My Crazy Idealism

"I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented."
-Elie Wiesel (Please tell me you know who Elie Wiesel is. If not, look him up. It's most definitely worth your time.


I'm a big fan of never, ever being silent, especially about things I care about. That's why you'll hear me blabbing about vegetarianism and abortion. I feel that you can't talk loud enough if it's something you are passionate about.

I guess I'm just a big fan of life, I feel that people have no right to put their lives above any others. That includes animals, that includes fish, and that most definitely includes babies. Now, if you would like to numb yourself to that, then call them fetuses. I'll refer to them as babies.

Now, don't take this as me pushing anything on you, because I hate that. It's out on the internet, choose to read it or not, choose to care or not. I just think if one person reads this and thinks for even five seconds, the time I spent writing this is justified.

I'll leave you with a few facts:
After 18 days, the baby has a heartbeat.
After 6 weeks, the baby has measurable brain activity.
After 8 weeks, the stomach, liver, and kidneys are functioning.
After 8 weeks, the baby has fingerprints.
After 9 weeks, the baby can feel pain.
1% of abortions are done because of rape or incest
1% of abortions are done because of abnormalities of the fetus
3% of abortions are done because of the mother's health problems
and 95% of abortions are done as a means of contraceptive

A child is aborted every 20 seconds.
That is more often than children die of malaria, which is every 30 seconds.
That is more often than people take their own lives, which occurs every 40 seconds.

And I'll leave you on a note that might make you laugh, and make you think.
"I've noticed that everyone who is for abortion is already born."
-Ronald Reagan

Ishtar, The Goddess of "Love"

Ishtar is considered the goddess of love in Mesopotamia. Hmm...

Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love, is almost the polar opposite of Ishtar. I don't think she should be even classified as the goddess of love. Although, that says something about civilization in Mesopotamia. Ishtar is closer to a goddess of sex than love. In our current society, love and sex are two different things. In The Epic of Gilgamesh, Gilgamesh tells of all of Ishtar's conquests.

"...you toyed with him in naughty ways

to notch another trophy for

your sexy reputation."

This doesn't exactly seem like something a goddess of love would do. She's a man-eater, she takes these poor innocent souls and takes advantage of them, leaving ruins in her wake. The same is true for Inanna's Descent.

"My vulva, the horn,

The Boat of Heaven,

Is full of eagerness like the young moon.

My untilled land lies fallow..."

Who, in our modern society, reminds me of Ishtar?

Ishtar seems like the kind of girl who has been running to Daddy all her life. In The Epic of Gilgamesh, when Gilgamesh rejects her, she goes to her father and whines, "'Daddy, Daddy, pleeeeease, Gilgamesh called me a tease.'" She is the kind of person who has always been able to run to Daddy and he would do things for her. This is shown in all aspects of Ishtar's personality, and frankly, it's not so endearing. This is similar to the children of rock stars and the upper class, who whine for anything and everything when not given their way. Like the show My Super Sweet Sixteen, where girls have half million dollar parties and they cry because it wasn't perfect, Ishtar has been given what she wants her entire life, and isn't happy if it doesn't continue that way.