It has come to my attention that people actually read this shit sometimes. Awesome.
been awhile, no computer, fuck that shit, here goes...
So ive been thinking about this shit for awhile. I've been exercising my philosophical mind. I'm sick of the the bullshit, the arguments, the idiots on both sides, the distorted values, the twisted logic, the television debates and the moderators who throw fuel on the fire by confusing the issue more just to keep the conversation alive untill the next commercial break. There are a few issues these days that are unnecessarily deemed "important", or "controversial" by the media. Fuck that shit. I've got the solution. I'm laying it down in print for the first time. The ideas are rough, the arguments skecthy, the grammar is weak, but this is the first step. Here it is. My first crappy attempt at freelance philosophy. Please let me know what you think: paulbednarz55@hotmail.com
Issue #1: ABORTION
What the fuck is the problem here. There are two sides.
The pro-life'ers are all about the life of the baby. "pro-life" is a great name because it makes the other side "anti-life" or pro death". That pretty much wins the argument right there. But then the other side comes back with "pro-choice". Shit. Good point. Being a liberal society this country is based on a free pursuit of happiness and choice of values. But you know all this crap already.
Bascially some people want to protect the life of the baby, some the life of the mother. The law works well for single entities, but it gets tough when you realize the mother and baby are one and two at the same time. (1=2 we hope that you choke, thanks thom, where would we be without you). The problem with the debate is that everyone is trying to draw the line somewhere between the two. By doing so, both sides are admitting that they are okay with fucking over one side of the relationship for the other.
Technically, "pro-life" and "pro-choice" are both pro good things, and therefore both stances are right. SO STOP ARGUING. TAKE THE EMBRYO OUT OF THE FUCKING WOMB AND PUT IT SOMEWHERE NICE. Mother gets choice. Baby gets life. End of story. No problem. Abortions for none. Transplants for some. Miniature American flags for others.
Aight, start sending in objections and let this debate come alive. This is how this shit starts. I'll post good responses on this site on till i get off my ass and make a real message board or some shit.
Here are some objections i have considered:
Is that even scientifically possible?
Shut the fuck up. You know we can do that shit. We can put dippin dots in soda, we can take a fucking fertilized embryo out of a unexpected womb and put it in a woman who wants a baby or freeze it for later.
Where will the baby's go?
There will always be would be mothers who cant get fertilized. If not, then force some of those pro-life chicks to take 'em in. They are so vocal about the right of the embryo to live a full life, im sure they wont mind. The embryo's can always be frozen and saved. Technically thats not death. Whatever argument you have against abortion probably wont hold against the freeze plan. (for example, abortion is murder, well then freezing isnt. or better, the embryo has a right to life, that doesnt mean the embryo has a right to life this century) Plus, theres always test tubes.
Im so pro-life that i believe it is immoral to remove the embryo from the womb.
What. So youre anti-choice. So sex means enslavement through procreation. Well you know what, even if it turns out the bible did say that, that doesnt mean the government could make a law about it.
Im so pro-choice that i believe the mother should have the choice to terminate the embryo, not merely transplant it.
Now you're anti-life. Im gonna trust my gut on this one and say you're wrong.
Alright. So i hope you see the point im trying to make. Both sides are right, which is why, when they are argue, they seem so wrong and yet so compelling at the same time. Im just trying to offer a compromise by taking whats right from both sides and making the next step. As i look back i regret the casual swearing and familiar tone. I also think my arguements about the practical objections are kinda weak, thats why i need feedback. I have some more thoughts about the way they ideas relate the philosophical with the political. I especially like this compromise because it makes no metaphysical or spiritual claim. It simply fully secures the right of both mother and child. I didn't bother to make my arguements too convincing because i feel the transplant compromise speaks for itself. Thats why feedback is so important. I seriously think thats the end of the story. Or at least the start of the end of the debate. Maybe someone already propased this and was already shot down. Maybe im crazy. Let me know.
Paul Bednarz, July 17, 2003.
Paul - 4:15 AM
Thursday, June 05, 2003
I WANT TO JUMP IN THE MOTHER FUCKIN OCEAN.
