America is no longer America anymore...

I may have mentioned a little of my history here...  If not, a small recap.

I am a fourth generation Japanese American.  My grandfather was born and raised in America in the early 1900s.

When World War II started.  My grandfather, his family and even his parents were displaced from their homes in Los Angeles due to the attack at Pearl Harbor by the Japanese, for fear that they were all loyal to the Emperor of Japan and would rise up to cause harm to the US.  This displacement was to one of many interment camps in the middle of America.

My grandfather, among many other Japanese Americans men, volunteered to be part of the 442nd RCT, mostly to prove their loyalty to America and were discriminated both on the battlefield and back at home after the war because, sadly enough, they were Japanese.

It took literally almost 50 years before America apologize for this.

Something to note...  The year is now 2015...  Almost 2016.  A presidential election is coming up and of late, the thing that I have seen happen is the following...

One, our fear about muslims is at an all time high.  Since September 11th, 2001, we have steadily been focusing about the middle east, but more in particular, about the muslim faith.  In the last 3 years alone, we have escalated our fear about the religion and sadly, we have even getting closer and closer to the point that we are mirroring our own media.

In this case, I am beginning to liken this to 'The Siege'...  A movie that was put out in 1998...  And beginning to see some disturbing trends that will come to be.

First, while it is rightly so that Islam and the Muslim faith has text that references some deplorable things...  I might want to point out something, being a non-practicing Christian, that faith has always been used as an excuse for deplorable things and has been 'warped' to fit a man's view of how things were to be.

Remember, Christianity was based on Judeaism, its roots are from Jewish traditions and changed a little to say not all things were to be adhered to like it was in the Jewish faith.  At the same time, men who followed the faith of Christianity has also used it to 'convert' people to their interpretation or even made various branches of the Christian faith.  Catholicism, Protestant, Mormonism, and so forth.  Even the cult leaders such as David Koresh and Jim Jones...

What does this have to do with my concerns?

Right now, we are doing exactly what happened to Japanese Americans...  We are blanket accusing a group of people based on the actions of another group.  Not everyone of the Muslim faith will follow all the edicts.  Just as not all Christians are following the purest sense of Christianity because each group sees it done one way or another, but the principle is there.

I will also remind that while the history of Islamic Faith has been that of a conqueror, we also cannot ignore what has been done in the name of the Christian Faith in Europe and also in the Americas by many Europeans such as the Inquisition.  This is against what was intended by the originator of Christianity, or at least, to my belief the intention.

We also ignore the other situation of the fact of what some religions do to encourage ways to continue the faith, such as some old testament text referencing surrogacy.  Or ignoring the fact it is perfectly alright for men to stone other men for using the Lord's name in vain back then, yet we do not do that now.

One other thing I will note...  Is this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ry3NzkAOo3s

Brigitte Gabriel quotes several interesting numbers...  The fact that it is a small group of people who drove the violent agenda and responsible for millions of death.

What is interesting is something else to note...

The Germans, as a whole, were not blamed for the horrors inflicted upon the Jews and many others who have died over the period of time that the Nazis.  The ones who were blamed, as a whole, were those who were responsible for it.

She ignored the fact that the 'minority' of the Japanese Americans, feared by Americans as being the 'internal threat', were apologized by the United States fifty years later, an ethnic group singled out unlike German Americans or Italian Americans, which, strangely enough some German Americans did answer 'The Call' from the Fatherland...

It is easy to paint a picture of hate and fear and ignoring other things.  The McCarthy Era for the fear of Communism, while the threat was credible, at the same time, many were bullied and accused or threatened because of being 'associated' with it and we also consider those times 'dark' and questionable.

The saddest thing of it all, is near the end of the video, the words she ask to the person she 'lectured'...

"Are you an American?"

I am a patriot...  But I am becoming ashamed to being an American.  My grand father fought in Europe, survived the persecution of being a Japanese American were people did not trust you...  My grand father has even told me, time and time again...  Never to forget.

