In the course of the past fifty odd years I have been blessed with the ability to capture life to the fullest. Not through wanton disregard of God’s plan, but through the greatest gift of all, the experience of adventure. God gives us tools to experience life in all its fullness and we learn to use them.
Wednesday, 29 April 2015
Saturday, 25 April 2015
Politically Incorrect
CORRECT ME IF I’M WRONG! April 24, 2015
Politically Incorrect
By
author Bryce A Baker
This last
week I happened across an article on the web about a grade eight girl that
raised a controversy with her class group photo. On her black T-shirt boldly
expressed 'Feminist' in bright paint.
In law enforcement there is a classification called 'Appropriate
Use'. Self explanatory; One does not carry a hunting knife into a Walmart, or
wear a bikini to the mall… okay, maybe I could cut slack on the bikini....
In our democratic society, citizens have the right to express
themselves in whatever way appropriate to the situation or locale. They have
the right to verbally speak or write their views on their beliefs. Or so I'm
told. BUT in comes a rule that I personally feel is APPROPRIATE.
Understandably, some misguided souls feel their expression of
opinion is their God given right, no matter when or where or how.
For me to run naked through downtown scaring the locals, just
because 'I' have the right, just
isn't appropriate. It would give me my fifteen minutes of fame and a room for
the night, but common sense says no, and so does my wife.
Personally, woman's rights have a definite place, as long as
it follows the guidelines of our 'Man's' domain… just kidding. That isn't
appropriate.
Setting aside what personal message this young girl felt
necessary to have posted into posterity with the class photo, she was stepping
out of consideration for others. Her expression was inappropriate at that time.
Where is the line drawn? Shall class photos be a medium for
political or moral rights? Shall students have profanity, or political
statement shadowing what is simply a photo for students to reflect back on in
the future?
Off subject slightly, but pertinent: There is an 18 year old
of middle eastern decent in Washington state that strapped a fake suicide bomber
belt of explosives around his waist to ask a girl to the prom. He thought it
would be funny. Considering the thousands that have died from real suicide
bombers and school shootings, this idiot should be given a tour of a war zone
to see how funny it is.
Reading the feedback to these stories, mostly showed a common
sense understanding of these actions, but then there are the people that feel
these individuals had the RIGHT to
say whatever at any cost. Let someone do something inappropriate to them, and
see how loud they scream "INAPPROPRIATE!"
There is a garment out for men called a 'Mankini'. The
pictures of said garment show that it is not appropriate for any sane man to wear
in private let alone on a beach. Pert near upchucked my cookies.
Now, I am aware that what I have said is politically
incorrect, but it IS appropriate.
Please... CORRECT
ME IF I’M WRONG!
Bryce A
Baker
www.bryceabaker.com
Saturday, 11 April 2015
Terrorist
CORRECT ME IF I’M WRONG! April 10, 2015
By author
Bryce A Baker
We are in the midst of World War III whether the population will admit it or not.
Throughout human history, our persistent gravitational pull has been to destroy each other; mostly to dominate other cultures or populations.
Let's start relatively recent, the War of Independence between England and the New Colonies, now known as the United States. During that war, Colonists fought for freedom. Their reason is not the issue, but how they fought is. They were charged with treason against England. There were morally questionable acts of violence on both sides, but in this war, these acts were understood. Both sides were discernible in battle by uniform or flag.
In the first and second world wars, again the ranks of the enemy were identified with exception to the spies or the underground allied resistance.
Korea, again, is similar. But in Vietnam, war took on a hidden genre; that of the dark side, contrary to the Geneva Convention. These fighters of the jungle waged war without uniform and hid in tunnels under the ground and booby trapped with brutal inhumane death weapons.
In my opinion, these wars were a horrid waste of lives because of an unwarranted force of threat against us, yet our people were called to defend freedom.
With this; in recent decades a new killer has slid out from under the rocks. They are void of conscience and an unidentifiable uniform. They strike and crawl back into their evil hole. A warrior doesn't use pregnant women or children strapped to bombs, to walk into a public place and kill innocent people.
If a war is to be fought, then let the soldiers do battle and keep the innocent out of it.
