Well, I haven't written anything in a while on my old blog and I've written nothing on this one. I've been busy and what not trying to get things together but with recent events in Manchester, I had to stop and say something.
First being a human being and a father I can rightly say that this attack is repugnant to everything humanity stands for. No belief system can find justification in such an act. I am glad that individual Muslims are coming forward to condemn this attack not just as Muslims but as people. I am not going to get into a discussion of religion here or turn this into a political rant either. I also refer to ISIS as DAESH because they find it disrespectful and full of scorn and that's exactly what they deserve.
What I saw was the breaking of an artist's heart, the ending of beautiful lives, the agony of the ones left behind and the glorious beauty of a people coming together to condemn an act of senseless and unreasoning hatred. Yes, we have a moral compulsion to reject DAESH and end them utterly, however, we cannot all fight them the same way. So this is a letter to Ariana Grande and her fans and to all people.
Fight your own way. Ariana, I swear girl I cannot name a single one of your songs. I'm more of a trance, futurepop, industrial kind of guy. That being said I do admire and respect the joy and happiness your music brings others. The teen girls who flock to your concerts need a positive role model one of their own who can for even a short while lift them up. I don't want you to give up. You are what the people who follow DAESH hate. A woman leading other women, speaking out, having opinions. Just by being who you are you fight them because you are what they must destroy in order to bring about their dark vision. If you leave your music and art behind they will feel a victory they will have what they want and humanity will have lost a voice it needs. I don't think the fans whose last memories in this world were of the joy you gave them would want that taken from others because some men who live only to control others through fear cannot stand the fact that there are people who aren't just like them.
You take some time to heal and wipe away those tears and fight. This is not a fight to be won with just bullets and bombs. This is not a fight that will be easy or free of pain. This is not a fight that we will win alone but by the coming together of those who can do what the foe can not. See beyond what makes us different and cherish what makes us all the same.
First being a human being and a father I can rightly say that this attack is repugnant to everything humanity stands for. No belief system can find justification in such an act. I am glad that individual Muslims are coming forward to condemn this attack not just as Muslims but as people. I am not going to get into a discussion of religion here or turn this into a political rant either. I also refer to ISIS as DAESH because they find it disrespectful and full of scorn and that's exactly what they deserve.
What I saw was the breaking of an artist's heart, the ending of beautiful lives, the agony of the ones left behind and the glorious beauty of a people coming together to condemn an act of senseless and unreasoning hatred. Yes, we have a moral compulsion to reject DAESH and end them utterly, however, we cannot all fight them the same way. So this is a letter to Ariana Grande and her fans and to all people.
Fight your own way. Ariana, I swear girl I cannot name a single one of your songs. I'm more of a trance, futurepop, industrial kind of guy. That being said I do admire and respect the joy and happiness your music brings others. The teen girls who flock to your concerts need a positive role model one of their own who can for even a short while lift them up. I don't want you to give up. You are what the people who follow DAESH hate. A woman leading other women, speaking out, having opinions. Just by being who you are you fight them because you are what they must destroy in order to bring about their dark vision. If you leave your music and art behind they will feel a victory they will have what they want and humanity will have lost a voice it needs. I don't think the fans whose last memories in this world were of the joy you gave them would want that taken from others because some men who live only to control others through fear cannot stand the fact that there are people who aren't just like them.
You take some time to heal and wipe away those tears and fight. This is not a fight to be won with just bullets and bombs. This is not a fight that will be easy or free of pain. This is not a fight that we will win alone but by the coming together of those who can do what the foe can not. See beyond what makes us different and cherish what makes us all the same.
