Sad but True...

I still can't stop asking myself, "How can the oppessor be the victim?" I don't understand the little justification behind that silly notion :P. In related news, they're going to be 700 new settlements in the occupied land of The West Bank. (link)

Before I started to write this, I came across something that got little media attention, and I think it's pretty significant. I ran into an article that talked about an arrest that was made outside of the MTV VMA's, and the person that was arrested was Mos Def. The article also linked to a video that showed the arrest (which will be at the bottom of this paragraph). I think it's real cool of Mos Def to do what he did, even though he did get arrested, for the unauthorized performace. I wish most rap artists were activist rather than this "Chevy Ridin' High" bullshit that I hear. Come on people, why don't you try to spread some truth and messages? I'm sorry for this semi-rap bashing towards the end, but I think it's important to learn from music than just for pleasure. Don't get me wrong, I love to hear music for pleasure, but I like to hear some sort of message at the same time.




Thanks for listening to my rant,
Shariq :P