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Why I’m a Communist September 24, 2009

Well when people ask why I’m communist, I tend to have trouble explaining. So I’ve decided that I’ll just tell them to visit my website, which they’ll never do and I won’t have to answer their question. But just in case they do, I’ll write up a story of how it happened which should help explain why.

So, if you really want to get to the source of it, right to the beginning of it, there was a deceptively harmless sentence spoken near the end 2006 which changed my life;

“You should do history next year.”

Sure, I thought, why not?  If he thinks its a good idea why the Hell not? Nothing better to do really.

It was nagging done by Mr. Burkett which made me decide to do history next year.

The very next year I had Mr. Brady for year 11 history. We learnt about New Zealand’s history after World War II, in which New Zealand tried to find some protection from communism.

Some point in 2007 I realised I really liked history and looked in the library at the history section to see if there was anything Cold War related. (As for my interest in the Cold War I’ve never been entirely sure of the source of that) Here I found;

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OK, I thought, I’m gonna sit here and read this whole thing through. And I proceeded to do just that.

I found this ^^^ and I thought it was funniest thing ever. A leader, a man meant to be respectable and dignified was actually kind of crazy. I quickly became more and more interested not only in the Cold War but in Khrushchev. The more I found out about Khrushchev the better I liked him. Then when I went to see my father he took me to Borders (bookshop/cafe). I decided I wanted to know more about the Cold War, so I looked in the History section (of Borders this time) and found;

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It looked good so I got it. I read it and it taught me a lot about communism, especially at one point where mentioned Christian Communism. Upon seeing that there were Christian Communists, I saw communism in a new light, one where it wasn’t just an oppressive scary system but an idea of perfection, of society as it should be, an idea of complete equality and freedom. However that was not the only reason I became communist, I’m primarily a communist because Khrushchev is my hero and he was an embodiment of awesome and also because it just seemed to fit so well into my life.

So there you have it, Burkett, Khrushchev and two books were to thank for one of the most significant things in my life.

Troll

So I’ve got a troll as you can see. Not your typical troll, usually they are anonymous. But the comment was about the level you’d expect from a troll. I know I shouldn’t ‘feed the troll’, but Hell, its too funny for me to just let it pass.

A Piece Of Advice September 2, 2009

There are three kinds of people in the world. Those who make life Hell for others, those who don’t care about the other two, and those who live in the Hell created by others. Talking generally here I’m usually in that last group. Although I must admit I’ve been in the other two groups once or twice. The Apathetic group are as bad the Tormentors. Their inaction is as bad as the Tormentors actions. Why do I say this? Because I’m tired of the crap me and my friends have been getting at school. If you see someone hurt and bleeding on the sidewalk, you help them don’t you? The Tormentors have them on the ground beating them and the Apathetic walk on by. Maybe when you see someone struggling you should attempt to help. You could just try and say stop it.

“If you live among dogs, keep a stick. After all, this is what a hound has teeth for - to bite when he feels like it!”
Nikita Khrushchev