Feelings...

For the most part, today has been an ordinary day.  I've picked back up on a project that sort of took a backseat for a while, and got to sit down and watch an entire movie with my boy.  Every morning since school has started, the kids hop in the car and, like clockwork, Atreyu requests his new favorite song, "Hurrican" by Bob Dylan.  Any ol' version of the song with do, so long as it has that haunting violin track in there.  And of all the things he wanted to watch with me today, he asked to watch (for the second time, mind you) Hurricane, the Story of Ruben "Hurricane" Carter.  Now, I'm assuming those who are reading my blob are somewhat knowledgable and know the story of "The Hurricane."  If not, visit here.

So here we are watching the story of an amazing human being overcoming unbelievable racial prejudice, not to mention some serious mental issues (no doubt caused by a rocky childhood coupled with being wrongfully sentenced to Life in Prison).  Little did I know, that as the credits roll on Hurricane's happy ending, 3000 miles across the country, a life was ending; a life that most likely didn't need to end.

To save myself from any sort of backlash, honestly, I haven't a clue who Troy Davis was until about a week ago.  His story, not unlike Hurricane, is tragic and tugs at the heart strings.  And while this man was convicted of murder, the evidence is lacking, as in entirely!  In Carter's case, the evidence was flawed, tampered; in Davis' case, it just didn't exist.

So here are some of my ramblings about today:

If any of you haven't read the book "My Ishmael" by Daniel Quinn, you MUST!  He lays it out, in black and white, where we went wrong.  It started with putting the FOOD under lock & key, way back in Mesopotamia.  Execution is no stranger to humans, as well as rape, incest, burglary, and war.  I think the more willing we are to embrace the animalistic side of our humanity, the easier we will find it to be in balance.  BALANCE being the key word here.  I do not believe in Peace on Earth so long as humans inhabit the planet.  If we truly wanted peace, we'd eliminate ourselves.

These are just my opinions.