i thought it was super funny that it was old women day and i also enjoyed gina's shawl.
these stories that the old woman, mabel, weaves are pretty insane. i don't blame any of the people who don't understand what is going on in her tales because she is probably so old she doesn't know what she is talking about. no, that is probably mean and also wrong. i'm pretty sure it just means that old people are much wiser than us, and they just have a better grasp of life than we do--maybe because they are old and they've accepted that life is almost over for them. anyway who knows, poor sarah was old and she was pretty happy about dying... but i think that's because her life was super shitty.
conclusion: respect your elders
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Friday, February 5, 2010
re: wounded knee
i'm sure there will be a lot of responses to the movie that are just like the one i will be writing here.
first off, i was completely unaware of the fact that there was a takeover of wounded knee. i'm so surprised that this was never brought to my attention in any of my history/social science classes since grade school. maybe i wasn't paying enough attention, or maybe i was paying attention just fine and it was 'THEY' who are at fault. i don't know who 'they' are, and i don't want to be cynical, but c'mon people, this was a big event for america's history.. especially for the original americans, the native americans.
moving onto the original massecre of wounded knee... it pisses me off that the 7th calvary still has their medals of honor. when i looked up "medal of honor" on wikipedia, it says..
The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the United States government. It is bestowed on a member of the United States armed forces who distinguishes himself "conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while engaged in an action against an enemy of the United States."[1]
so gunning down a bunch of unarmed women and children and men means you are gallant and brave? yuck. i see no reason why they should still have this award, and it's ridiculous that the 7th calvary would even be rewarded in the first place. knowing all of these things doesn't make me feel hopeless for our country, no i haven't given up, but who else feels like there's something that needs to change? i mean there are no do overs in life, and the things that have happened will stay like that forever, but i think there's something that can be done.. but what? i don't even know the status of the native people today. is it good/bad? well, i know how the overall status of the world is, and it's not good. so lets change it. cue dramatic background music. we deserve the medal of honor more than the 7th calvary ever will.
first off, i was completely unaware of the fact that there was a takeover of wounded knee. i'm so surprised that this was never brought to my attention in any of my history/social science classes since grade school. maybe i wasn't paying enough attention, or maybe i was paying attention just fine and it was 'THEY' who are at fault. i don't know who 'they' are, and i don't want to be cynical, but c'mon people, this was a big event for america's history.. especially for the original americans, the native americans.
moving onto the original massecre of wounded knee... it pisses me off that the 7th calvary still has their medals of honor. when i looked up "medal of honor" on wikipedia, it says..
The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the United States government. It is bestowed on a member of the United States armed forces who distinguishes himself "conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while engaged in an action against an enemy of the United States."[1]
so gunning down a bunch of unarmed women and children and men means you are gallant and brave? yuck. i see no reason why they should still have this award, and it's ridiculous that the 7th calvary would even be rewarded in the first place. knowing all of these things doesn't make me feel hopeless for our country, no i haven't given up, but who else feels like there's something that needs to change? i mean there are no do overs in life, and the things that have happened will stay like that forever, but i think there's something that can be done.. but what? i don't even know the status of the native people today. is it good/bad? well, i know how the overall status of the world is, and it's not good. so lets change it. cue dramatic background music. we deserve the medal of honor more than the 7th calvary ever will.
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