And right now, I have not forgotten what he has said to me...  And it is sad to see the America is so driven by fear that I am beginning to see the shades of his concerns brought about once again where we have people asking this question...  And making a statement that focuses on all we fear and hate to another group.

We haven't learned from our history...  And while I am not a fan of 'political correctness'...  I am no fan of broad sweeping arguments that does nothing more than promote the worst kind of scenario of human kind.

Retorting back to the retort about "All Lives Matter".

It has been a while, but recently, I have to say something about this malarkey about the retort about "All Lives Matter" some people have been scoffing at.

While some will say it is like that Dad (White people) being sarcastic to the kid (Black people) about "their fair share"...  The problem here is...  That is still the 'racist' view from the other side.

The "All Lives Matter" isn't just about whites.  It also means Asians, be they Japanese, Chinese, Vietnamese, Thai or otherwise...  Or the Hispanics...  Or even people from the Middle East.

The "Black Lives Matter" "crusade" is exactly what it is.  Just as for the call for "killing white people and cops".

Where does it end?  When one extremist calls for the death of whites and cops because they feel persecuted and tormented by those.  I mean, does this mean cops who are of Asian decent or even Hispanic or even of Middle Eastern also deserve to die?  Cause that is the implication.

Does this mean the 5 to 15 year old white boys and girls also deserve to die?

If the answer is "yes"...  Then it is time to say this is the death of America.  The America that was suppose to be the land of the free has now become the land of hatred and misanthropy.

Let me point out something people have to understand.  This is all about hate.  White Supremacy is about hate...  The call to kill White People is about hate...  The call to kill cops...  IS ABOUT HATE.

Are all cops bad?
Are all black people bad?
Are all white people bad?

If you truly believe the answer is whole heartedly 'Yes' to ANY of those three questions...  You will have to stop and think...  Are you the problem?  And when you look back to how you answered the above question, if any of them are "YES"...  Then the answer is "Yes...  I am the problem."

Seems extreme?  Sadly, this is the legacy of hate.  It is about the fact that when you "deal in absolutes", to quote the fictional Obi-wan...  Leads to the fact that we are heading down a dark path.

I will say, I am a hot head...  I hate certain things...  But the one thing I will say, no matter how much I hate...  Whether it be a bad boss...  Or the jerk who cut me off.  I try to hold myself from trying to go that one extra step in killing.

What needs to stop is the hate mongering.  Killing or even calling for the death of someone does not do more than create the vicious cycle.

People want cops to stop disrespecting people.  That's fine.  Killing them to get respect or flat out just acting like a complete ass to them isn't going to make them 'be better'.  Yes, we want them to be held to a higher standard, but do you think you would be 'better' if you were disrespected and insulted or threatened to be killed by some random person or even a person who hates you?

And before some of you think I like cops, I want you to understand something.  This isn't about the love for cops or being some cop fan or what not.  It is about how we treat those who get treated horribly just being who they are and NOT because it is some jerk or jackass who give them a bad name.  It is like saying any person who is Asian or Hispanic that are in a gang that all Asians or Hispanics are hoodlums and criminals.  Just like many black people don't want to be considered that as well because of others.

And again...  Not all cops are white.  Not all of them are bad.  Yet demanding them to die or treating them all as 'scum' just shows that it is a hypocrisy to say "Black Lives Matter" and demanding cops and whites should be killed.

If you truly feel this is a war against whites/cops versus black...  Again, I fear that America has finally died and this is now the United States of Hate.

The sad state of affairs...

It has been obviously a long time since I last posted...  Not that many people read my thing all the time.


However, this rant is partly one of many things I find rather disturbing of late.


Of course, I am going to bring the wrath of many upon me when I post this, but at this point, I don't care because of the stupidity that this has obviously has begun to spun out of control.


First, Ferguson - The stupidity there...  Amounts to people who are raging over a white cop versus the black man and the black man getting killed and the white cop getting away with it.


Let's be clear... I am one of those guys who cheered about V for Vendetta...  Where people should not fear the government, but the government should fear the people.  However, the stupidity that followed over the verdict of clearing the cop of wrong doing does nothing more than give the cops the reason to do the very thing that started all this crap.