fuck this city shit
i dont care about the "luxuires"
i dont care about the refrigerator that keeps my blue colored sport drink cold
i dont care about the indoor plumbing that allows me to take a shower in the privacy of my bathroom
i dont care about the computer hooked up to the surround sound system thats blasting music right now
these are not pure luxiuries
these things are replacements for our lack of freedom
our lack of freedom to jump in the mother fucking ocean
i am hung over
i feel like shit
but i dont need the shower and the music and the powerade and all that other bullshit
i just need to jump in the mother fucking ocean
and dont give me some bullshit about how its a sunny day outside and i should be happy about it or smile about or look on the bright side
i do look on the mother fuckin bright side
the truth is this is one sunny day
and i am miles away from the mother fuckin ocean
i cant live like this
you can take it all away
if i could live next to the mother fuckin ocean
and i dont need all this blog shit
i dont need the aim
the cell phones
the amazing advances in communication
you all know where you can find me
ill be at the mother fuckin beach
and if you dont want to look for me
theres no point in me calling you
and i dont need the car
the 25 cent buffalo wings
i dont need the gasoline
or the video games
i just need to be by the mother fucking ocean
thats something to consider there in the future
am i really gonna make it home tonight
im losing it already
theres a paper due on monday
this is gonna be weird
by weird i mean i dont really know what the fuck is gonna happen and i suck at words
this was the worst blog ever
3 weeks and this is all i have to say
well fuck you assholes
im not fuckin strongbad
they cant all be gems
where the fuck are my cd's
this is stupid
Paul - 10:53 AM
Saturday, May 10, 2003
I am so on gabes computer right now, and theres nothing he can do about it.
The apartment seems so empty now, without dave. Its weird. It kinda sucks. The wall looks so empty without that banner. If you don't know what banner im talking about, shame on you. But right now that banner and dave are on their way to Corning New York and then to europe (well just dave) and then they will settle down in Michigan. We all saw it coming, it just sucks that its here. My life will be a little less crazy, a little less cool, a little less interesting. Goodbye's suck, especially when good people who have been good friends are the ones saying them.
Anyway, this is not a eulogy. Good luck.
I took my last final yesterday. Freedom. The whole world is out there and thats awesome. Monday I move out. The funny thing is, I have nowhere to move. I stuffin my shit in gupta's basement, thank you gupta, and then I be sleeping on couches. There is talk of a house on the beach. That would be hella sweet. Hella fuckin sweet.
I have been betrayed by the ladies at rofo.
A breakfast sandwitch needs to be heated up.
Good dam.
Fuck CVP.
No problem
But now Rofo, it's starting to seem like all signs are pointing out of baltimore.
But then again, 7-11 is open 24 hours a day.
Some one said there will be strippers tonight, that is awesome.
Grogan is a questionable Ogan, but hes still cool.
I thought I had more to say.
to bad
Paul - 1:10 PM
Wednesday, May 07, 2003
no no no gabe, its cool
the pirate joke is awesome, and it needs to be told, the people need to hear it.
i just thought it was cool that i heard that joke from the d-plan and i thought i told everyone i knew but you ended up getting it from a different source. the point is, everyone needs the hilarity from any source they can.
So, for the record, gabe played an integral part in the Tea Leoni hyku.
(so did Jurassic Park 3)
original content is hard to find and sometimes hard to trace. but true hilarity must be spread, Mitch Hedberg, pirate jokes, dirty hiku's, ridiculous web sites and news story's, these are some of the best things in life, and people need to share them without worry about called a plagarist, or being called unoriginal.
Don't worry if everyone at the bar knows the punchline to the joke, if one person doesn't, it was all worthwhile. Everytime a good joke is told, it grows a little, a new aspect comes to life. Every new interpretation adds to it.
I have quoted Mitch a lot, maybe too much, but I can over look all those times when my friends have said "Alright, enough all ready, your not Mitch", i can over look all those times for that one person who hears the frozen banana joke and says "What's that." That's what makes it all worth while. Keep telling jokes people, its the only chance we have to make this world better. Try to come up with original material, but if you feel strongly about another's words, don't feel bad about spreading them, and try to give credit where credit is due.
The Simpsons did it! But everything they did was taken from somewhere else.
In some ways, our selection of quotes and jokes defines us as people. We act as popcultural filters, chosing which aspect of other peoples ideas best fit into our own world views. So fuckin PoMo.
If I was on ritalin and had the time I would try to really express my point clearly and try to argue for it.
Aight that being said, here are some links that i think are awesome:
This is a link I got from fark to a blog written by a guy in Iraq
This is pretty old and you've all probably seen it (I know Gabe has) but anyways its some guy commenting on some art work done by little kids.
yeah so i should be studying
Paul - 3:35 PM
Tuesday, May 06, 2003
oh this is beautiful...
Paul-
I have been notified by Michael Williams, the instructor of Theory of Knowledge
(150.459) that you are currently earning an 'F' in this course. He adds that he
has "not received any work" from you.
I suggest that you talk with the instructor and with your faculty adviser to
assess the impact of this grade on your plans to graduate.
