Does This Count As A Speech? Part 1

[Ryumo]

Hi. Yeah......you know me.

Today, I feel like doing something different. Not just mindless violence and profanity(which I hold dear to my heart) but something heartfelt and real. Today, my good people, I will talk to you about erasers. Erasers are the ultimate weapon. Just as quickly as you create, they can easily destroy. They never create art, or poems, or lyrics to your favorite song. They just.......take away. Have you ever seen anyone create a masterpiece worthy of a Cathedral with an eraser? I haven't.... . But there is one thing we can be thankful for in the eraser. Not only the power to take away the things that are beautiful, but the power to take away the bad. An eraser can not only be just a block eraser or the eraser on your pencil or the backspace button, but also your words. Destroying barriers such as discrimination with unity and honor is an example of a good eraser. We all hold the power to erase a history of conflict. I, for one, want not only to be a good eraser, but the pencil, the pen, the paintbrush, the pastel, and the mouth that shares goodness.

There's more to come so.......I hoped you liked something different today. Feel free to post underneath if you wish. Or not. Lol.

I'm will post more in the future! Maybe tomorrow.

[Kasai]

*tears leak to eyes as she listens to Iaa's speech*

Iaa....my dear nemesis....that was...was...beautiful! *bursts into tears* Just beautiful! I've never heard such inspiring words of truth!

*goes to buy some erasers*

[mishi]

It was very well done, iam....

*hands Kas a tissue before she erases her make-up*

[Shu]

An eraser huh? Well... the Hiroshima bomb can be considered an eraser... So can we be... I mean, how many species have we erased the map?

Is it really good to be a symbol of destruction? I don't know, don't ask me... I'd rather get a pencil. If I mess up, I can always scratch over and redo. *shrugs*

[Ryumo]

I see Shu. I think you should be a dictionary. You should totally charge people for information. You'd make a lot of money. lol

[Ryumo]

Yup. It is time for another speech. This time it's about censorship.

In the dictionary, censorship is defined as follows: "is the suppression of speech or deletion of communicative material which may be considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, or inconvenient to the government or media organizations as determined by a censor.

Now, to some of you censorship may just be aa simple bleep on the television screen of a vulgar word, blurs of nudity, or words edited out in lyrics. These are all real, everyday examples of censorship. But.....are we really fit to determine whether or not something is not fit to be brought up in public? I mean, sure, certain things that are directed to a certain audience or a certain age should be kept, but what about things like religion or politics or just plain old free speech. Many people have been censored. JFK was assassinated because a person felt that either he was not doing his job right or that his words were just crap. MLK was also assassinated for what he believed. Sure, there are certain things that I don't like, but do you see me killing people on the streets? (don't answer that.) I just feel that everyone should get a chance to say something, unless it is extremely detrimental or life threatening. This isn't to offend anyone. It's just a thought I'm sure at least a couple of you MAY have thought of. If you haven't thought about it.......well........ now you know.

And that's it for today. More to come. Post as usual. Whatever.....

[shika]

so thoughtful where did you think of that