my stupid mouth

while we are supposed to be past public stoning, i wouldn't be surprised if i got myself close to being stoned one day. i'm not all that outspoken and i'm not very brave but sometimes i really brush against the grain of society. social morals are actually very much alive today..and mob mentality is certainly strong in texas anyhow.

the event:
well everyone knows that sept 11 was patriots day. on my way to get a smoothie with one of my studiomates, we saw a box of free flags. without thinking, we both picked one up..i think that's just university mentality. i brought mine home to hang up in front of the condo because i knew it would annoy my brother. (it's still sitting on the dining room chair.) my studio mate had his in the studio for a few days and decided he didn't want it anymore. he was about to throw it away but then decided that he couldn't do it. i told him that he would have won some serious kudos with me if he had done it. so instead of throwing it away, he stashed it in some abandoned desk where, no doubt, the custodian will throw it away later.

one of my group members was with me when i said what i said...and he was totally disgusted by my lack of respect for the flag. i don't see the difference between my indifference to someone not wanting their cheap plastic flag anymore and the guy's lack of care for owning the flag. how is that different? regardless of who does it, the flag will be thrown away as many flags have.

does this make me or them un-american? hardly. i have very little tolerance for socially fabricated idolatries.

.....which brings me to irrational ideologies...but that's another story all together.