Upon gazing into the eyes of a dying sperm whale that had been harpooned just yards away, Captain Paul Watson, now founder/leader of Sea Shepherds, had this to say, "I saw something else in that eye – it was pity and not for himself but for us – that we could kill so thoughtlessly and so mercilessly and I realized that the reason the Soviets were killing Sperm whales was for spermaceti oil used for lubricating machinery and one of the uses was in the construction on inter-continental ballistic missiles for the purpose of exterminating mass numbers of human beings and that is when it struck me that we, the human species are insane. " ...This coming from a man who is also known for being the complete lunatic who rammed a Japanese "research" vessel in the middle of the Arctic Ocean! His words struck me though. He's right. We are completely insane. His side is insane, the other side is insane, we're all effing INSANE! And how many cases can you look at both sides and say, "you're both insane, why are you doing this?"
The Gaza flotilla incident: Palestinians/Hamas vs Israelis, I'd tend to favor Israel in this case because they were attacked in what should've been a routine search, but I favor the Palestinians in COUNTLESS other skirmishes. It's NEVER ENDING!
Conservatives vs. Liberals: One side is racking up a GINORMOUS debt and deficit, and passing outrageously liberal bills in health care and environmental protection. On the other side we've got downright McCarthyism-style propaganda against EVERYTHING the liberals are doing, with no consideration for facts, history, or constructive criticism. If one side can believe Obama, and the other can believe Glenn Back, we're clearly in a polarized madhouse.
American Culture in General: Divorce rate, adolescent suicides, obesity, debt/over spending/over consumption, destruction of the environment, poor work ethic, poor education, increased welfare, gangs, Hollywood, television, propaganda, partisanship, war mongering, weapons trafficking, drugs, racism, religion, hypocrisy, etc. WTF are we DOING!?!??!
The oil disaster: Why is BP, with their safety record, even allowed to operate in the US? Why do we drill so far offshore just because the rigs are ugly? Why is everyone upset Obama doesn't look pissed off enough and is wearing too nice of close on his visits to Louisiana? How come other deep sea drilling companies weren't brought in to replace BP, who has clearly proven their ineptitude? Who told everybody this was the end of fishing and crabbing in the gulf? Fishing might be amazing with the death of surface predators and the temporary lack of fisherman. Could be the best year of fishing ever once this is cleaned up.
Less depressing things like graffiti: Graffiti is art by the masses, it's fresh, it's brave, but it's illegal because they didn't pay to put it up. Art collections are only what a handful of rich people consider to be art. Billboards are not art yet we're all forced to see them like gigantic visual SPAM, and some graffiti is treasured art if it's in the right location... or done by cavemen or Banksy... o.O?
etc. !!!
I think if I ever make a photography book it'll be on exactly this, "Profiles in Insanity, evidence of our culture. Photos and commentary by James Yasuhara" I think it'll be a slightly less depressing version of that scene in "The Fifth Element" where Lula reads the video encyclopedia chapter on "War." Can't wait. In the mean time, where is the hope for humanity? Where is the good in what we do? Why do we push on through what has to be considered insanity? And where do you fit in? What's your contribution to our collective insanity?
~Yasu
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Speaking of insanity, check this one out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntlp4fTell4
There are only a handful of options as to how this happened, all of them terrifying, but the scariest to me is if this guy legitimately got 60% of the votes.
Then the genocide in Kyrgyzstan, leading Uzbek refugees to flee back to Uzbekistan, where they will likely be housed RIGHT next to a Kyrgyz sector for ease of retaliation: http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1996539,00.html
Also, no help from the US or Russia who both have bases in the area. Oddly enough I didn't even hear about this story until Julia told me about it (thanks Julaka). Instead, my news feed is flooded with that first story and this numb nut: http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-South-Central/2010/0615/Gary-Brooks-Faulkner-American-ninja-hunting-Osama-bin-Laden
Man, kind of a depressing time to be alive :\
Uhg yea I just heard about the Osama-hunter today. The Kyrgizstan-Uzbek situation is especially angering me because of the US/Russia inertia. We keep talking about how bad their situation is for our bases, so why won't we DO anything about it? Why are people always afraid to do the right thing and so quick to do the wrong thing? Sure, the US is providing some humanitarian help, but that's not going to PREVENT the continuing violence. BOTH Russian and US refuse to help in any military way. And what's up with THIS: http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1996064,00.html? Denying children BIRTH CERTIFICATES?!? Uhg, disgusting.
This somehow reminds me of some article I once read about how people who saw Avatar reported being depressed afterward because Pandora is so much more beautiful than Earth. I wanted to shoot myself in the face. How do people not REALIZE how beautiful our world is and how much potential it has? Why are people so lazy and stupid as to believe that if we lived on another world that is 'more beautiful' we wouldn't screw that up without changing anything that we're currently doing?
On the bright side, though, I still think there's beauty in life, in human potential, in the human mind, and human relationships. I just wish we saw it more in the news :(
OMG, and THIS: http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/06/14/neda_lives?page=0,0
Uhg.
so true:
"Strange is our situation here on Earth. Each of us comes for a short visit, not knowing why, yet sometimes seeming to divine a purpose. From the standpoint of daily life, however, there is one thing we do know: that man is here for the sake of other men."
—Albert Einstein
Heehee! Talk about numb nuts! Waz up with da Liberals down for the Al greene dude? "Take me to the river!....." Loved that album! Shootz! Wish I was a Duh-mercrat! I would'a voted for Al Greene too! How come we don't have cool dudes like that in the Conservative party?
btw, the reason for the HUGE gap between the Dem's and the re-poobics is because the EXTREME far LEFT Sal Alinsky dudes have Shanghai'd the Democratic party...plain and simple. It took about 40 years, but they're in! It's like Patty Hearst and the Sibanese Liberation Army are in the White House. We have no choice but to be ANTI-everything until we get these home grown terrorist outr of power. The future of the country is literally at stake!
I like old school Democrats....they have values, religion, pride in country, family values, etc. They aren't trying to REMAKE the country like some people in power now days.
Note: Look for Independents, Republican's, Libertarian's, and moderate Democrats to change the landscape come November. It was a BIG mistake to go for the good looking..."he's sooo fine!" , smooth talking mystery man behind iron curtain number 2.
Note: BP donated 1 million dollars to Obama campaign....and got fake safety award similar to fake Nobel Peace prize. Liberal loon BP out of the UK...no wonder their quality sucks!
On the subject of illegal's having babies that are instant U.S. citizen's. Ridiculous! What other country lets illegals walk right in, have babaies at the free hospitals, and reward them with instant citizenship? That's like me walking into 7-11....sticking a gun in the Indian guys face, demanding all his hard earned cash.....then getting arrested...let go, and handed a FREE strawberry Slurpee! MAN!
Wayne
ps: Hope this is all relevant to the post! :)
Whaaaat the hell are you talking about!?! Who do you refer to as "old school dems" what is this blathering on about "It was a BIG mistake to go for the good looking..."he's sooo fine!" , smooth talking mystery man behind iron curtain number 2." And I will go ahead and add that immigrant babies thing to the list of COMPLETELY insane topics. I do think it's a strange rule that any child born in the US is given citizenship, but the craziest part about it is that the supposed "strict constitutionalists" are the ones fighting it. That's a clear violation of the 14th Amendment, but the libs are the ones trying to "REMAKE" the country!?! ...but hey, on the plus side your post was entirely relevant to INSANITY! (see the "You've Got to be Kidding Me: Part 1" post for my gripe on the conservative fascination with Saul Alinsky.)
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