Case in point... A while ago, a friend of mine a guy who bartended a place I frequented a lot for lunch because it was near where I worked...  He told me a story where he was taken down by the cops, telling him not to resist.  However, let me point out something to you.  My friend was white.  White as any white person can be...  He was taken down by the cops and they kept telling him not to resist, even he didn't believe he was resisting, but they took him down hard.


My point here?  You don't have to be 'black' to make the cops react this way.  Color is not the issue here, what the issue is the people who make it the issue.  Inciting people to rage against the police is not exactly showing the 'need' for change, but to encourage the need for the police to respond in kind.


American Cops are currently surrounded by crazed fools.  Every person who can arm themselves with a gun can, and will, shoot a cop just cause they can feel like it.  Many of you foolishly believe that a cop is with power.  Even a white cop.  Thing is, a white cop, black cop, Asian cop...  Any kind of cop will be just as powerless as the next one getting shot in the face, in the chest or even getting run over by some crazed individual out there.


Next...  The choking case of Eric Garner...  Do I feel that the cops should have been acquitted?  Hard to say...  But what the mayor did with his kid...  Congrats in making things worse...  And better yet, congrats on encouraging people in killing cops who have to try and keep the peace in one of the more difficult to keep sane places in the US.


The message should never be about "be nice to the cops, cause I am afraid to get killed by them..."  The message should always be about the fact that the cops will fear to be killed by ANYONE.  Not just black people, but anyone.


Think about it...  Cops are going to be on edge, because they hear about how one of them got shot by some random person somewhere.  Put yourself in the shoes of the people you fear...  Would you not be on edge trying to deal with someone who ignores your orders?


Here's the thing...  People who are willing to kill, can come off as 'innocent' at times.  As much as we watch Hollywood shows where the unbelievable happens, the simple fact is...  Anyone can do something if they put their mind to it.  Another classic example is Tom Cruise.  In preparation for his role in the movie 'Collateral Damage'...  He posed as a UPS carrier, delivering packages to people, with very little makeup job.  A famous actor, method acting and barely anyone recognize him, even when he was right in their face.


A lot of you will go, "What does this have to do with the cops and their flagrant abuse of power?"  Again...Tell me why do you feel secure at home?  Because the cops are out there dealing with people who are not nearly as 'sane' as you are.  At the same time, cops are also the 'elephant in the room' anywhere because most of them wear uniforms.


Look at all the shooters out there who have robbed a place or the numerous shooters who attacked civilians who were NOT cops.  Virginia Tech...  A student who was mentally unstable murdered many.  The Isla Vista murders by one kid or the Deltopia Riot in Isla Vista which started with a kid assaulting an officer.  Tell me...  How are the cops suppose to identify a threat until they are attacked?


Coming from a gamer who plays First Person Shooter games, the anxiety that cops get is much like what some of us gamers get when we play big fight games...  Paranoia, concern to keep a live.  Unlike in games, however, cops don't get a 'second' chance most of the time.  Often times, they will be DEAD.  Soldiers know this kind of anxiety once they actually get into this...  And this is the very thing the people in the US fail to grasp.


The fear for cops is more real than the 'righteous' anger the citizens have.  What more...  Consider the fact that many of the 'non-lethal' items out there are still lethal in one form or another to someone.  A submission hold, like what was used on Garner...  Proved to be fatal...  A stun gun or tazer, can be lethal to people with a heart condition.  Bean bag guns, can still be lethal at very short ranges or people who can't take a hard hit.


Protesting an injustice is fine...  But when people protest in a violent way or a disruptive way...  How are you NOT encouraging a change when you can't stop the moronic idiots inciting a reaction from the cops to protect themselves?


In the end, change is needed, that part is not in contention...  But at the same time, the killing of NY Cops as retribution for Eric Garner...  Only morons think this will make a change for the better.


Yoda (Yes, I know, quoting a puppet/companimation character from a sci fi movie is silly) makes a point that hate leads to hate...  This stupidity won't end until we all wake up and realize more beyond the red lens of hate.