what next? leaving the old people outside for the coyotes to finish them off…?
sounds far fetched maybe, but i have just been thoroughly revolted by what i have just read [and i know in this day and age we can get mildly upset and tut tutty and each-to-their-own-device but maybe it’s time for people to stand up and SHOUT WILDLY AGAINST THIS KIND OF FILTH…] and we need to draw a line…
it started with me reading my good buddy Bruce’s rant [totally justified and i agree wholeheartedly with the sentiments expressed] or question [but i know the rant is simmering beneath] about the question of whether there should be a filter on what we tweet, which you can take a look at here:
well actually, to be honest, it began a little earlier with this blog i wrote after my encounter with two horrible t-shirts and then the recent one i wrote about young people using the word “rape” to describe a bad sporting or examination encounter…
but then i went on to yahoo and happened to catch site of the heading of this article where firstly a guy passes out and everyone is too busy tweeting and facebook statusing to go and help him, and later ends with people taking phone pics of a guy as he dies on the street…
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20101117/sc_yblog_thelookout/if-the-science-guy-passes-out-and-nobody-tweets-it-did-it-happen
as a society we are becoming sicker and sicker and what is the worst part is that it is becoming the norm, it is becoming acceptable – we have legalised abortion (baby-killing) and made divorce easier than getting a visa to fly overseas and our government seems to have an anything goes policy when it comes to government officials being involved in corruption/mismanagement of funds and so on…
where does it all end?
i’ll tell you where it ends. with the church!
will the real Christ followers please stand up? because this is where the call to be holy, to be set apart, to be different is at its most vital…
Engage the young guys who are wearing those shirts. Refuse to let someone get away with a statement of how they were “raped by that exam” without being challenged to never again use that word (and sentence) lightly. Leave your flippin phone in your pocket and go and get up on that stage and see if that man is okay. Shout, scream, make a noise – IT IS NOT OKAY – THIS IS NOT ACCEPTIBLE – I WILL NOT STAND FOR THAT.
Cos there HAS to be a line. And we need to speak and act and react in absolute love and compassion and know when and where and how to speak and act. [and the Holy Spirit will guide us in this area, if we pay attention] But we cannot stay silent any longer!
Thanks Brett! That’s the real revolution! It’s the counter-culture rebellion against the kind of things you refer to here that we have to actively resist!
Do you think the phone is the mark of the beast? Right hand or forehead? Could be who knows. Or is it a chip implant or tattoo or something?
um i don’t really know but it is the mark of the beast so not too sure it will be accidental – i think it will be a giving of allegiance to and so it should be pretty obvious to Spirit-filled Christ followers what it is – dont think its cellphones or tattoos…
while being hounded by the paparazzi is another indication of a sick society that i subtly alluded to but didn’t give much airtime to in this blog, i don’t think it comes close to being raped and i think kristen stewart deserves all the criticism she has received and i like the word ‘self-involved’ to describe the situation…
http://www.cleveland.com/people/index.ssf/2010/06/kristen_stewart_fame_is_like_b.html
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