Burning in paradise

Tag: books

  • My anti-hero

    Though some people might find the actions of Rodney Hinton Jr. unacceptable in today’s modern society, I believe he’s the anti-hero American needs right now. A black Father willing and ready to risk it all for this son, in an America that sees black men and women as conventional for the America way of life rather apart of it. There is a general sense of being made to feel that we are outsiders in our homeland and somehow we’ve been trespassing since inception. The sight of us warns, malice, unaware psychological hatred, disrespect any being on this earth in his right mind wouldn’t stand for. And some how, as a group, we haven’t seeked revenge.

    How many people haven’t died at the hands of a police officer supposedly “protecting and serving” the community? We’re clearly not there community. Police departments have set up a business invoicing the lives of black men and women with damn near immunity, because nothing changes. Nothing changes but the name of the person being shot, or arrested, or being beaten half to death. And “punishments” are not enough to absolve the repeated habits of our public servants. Leaving the victims and their families with less than they had; less money, less family, less belief in the justice system, less love.

    At some point America should’ve know there’d be a Rodney Hinton Jr. I’m sure I can find another man that killed a cop. But the way that Rodney Hinton Jr. did it had a little extra on. It feels honorable. Like a samurai hunting down the killer of teacher, it’s not just pure revenge. Someone that means the world to me was taken from me and the only way to repay him is kill his killer.

  • i use to think that killing was a bad thing, at least that was the way i was programmed or raised to believe. but i don’t think that it is as simple as good and bad. and i don’t think that killing is inherently evil. i believe that some people are too quick because they’re immature and/or lazy. and America as a whole has that apart of our ethic. the whole “shoot first ask, questions later” approach has brought forth a lot of unnecessary death. i understand if it’s a life or death situation, if your a soldier or you back is against the wall but it seems cowards will have the advantage and claim they were in fear for their life just so that the courts will justify their cowardice as valor.

    i can respect a man that is slow to kill and understands the weight behind of pulling a trigger. a man that is tough without a gun, a man that will toss his gun to the side and fight with his hands.

    but then there’s the other side. the guys that bought a gun and are looking for a reason. guys that wouldn’t kill with their hands. an ignorant man driven by fear and pride. a guy that’s never thrown a punch. guys that are male but not men. these people deserve hell and slow death. they belong with the abusers, the rapist, the ones that claim to be men and take from the weak and poor.

    i don’t believe that everyone is built to face the death of another person. some of us need to be protected and contribute to community and society in different manners. but i think it’s important to know where you stand, can you protect yourself? could you kill someone if you had to and can you live with your decision to justifiability take another man life? and when i say justifiability i don’t mean the legal system saying it’s okay. i mean can you sit with that weight on your soul? if god takes you today, can you answer for your actions?

    that’s the man, the father, the brother, the protector i work towards being. that’s a true killer. and i pray that you can either be that or have someone that can be that for you. because very few men are as honorable as they claim to be.

  • Beck: The Mongolian Chop Squad, The Good Guy Wins!

    Beck: The Mongolian Chop Squad, The Good Guy Wins!

    I finally finished watching Beck: The Mongolian Chop Squad is a slice of life anime about a timid 16 year old teen falling in love with playing the guitar and rock music. He quickly becomes obsessed with playing guitar and from early on in the series you can see Yukio, 16 year old main character, is a gifted guitarist. Getting praised and bullied for his progression in such a short time. 

    Outside of playing guitar, Yukio is a young teen trying to figure out his adolescence. He lacks a bit of confidence and is a genuine guy in a world where his classmates seek out personal vendettas against him for his talents. Extorting money, breaking his instruments, punching him in the face. Yukio goes through a lot and we haven’t even touched his love life. The only thing keeping him going, it looks like, is a new found musician friends 

    Yukio’s story is a righteous story. We’re the bad guys finally get their just due, where good music is above all, where the good guy wins. It is a story about fighting and sacrificing because you love what you do and nothing comes above your dreams.