Saturday, August 15, 2015
Why I love Hearthstone
Was 0-2 when I started playing this draft again. Consistently outplayed and punished a lot of opponents to win 10 matches in a row. Not your standard mage draft...
Thursday, August 13, 2015
Daily Prompt 8/13/15
Write a list titled, "Things that are opening."
- eyes
- doors
- windows
- ears
- caves
- opportunities
- businesses
- jaws
- skies
- hearts
- minds
- people
- walls
- gates
- shutters
- bottles
- jars
- books
- mouths
Song of the Day 8/13/15
Suicide Machine - Death
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZvI1mXY3QQ
Lyrics courtesy of darklyrics.com:
Controlling their lives
Deciding when and how they will die
A victim of someone else's choice
The ones who suffer have no voice
Manipulating destiny
When it comes to living, no one seems to care
But when it comes to wanting out
Those with power, will be there
Prolong the pain
How long will it last?
Suicide machine
A request to die with dignity
Is that too much to ask?
Suicide machine
How easy it is to deny the pain
Of someone else's suffering
[Solos: Schuldiner, Masvidal]
Robbed of natural abilities
In death they now seek tranquility
In a confused state of mind
Extending agony, they must be blind
Manipulating destiny
When it comes to living, no one seems to care
But when it comes to wanting out
Those with power, will be there
Prolong the pain
How long will it last?
Suicide machine
A request to die with dignity
Is that too much to ask?
Suicide machine
I really like this song for a lot of reasons. The riffs, drumming and solos are excellent like all of Death's music, but the lyrics really grab me. I often hear people assume heavy metal, and in particular death metal, are very superficial. The stereotype is death metal is just loud and angry and full of over-the-top violent lyrics, and while there is some truth to that, I think Death's music is full of very real issues.
Suicide Machine's topic is clear: euthanasia. I'm going to do a little assuming of my own and say the vast majority of opponents to euthanasia are Christians. Many of these people are probably also part of the right wing, politically-speaking, and are against any sort of national healthcare. My favorite line is:
"When it comes to living, no one seems to care
But when it comes to wanting out
Those with power, will be there"
There is great irony in the fact that opponents to euthanasia do not care about any of these people while they are alive, but suddenly have objections due to their beliefs. These opponents do not care about the life of the patient, they do not care about their suffering or the burden this puts on the family and friends of the patient. They only care that their religious beliefs are being transgressed, because people should wait for "God" to end the life naturally. I find this particularly funny, because what is more unnatural than letting a wounded person suffer in pain until a supernatural being decides to snuff them out? Seriously, this sounds like something H.P. Lovecraft would write about.
What kind of god leaves people to suffer and cling to a painful existence?
"When it comes to living, no one seems to care
But when it comes to wanting out
Those with power, will be there"
There is great irony in the fact that opponents to euthanasia do not care about any of these people while they are alive, but suddenly have objections due to their beliefs. These opponents do not care about the life of the patient, they do not care about their suffering or the burden this puts on the family and friends of the patient. They only care that their religious beliefs are being transgressed, because people should wait for "God" to end the life naturally. I find this particularly funny, because what is more unnatural than letting a wounded person suffer in pain until a supernatural being decides to snuff them out? Seriously, this sounds like something H.P. Lovecraft would write about.
What kind of god leaves people to suffer and cling to a painful existence?
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