Pam Carey
Senior Academic Adviser
Whiting School of Engineering
Dear Pam
HAHAHAHAHAH What the fuck. AM i supposed to be concerned. Am i worried. It's like your dentist calls you up and says "I HAVE VERY BAD NEWS... you have to get a root canal blah blah blah procedure blah blah my job is important!"
Well guess what MR Dentist man I HAVE CANCER!!!!!!!!!!!
listen PAM, who the fuck are you, I dont know you
why do I care about some dumb class that I dont need to graduate
I need a W bitch not an S
a W!!!!!
you really got your ear to the ground bitch
youre on the ball
where the fuck were you last week when I WASNT GONNA FUCKING GRADUATE MISS SENIOR ADVISOR
well I worked all my shit out
Professor said I will fail this class, I tried, now I dont care
I worked my ass off for another class that really matters, get me the W and get outta here
now I am gonna study my ass off for a final for a class in my major
so
if you have something useful to say
come talk to me
otherwise
don't fuckin bother me with this bullshit
i have video games to play
fuck you
-paul
Paul - 9:56 AM
Sunday, May 04, 2003
so do you believe in god?
hell's yeah sure do
do you believe in a vengeful god, or a merciful god? argue your claim and cite exaples.
i believe that god has a six inch purple mohawk and that he plays the bass for a funk band, the holy ghoust plays drums and jesus plays the harmonica. sometimes lucifer will sit in on a track with his sax
the bass, huh, how many strings?
4, up-right, acoustic
so who plays the guitar?
why do think the good die so young?
alright enough, ive gotta get back to work
we need more aderol
ive got concerta, its so much better
queue the mild sense of euphoria
Paul - 10:16 PM
best simpsons quote ever:
My Homer is not a communist. He may be a Liar, a Pig, an idiot, a Communist, but he is NOT a porn star!
Paul - 2:45 PM
fuck blogger man
i just lost a good long post and have lost the will to blog
this weekend was cool too
fuck it
Loyola Sucks
Drinking in tents is awesome
Whatever you do, do not hit on townies
Zelda kicks ass
Team Action Jackson 2 is the shit
Ive got a pocket full of Now and Laters
Pick up lines that work in Jamacia absolutely do not work in Baltimore
Jouquine is cool, but I think Rivers would have been cooler
1940 Johns Hokpins Banners are cool
Loyola Still Sucks
If it were up to me the 2003 banner would say "2003 Smoke if you gottem'"
yesterday Gabe put his arm in mustard and got mustard all over his sleeve and then he moved his arm across his chest to look at the mustard on his arm but he was holding a beer in that arm so as he was looking at the mustard he was pouring beer all over his other arm. IT WAS SO FUCKING AWESOME
If Alex Chinn's door is locked in the day time and there are noises coming from in there, its probably a good sign that you should just stay away
Old Beta's are cool, especially when they are wearin sunglasses at night and camoflage jacket and are telling you about how they like to tell people that they are in the witness protection program, and remember, whenever ever a Beta from the 60's tells a story, you have to say "Thats because of all the acid you were doing right?"
Girls have amazing timing, when you have been drinking all day and you say something like "I am sooo outta of it, I can't think straight" bam thats when your exgirlfriend will appear out of nowhere and say something like "Can we talk?" and then we won't see you for the rest of the night
If you are ever at a party and a celebrity walks in don't lose your cool. Drink a lot, and then when everyone is wasted go up to him and ask "You're in the movie business right?" and then do the worst Robert Dinero impession you can muster
Formal's are pretty cool
do you know who my date for the formal is tonight.
J. S. Mill
I can't wait
me, J. S. Mill, the theotetical notion of positive freedom, 7 pages, and whatever drugs it takes to get through the night
but then I'll be one step closer to getting my blank piece of paper.
and monday night is Justin's birthday, Happy Birthday asshole you are fucking dead, and its also the second stop on the Dave Scott Sunshine Farewell Tour.
remember kids
a vote for Dave Scott is a vote for some black guy in Georgia
Paul - 2:00 PM
Thursday, May 01, 2003
Okay, I take it back. Ana Diaz is the greatest TA ever and she knows a shit load about philosophy. She is fucking awesome. I just spent the last 2 hours with her talking about this test I have to take tomorrow on Locke and Rousseau. I would not have been able to pass if it didn't go to her office hours and talk to her. So once again, I have learned a valuable lesson way after it is any use to me: go talk to philosophy TA's before writing a paper, they know what is up. Thats great that I know that now. But whatever. I f i do well on this test and write a good paper for Monday, I will get my writing credit and I will graduate in May. If not, I will have to take another course over the summer. Either way, I can't wait to get this shit over with. I had a pretty shitty dream last night and I feel sick today, but I'll live through it.
Paul - 9:25 AM
