Test Life.: July 2014

Wednesday, July 30, 2014

[[ 77 ]] Summer Livin'

Summer Livin'.

Haven't posted lately, or even been online much for that matter --- it's Summer.
This year's season has been mild, with plenty of rain and cool breezes... which suits me just fine!

Granted, life isn't perfect; there will always be outsiders who can't accept your happiness or find tolerance with your choices in life. But those personalities only minimize themselves further when the people you live with are solid, loving, attuned and happy, right?
I am fortunate to have such an arrangement. I hope you do too - and if you do, soldier on.
All living things deserve to experience joy ~~~*

As for me, I'll get back to all the politics and life lesson stuff in a little bit, but really... I think we all hear enough of that on the daily news? There is certainly a time to speak out and stand up, but not all of life is meant to be some sort of battlefield. Nah... return to that frustration when it's due, sure... but when the sun is bright and the breeze is calling your name - GO! Embrace Being, people!
Go get some of that joie de vivre!!

That's where I'm at. That's what I'm doing.
Being nice to everyone I can, and appreciating the gift of Now.
So if the sign on the door says Gone Fishin' or Gone Dancin' - well, the end result is the same: I'm out having fun! See you out there!

- C.D.

Alright DJ -- - queue the music!

Sunday, July 6, 2014

[[ 76 ]] The Proud Whopper

http://www.bk.com/

Social oppression creates financial opportunity. Any historically oppressed group you might think of - women, immigrants, Africans, the poor - is accompanied by crafty profiteers who benefit from the situation. While these opportunities are generally expressed in negative ways, some examples can be positive, depending upon your stance.

Even so... it still smacks of opportunism.
Should we be surprised then when modern day corporations stick their hand in the till? Probably not.

But I can't blame them; commercials reflect what the general population wants to consume. These corporations have sensed the change in the social climate and are responding. That's good business.
Of course, not everyone will agree. As with the interracial Cheerios commercial from a year ago, this new Burger King ad has raised some controversy.

Which was the point.
( *Well, at least - one of the points$$$.)

The rest of this article is for those who get upset by things like this.

Hey ... listen - -

Don't like the 'Pride Whopper'? Want to stop marketing campaigns like this?
It's easy to do!

Stop trying to devalue the choices of people who don't share your same preferences.

Remember, Burger King just created a burger - but it's you who created the market for it.

Of course, you could stomp your foot and tell everyone that the traditional hamburger is the only acceptable one - and by eating any other variation, they're asking for food poisoning. You could claim that this great country was created on the notion of one patty, one piece of cheese - and that all other combinations are abominations.

You could lobby your local representatives to see to it that double cheeseburgers and veggie burgers are eliminated from the menu altogether, as they just 'ain't right'.
Make the Big Mac and the Whopper illegal.

Why not?

But ....would you really be changing people's tastes? Would it truly make anyone healthier, or save America? Probably not.

Choosing what we eat is no different than what we say, how we live or who and what we love. Whether you eat a cheeseburger every day, or have decided to become a Vegan - you made that decision. You chose to Have It Your Way.

Allowing someone else to do the same isn't a 'special right' - just an equal one. As long as you resist others having access to the same things you enjoy, expect to see marketing which makes your stomach hurt.

- C.D.