The American Addiction

     In this country, my country, the United States of America, we Americans have an addiction. For those of us who oppose this addiction, we are called unpatriotic, unAmerican, even cowards who support terrorism.  It is glamorized in television, movies, video games, and in music. It is such an epidemic that the pushers of this addictive agent hire lobbyist to coerce and donate money and other trinkets so that our legislatures in Washington, DC and Tallahassee, FL  and other state capitols will support their idealistic principles in the pretext that Americans need this drug. Our lawmakers have determined it is morally, ethically and even legal to shoot and kill someone, a child no less, by claiming he (the shooter) feared for his life. 

     Many Americans feel that the 2^nd Amendment allows citizens to own and carry firearms of their choosing. Our country was built on the premise that might makes right, not the teachings of Jesus, Mohammed or even Buddha. We Americans even have a dichotomy in contradiction involving the value of life. Many branches of American religions find it their ethical and moral obligation to fight against, threaten and intimidate those women who want to control their own bodies. These same beliefs are carried over into other areas, by raising the Holy Bible in their hands, they can all condemn those that oppose those who have other beliefs. This minority of outspoken individuals also support the death penalty and their right to use deadly force. OMG, I get it; ensure that no unwanted fetuses are aborted, so that many who would grow up in areas where crime is tolerated commit those crimes and end up facing the death penalty, while others may end up as target practice for those who are morally challenged.

     The American addiction is violence. We love it. We applaud the survivor, and denigrate the loser. The 2^nd Amendment is a right guaranteed under our constitution; the right to bear arms and provide for a well-armed militia. The first Amendment guarantees my right to say this, to have religious beliefs different from the mainstream, and to read literature uncensored. I am an American, a Patriot, a veteran who served his country honorably, and believes that God is the same God for everyone and is really starting to hurt because his Children on Earth can’t live in harmony.