Wednesday
Jan122011
GOD'S MESSAGE
"Another damn memorial
For victims that were shot.
You may believe that I was there
But sorry, I was not.
I didn't come because I am tired
Of this stupidity;
You make the guns, kill ones I love,
And then you pray to me.
You choose to wrap around yourselves
The right to carry arms
Ignoring as the dead pile up
That me the killing harms.
I'm so pissed off I have a mind
To right now end it all;
But I don't kill, besides you have
Already made that call.
Since on life views you won't agree
The killing will increase.
Because you seem too dumb to change
I know I'll soon have peace.
I'm finished, now I'll wait alone
Until your will is done.
So at the next memorial
Pray to your holy gun."
Wednesday, January 12, 2011 at 05:26AM
Reader Comments (10)
Wow uncle Doug...very thought provoking as usual...happy birthday again...
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Knowing you those thoughts provoked are constructive. Doug.E.Barr
Wow Doug...you have aptly expressed what I'm sure a lot of people are feeling about this senseless tragedy.
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My guess sis, is "a lot of people" is not a large enough portion of humanity to make the "change". Doug.E.Barr
It sounds like you are blaming the gun. The truth is our government is not perfect and one day we will have to physically protect ourselves from big brother or any other group that may want to harm us or put us under their control. I would not feel safe in a world where the only protection I have is our government. Who really trusts them with that much power?
This man, without access to a gun, may have decided to build a bomb and strap it to himself killing many more people. Guns aren't the problem, people are.
Given the nature of human beings we will never be rid of unnecessary violence or hate. A fairy tale world would be nice though.
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Thank you for your instructive comment. Nothing I wrote "sounds like (I am) blaming the gun." Everything I wrote can not mean other than "Guns aren't the problem, people are." What group do you belong to that needs special protection from "big brother or any other group..." presumably with guns? Is that not a "problem"? What is "unnecessary violence or hate"? If violence or hate is inherent in the "Given...nature of human beings", we would not exist. If you would like to understand why violence and hate is an unnecessary part of our existence read the last why: the poem. Doug.E.Barr
Doug.E.Barr, after reading your poem, Michael’s comment and your response to him I wanted to comment as well.
I also took the message that you were blaming the gun. I thought Michael’s comment was measured, balanced, thoughtful and written with love. Your response to him seemed unnecessarily attack on him personally. Please let me explain. You said” Nothing I wrote "sounds like (I am) blaming the gun." Are you serious? This was all about “(making) guns” and “the right to carry arms”. And how about the concluding line? “Pray to your holy gun”.
I just got it! Sorry, I am a bit slow. I DO see your point! You are not at all blaming the guns. You are blaming the group of people that want guns and make guns. You are laying blame at the people who wish to preserve their second amendment right and blaming those people for the deaths! I get it now.
I still agree with Michael but would have to add that I believe you are playing with semantics here. NO ONE “blames the gun” when that is said the implication is the problem is the availability of guns. I suppose he intended to say it sounds like you are blaming access to guns. I would also say the way you respond is fairly typical of a certain segment of our population. Michael has an understanding of human nature and is addressing the problem. Whereas rather than attack the problem you are attacking a group of people you have a philosophical disagreement with. You call them “stupid” and “dumb” because, I suppose, you already have it figured out. Those who disagree with you have nothing to lend to the understanding of the problem because there are simply too stupid to think properly.
I hope this letter does not come across too harsh, I do not mean it that way. In closing I would just like to reiterate what Michael has said. You do not want guns to exist but there will always be guns. If only cops had guns a cop would eventually kill. And someone would steal a cop gun to kill. If there were NO guns murder would continue to be commited. So regardless of the tool used the discussion should be on love and respect. The discussion needs to be on the reasons one feels the need to hurt others not on the tool the angry man uses. Your poem is simply bypassing any useful points for disussion.
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You were " a bit slow" but you sped up. Unfortunately you quit reading and thinking before you got up to speed. You showed such promise. Had you not throttled down before reading the introduction in the sidebar you would have learned the focus of my site is "on the reasons one feels the need to hurt others…" Then had you followed the suggestion at the end of my reply to Michael you might have broken through the mental barrier that prevents you from seeing the possibility of living without the need for cops and guns.
Even if you had just thought about my poem a little longer the 5th sentence of your third paragraph might have been, "You are blaming humans for needing guns." which would have indicated you also understood God was addressing humanity and references to "stupid" and "dumb" are in that context. The notion we have the right to bear arms is certainly not restricted to Americans.
I didn't think your comment was harsh. I appreciate you taking the time to write. I thought it was useful so I wonder why the last of your 480 words are, "Your poem is simply bypassing any useful points for discussion." Doug.E.Barr
The fact that your ideology requires the majority of humans to change their nature makes the ideology unrealistic and inhumane. Peace and change are hard to inspire in your opponents if you come at them from a position of anger, impossible if you come at them with condescension...as the poem demonstrates pretty well. I understand you're angry, but the way you talk makes it seem like you think the anger of others is unjustified because, like Michael said, you discard them as too stupid to debate you. Well, they're not.
I think you get this--like you say, "in real life there are no sides"--but you have to decide whether it is better to be mutually exclusive of others who don't understand this, or be mutually inclusive. Hint: one of them doesn't tend to garner support.
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I see you read the the last why: the poem. I am grateful you tried to understand the explanation of life it contains. However, I am surprised you said it is a "fact that (my ideology) requires the majority of humans to change their nature…" Nowhere on my site will you find anything I have written that would suggest we humans have to change our nature. The law of human nature is as immutable as the law of gravity.
It seems to be our nature to believe but what we believe, we create. I could be wrong but when I read the facts of our existence I conclude "the majority" of what we believe is self-destructive, which incidentally I think is "stupid". Consequently I suggest if it matters we don't self-destruct we should consider discarding our self-destructive beliefs. If my assessment of our existence is correct I do not understand how changing what we believe so we don't kill humanity, is "unrealistic and inhumane." I guess I need you to give me another "hint". Doug.E.Barr
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Thank you Mrs. Pooles for sending me two more visitors. Doug.E.Barr
All in all, great poem Doug! Very, very thought provoking indeed. Thank you for writing this wonderful piece of poetry
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Thank you for reading my poetry and telling me it is "thought provoking...". Doug.E.Barr
that was very thoughtful but it is not gods word or message watever u want to call it
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How do you know? Doug.E.Barr
This is thought provoking but being a practicing catholic I find it slightly disrespectful. From what I have read in the bible and god thinks all life is precious and would not think such things. I still like the poem but keep it in mind
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Nothing I have written is contrary to what you "heard at sunday service". You need to practice thinking a little more. Thanks for taking the time to comment. Doug.E.Barr