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The way it ought to be

June 18th, 2007

Just a quick post to let you here what I was up to at the weekend, my friend Taff came to visit me and brought his musical toys so we ended up recording a track which even includes backing vocals from Elsie.

I am no expert when it comes to these things but it was nice to get holed up in my new office and have some fun. Let me know what you think.

[audio:http://www.azcazandco.com/podcasts/friends-and-family.mp3]

Download the track

Why we fight

June 9th, 2007

I just watched a rather disturbing documentary on BBC 4 about the connections between U.S. Congress, U.S. Military, War industry, Think Tanks and so on and so forth… I know I’m probably late to the party here and I don’t usually swear on my blog but holy shit did they fuck up! Man I struggle to come to grips with how they are actually allowed to get away with stuff like that? Fabricating absolutely everything, manipulating not just a country of innocent civilians but the whole world into believing / not giving them any other options other than to go to war…

I’m not that much into politics because I don’t trust the people involved, I know there are some out there that really do care and really do actually give a crap about humans but generally I think they are all out for themselves. I am no expert though and try to steer clear of it where possible. I know some folk would say that I am stupid too, and quite frankly I agree, at the end of the documentary there was an ex-military officer basically answering the question of why we fight and her answer was this…

Because not enough people stand up and say no I am not doing this…

I know that the world pretty much marched against the war and they were right to do so but I think her answer was directed towards the peopl ein the military and associated industries. She pretty much quit because she was being made to swallow lies as part of her job and she had a conflicts of interests so she removed herself from the equation.

Now, I am too young to know first hand about the Vietnam war, I have not had the unfortunate pleasure of being asked to serve my country and I’ve always had respect for Muhammad Ali, what I watched tonight solidified what was already a solid character. He stood up and said no I will not fight. Good man!

I lead a pretty hectic life, I work hard, I try to play hard, try to make ends meet, try to build myself and family a secure environment and something of a future. That is how and why I fight. I believe that most of us are the same, trying to get by, minding our own business, I don’t condone any terrorist action at all, it is the wrong way to do things, innocents die but George Bush is a maniac, I am not surprised folk want to get their own back on him. He infringes on the lives of the people that were minding their own business. It’s just a shame that capitalism holds so much weight… what kind of people does it make us?

There is a really interesting story in the documentary from a Vietnam veteran who lost his son in the world trade centre bombings, when he heard the stories of Saddam being responsible and that they were going to war he was all up for it. He even went as far as to write an email asking them to put his sons name on a bomb, later on in the program he finds out about the lies and the deceipt from George Bush and feels betrayed and lied to. Should one of the most powerful men in the world be allowed to do that sort of shit??? Blatantly lie so he can make money and kill innocent people? Lie so that he can occupy? Lie so he can conquer?

I was busy the other day coding some templates (as I do) and I had the news on in the background for a change. Bush managed to shock and awe me (excuse the bad joke… you know me!) by announcing more plans of crazy dominations with some defence system in Europe, I was stunned to find out minutes later that Russia had decided to point missiles at Europe in response. That can’t be right? Maniac on the loose from America… errr… shoot Europe? These guys are fucking bonkers! They need their balls cut off or something like cats get when they get too rowdy.

I don’t have time for these megalomaniacs, I have trouble getting an extra bin from local council… There are weapons of mass distruction in my house and they come in the form of children!

Anyway… I digress.

There are a lot of good people in this world, people fight for what they think is right on a daily basis, people fight for fun, some fight for glory, some fight because it is all they know. As some of you know I am a big fan of martial arts so like to fight physically because I love the science and the art behind it. Why do you fight? Have you ever had a fight? Have you ever won a fight? How did that make you feel? I have never been political on this blog but I am curious, I am a people person so I would love to hear your thoughts, oh and on a final note, I just found the documentary in 4 parts on youtube so I have included them below.

I really hope you take the time to watch these as they are worth watching. I’ll be back very soon with some more writings…