There are endless arguments about how the World Wars took innocent lives on both sides, but this is a different battle field that encompasses malls, public buildings where children are. If the enemy has a beef with another government, I fail to see how these cowards can be fighting for a just cause, under a manipulated religion as a reason for carnage. They are straight from the bowels of Hell, with Satan as their general.
These creatures are not soldiers when they cowl behind anonymity. There is no honor in killing women and children. There is no honor in their use, of a misused religion. They are simply psychotic, random killers with no purposeful outcome. They are not human. For them, to commit a suicide bombing so they can go to their heaven so they can have a multitude of virgins, is a sick depiction of evil. Taking babies from their bassinets and throwing them to the floor of the hospital maternity ward, expresses their true being. Cutting the heads off of kidnapped victims escapes any rational.
This World War is altering our right to freedom in a way never experienced in history.
What befuddles me is that our population demonstrates against racial prejudices, but turn a blind eye and don’t demonstrate against killers of innocent men, women and children by a hideous regime of murderers; the ultimate in racial and religious injustice. A peaceful demonstration would show support to our men and woman that are fighting, and dying, against this hidden enemy. It would show we are not going to succumb to their terrorism.
This doesn't mean we target people unrelated amongst us with a religion the terrorists are using as their misaligned ideology.
These are 'terror'ists, not soldiers fighting a war with innocent causalities.
Please... CORRECT ME IF I’M WRONG!
Bryce A Bakerwww.bryceabaker.com
By author
Bryce A Baker
Terrorist
We are in the midst of World War III whether the population will admit it or not.
Throughout human history, our persistent gravitational pull has been to destroy each other; mostly to dominate other cultures or populations.
Let's start relatively recent, the War of Independence between England and the New Colonies, now known as the United States. During that war, Colonists fought for freedom. Their reason is not the issue, but how they fought is. They were charged with treason against England. There were morally questionable acts of violence on both sides, but in this war, these acts were understood. Both sides were discernible in battle by uniform or flag.
In the first and second world wars, again the ranks of the enemy were identified with exception to the spies or the underground allied resistance.
Korea, again, is similar. But in Vietnam, war took on a hidden genre; that of the dark side, contrary to the Geneva Convention. These fighters of the jungle waged war without uniform and hid in tunnels under the ground and booby trapped with brutal inhumane death weapons.
In my opinion, these wars were a horrid waste of lives because of an unwarranted force of threat against us, yet our people were called to defend freedom.
With this; in recent decades a new killer has slid out from under the rocks. They are void of conscience and an unidentifiable uniform. They strike and crawl back into their evil hole. A warrior doesn't use pregnant women or children strapped to bombs, to walk into a public place and kill innocent people.
If a war is to be fought, then let the soldiers do battle and keep the innocent out of it.
There are endless arguments about how the World Wars took innocent lives on both sides, but this is a different battle field that encompasses malls, public buildings where children are. If the enemy has a beef with another government, I fail to see how these cowards can be fighting for a just cause, under a manipulated religion as a reason for carnage. They are straight from the bowels of Hell, with Satan as their general.
These creatures are not soldiers when they cowl behind anonymity. There is no honor in killing women and children. There is no honor in their use, of a misused religion. They are simply psychotic, random killers with no purposeful outcome. They are not human. For them, to commit a suicide bombing so they can go to their heaven so they can have a multitude of virgins, is a sick depiction of evil. Taking babies from their bassinets and throwing them to the floor of the hospital maternity ward, expresses their true being. Cutting the heads off of kidnapped victims escapes any rational.
This World War is altering our right to freedom in a way never experienced in history.
What befuddles me is that our population demonstrates against racial prejudices, but turn a blind eye and don’t demonstrate against killers of innocent men, women and children by a hideous regime of murderers; the ultimate in racial and religious injustice. A peaceful demonstration would show support to our men and woman that are fighting, and dying, against this hidden enemy. It would show we are not going to succumb to their terrorism.
This doesn't mean we target people unrelated amongst us with a religion the terrorists are using as their misaligned ideology.
These are 'terror'ists, not soldiers fighting a war with innocent causalities.
Please... CORRECT ME IF I’M WRONG!
Bryce A Bakerwww.bryceabaker.com
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