watched you
fade into the hole you dug.
So this is how you screwed up
Inside of you is complete emptiness
there is nothing in you
outside of you
to me,
..you don't exist.
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| I'm not a great photographer...
..but I try my best.
New York, New York.
Central Park was breathtaking.
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Bonjour.
