So I know, I was here, I was on the road to becoming the most super-delicious xangan of all time, and then I stopped. Hey, I got bored. It's not my fault. Y'all are super boring. But it turns out, so am I. So I'm here again. Actually, it was the idea of being able to post more blogs to healthkicker that really brought me back. Somebody actually called me their equivalent to Jenn over there. I've never blushed so hard in my life.

Don't forget to rec this post. If you don't, I'll never love you the same way again!

I’ve developed a reputation here on xanga, and across the internet, for taking the hard stances. For speaking up for the little guy. For saying what needs to be said. Today is no exception. The topic de jour? Human-animal relations. I think it’s disgraceful. Every time I think about it, I’m filled with loathing. It’s hypocritical, it’s immoral, and it’s downright cruel. Our modern American culture flaunts the flora but fails to fuck fauna. It’s wrong, xanga. You know it, and I know it. Love is love.

The first law of God in Christianity is to love thy neighbour. In fact, love is the strongest commandment of God. It’s the purpose of our species, it’s both why and how we’re all here. We owe it to our society, to our species, and to our God to reproduce. A childless couple is scorned and shunned by every human society on the planet, and rightly so. They’re selfish, Godless heathens who refuse the natural order of things.

But they’re not the only ones.

For hundreds, if not thousands of years now, we’ve been led astray. Corrupt, ignorant, and evil priests, rabbis, imams (and the leaders of the other religions I don’t know) have been telling us having sex with animals is wrong. Well I’ve got news for you: they’re wrong. Having sex with an animal is one of the highest exhibitions of Godliness possible for a human being.

God has told humanity to act as good stewards of the earth. It’s our responsibility to maintain and protect the planet. More than that, though, it’s our responsibility also to spread love and peace and wellbeing. And frankly, I just don’t see how we can do that unless we’re willing to practise what we preach.

So next time you go out and pass a dog in the street, give it a wink. Next time you go horse riding, give that beautiful mare an extra special pat from me. And next time you go deep sea diving, make a friend of that octopus in a way you never have before. God will thank you, and so will Fido.

I'm a literary pear. Unlike those stupid apples, I believe in reading, and in bettering one's self. A while back I read Brave New World by Aldous Huxely, and then promptly put it out of my mind in favor of watching Netflix. I love Netflix. Anyway, I hadn't thought about the novel in a while until it was brought to my attention again by a Datingish article. Now, I know what you're thinking, and yes, I'm as amazed as you are that Datingish made a literary reference to anything more wordy than an Archie Magazine. Just kidding, I love you guys, Datingish editors!

The author of the article claimed that the society of Brave New World was a ridiculous one. Because sex had been changed to an everyday, common-place interaction with no negative consequences or stigmas, and because committed monogamous relationships had disappeared, the author argued that what replaced it was "sad and empty".

They are, of course, wrong.

The author admits that everybody in that society seemed happy. I'm not sure why they're arguing that equals sad and empty, frankly. It seems just the opposite to me. You know what seems sad and empty? Life in a society riddled by debt. Unemployed, divorced, and sexually frustrated. I see no reason to believe that humans find more innate satisfaction in monogamy. In fact, I think for most people monogamy is inappropriate, and I think the overall failure of what is effectively societally enforced monogamy has been demonstrated pretty effectively by high divorce rates. I don't think this is what humans are "naturally" (or even biblically) "supposed" to be. It's a convenient arrangement that helps both the society maintain social order, and the monogamous couple support each other in difficult times. A good marriage is a business arrangement first. That's why Brave New World is actually a better form of society - it not only removes the difficult times monogamy helps deal with, but it also allows humans to engage in their natural instincts without harm or foul.

Happiness in Brave New World came from two things:

Role in society: because people were bred for specific purposes, and then trained/inculcated further after birth, there was no question of what to "do" with one's life. This afforded an immense degree of satisfaction. Without having to worry about the meaning of life, one's place in the world and society, etc, there's no stress. There's no worry about unemployment, about finding one's self, about looking for purpose.

Free will is a tenuous concept anyway, and most people make a botched job of the choices they're given in life. In Brave New World, people always know the job they do is one they are perfectly suited for, and can do well. I think one of the greatest ways to find happiness in life is doing something you're really good at, and doing it really well. You can't beat the satisfaction that gives. This is ensured in this theoretical world.

Removal of negative emotion sources: One of the main ideas of the society in the novel is that unhappiness comes from the space between the creation of a desire and the fulfillment of a desire. So, there's constant instant gratification. Nothing goes wrong, and nothing is unfulfilled. Everybody gets what they want, all the time (except, again, for a few bugs in the system like Bernard).

Now, a major part of this is sexual, and related to relationships. Sexual pleasure with no consequences at all (not only no STDs, unwanted pregnancies, but also no social stigma, no judging, etc) I think would make a heck of a lot of people happy. There's really no need for the support a monogamous relationship is designed to create - you don't need emotional support, because there's nothing around that makes you unhappy. You don't need financial support, because you have a guaranteed job you're perfect for. You don't need support raising children, because that's done in centers.

I know that Brave New World is supposed to be dystopic, but frankly, I think the only reason why we find it so is because we've been societized to perceive foreign societies as worse than our own. Different is automatically bad. A reasoned look at the World State makes it seem like a pretty good system in most regards. There's no evidence to suggest that most of the inhabitants are unhappy. On the other hand, there's quite a lot of evidence to support the suggestion that most of the inhabitants of our current society are unhappy.

Failed relationships and marriages, enormous national and personal debt, large numbers of unemployed people who cannot support themselves or maintain households, vast quantities of the population on anti-depression and anti-anxiety medication... I don't see any reason to believe what we've got now works any better (or really, as well as) Brave New World.

In fact, I think America would do well to work toward a goal where the future set out in Brave New World can become our future. Look at the person to your right, and then look at the person to your left. You could be having sex with both of them right now. You deserve this, and so do they.

As you know, I’m about as American as apple pie. There’s no greater country in the world than our fair and mighty land. It’s the original home of democracy, the founding place of free thought, and the birthplace of baseball. Not that I’m a big fan of baseball – too many foreigners involved for my taste. Anyway. I love my country. That means I’m willing to do just about anything possible to protect it and to act in its best interests, and I’m sure you are, too.

The sad thing is, so many Americans aren’t. I’m talking about the Americans who carry guns. A lot of misguided citizens have a twisted idea that it’s their peartriotic duty to arm themselves. In fact, nothing could be further from the truth. Carrying a gun is pearamount to treason, in my opinion, and I’ll tell you why: it demonstrates a lack of faith in the government, and it poses a threat to America itself.

Imagine you were at Columbine, or Virginia Tech, or that IHOP, and a shooter burst in on you with an assault rifle of some sort. Of course, if you were armed, you could very well try to defend yourself and the other patrons/students by opening fire. And you might think yourself a hero for doing so, but you’d be wrong. Because what you’d be doing is demonstrating a lack of faith and trust in the police.

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