Respone to Eloheem: Woman in Islam.

I do agree with what you have shown here about Islam and that may be true for a lot of cases. However mate, i grew up and spent most of my life (bar about 4 years) in the Middle East and South East Asia.

Infact the man in Islam can have multiple wives but the woman cant have multiple husbands... so i cant see the level pegging there mate?

Im not by any means demeaning Islam as a religion like i said most of my life has been engulfed in that culture and for the most part it is extremely loving however i must disagree when you say that women and men are equal. It says in the Qu'ran that men are over women

Quran 4.34: "Men are in charge of women, because Allah has made made men to be better than women. Women must obey men, and if they refuse they must be punished."

On a lighter note can you imagine a man in any religion asking? if he can have an affair? HAHA thats asking for trouble isnt it?
:P
Nice Post tho man, awesome stuff as usual

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Response to Eloheem: Tattoos

Well man, after reading how you feel about tattoos i find it interesting that you link the way tattoosa are percieved to the way that people look at and act around smoking. You simple point that you cant please everybody is true, tattoos are and forever will be an acquired taste to a certain extent. I mean look at it this way Japanese tattoos are perhaps the most famous in the world (thanks to the history surrounding them) however if you were to go to a public pool in Japan with tattoos you would be instantly kicked out.

And with a direct regard to your comment about smoking im sure my mum would much prefer me inked up than smoking but.. different strokes for different folks i guess eh?

End of the day, i plan to look like Michael Schofield out of prison break soon, but dont plan to smoke any ciggys, but like you say.. i do understand why people would smoke and as long as your not forcing me im all gooood with it :P

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Response to Perfect Perpetual Passion's Weed and Wisdom blog

Now first of all I have to say that I disagree that drugs have always been controversial. Maybe in our lifetimes but certainly not forever. I mean look at the Zulu's they used to take 'hard' drugs before going into battle so they would not be scared, infact many cultures still take hallucenogens as a way of gaining spirituality.

Again i would like to point out that i disagree that Cannibis harms anyone. It has been scientifically prove to be less dangrous that alcohol or cigarettes, and there have been No direct deaths as a result of cannabis. To smoke enough to kill you, you would long pass out before that even happened.... Infact controversially if you watch the film superhigh me (which i will be blogging about soon) you will see that the subject (who smoked large amounts of cannabis daily) actually had a gain in his I.Q.

even still i do like the way you have taken from personal experience and i do always enjoy reading your blogs :)

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Response to Eloheem Lying what it leads to post

Lies can often lead to a myriad of lies and problems that we could never imagine. But lets be honest DJ you've lied, i've lied, we've all lied. Lies sometimes can be used constructively to help a person who otherwise would not have had courage to do something. Or to help someone live with a major disease or problem (just a few examples). Lies are part of human nature, its just how you do it and the way you do it that makes you a bad or good person. While we consider lies bad, we all do it, so in truth they can be constructive and should be if you are going to lie.

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My Tattoo's

Now i know tattoos are sometimes frowned upon (and sometimes rightly so), but nowhere near as much as they used to be infact their history is quite amazing... (and im a great lover of tradition).

At 15 I got my first tattoo an eagle on my back, and honestly i was WAY too young to really have made any kind of mature decision, thankfully i didnt get anything novelty that would now look stupid. Since then I have quite a few more and they are not deep in meaning at all. I just feel that when i get something on me for the rest of my life that it must be 'worthwhile' and have a meaning of some sort, i must have put mature thought into the decision basically.

I decided recently to get a Japanese Dragon on my right arm/chest/back. The reason for this is that Japanese tattoos are very popular due to the history that surrounds them. They were normally symbols that you were part of the Yakuza (Japanese Mafia) but have since become a symbol of tattoo tradition. I like the way that the piece of art is symbolic of change in opinion, now tattoos are pretty mainstream (thanks to the tv shows mainly) they have evolved into something completely different.

Tattoos were used for a number of reasons...

- Tribal tattoos were used by polynesian warriors to scare the enemy and symbolise the story of their life.

- Criminals and sailors in europe were the first to get tattooed. This is where you may have seen the 'swallow' or the 'anchor' as they are extremely traditional.

- In Africa people get tattooed as a coming of age and some even get Scarred with a blade to resemble to mark of a 'crocodile'.

Originally it was a sign of you being a criminal now most young adults are getting them as a kind of right of passage. I find this so fascinating and quite relevant to what we are studying, its so interesting how something that is permenant can be 'bad' and then over time with exposure can become something that is so mainstream most parents are tattooed.

For a link on criminal tattoo's click HERE
For a link on how to read into criminal tattoos click HERE

John Dillinger.. Outlaw..

If you have seen public enemies you know about John Dillinger (alternatively you know about Johnny Depp and forgot about the movie).

This man was a kind of Robin Hood (however there was no giving to the poor, he only gave the customers their money back who were in the bank when he was robbing it) as he robbed from the banks in America during the Great Depression. Due to this fact (and only this) he was idolized by the American press as really people had nothing to look forward to. In such a painful time in America Dillinger decided to stick to a life of crime as almost everyone was jobless and poor.

He like the other two men in my previous posts have been idolized in film and made into a character we actually like. Again i find it interesting how we look past the fact that he is killing and stealing (as it isnt from us) and there is that kind of 'good for you John' attitude about his behaviour. It is funny how in retrospect and so long as we are not affected directly we find it fascinating and amazing how terrible people do risky things. Maybe this suggests we all have that element of danger and crime inside ourselves that is now satisfied by movies like the one about Dillinger... Or alternatively that other stories just are not that interesting to tell.

For a link on the FBIs case of Dillinger click HERE
For a trailer on the Public Enemies Movie click HERE

Frank Lucas...he was pretty bad in all honesty..

If you have seen one of my favourite movies (American Gangster). Then you will know this name..


Frank Lucas was a drug dealer/Gangster in the 1960s in Harlem. He has since been glorified in the movie American Gangster by Denzel Washington. What interests me (other than this great movie) is the way a drug dealer who bought directly from the source and shipped the drugs back in the coffins of dead american soldiers has been glorified in history and cinema.

I mean how on earth can he be made a character we feel for and relate to in the movie? because if you think about it, everything he is doing is really quite terrible (abusing a dead soldiers coffin, murder... etc), yet he was a much loved member of the Harlem community, partly because he used to hand Turkeys out during thanksgiving to those who couldn't afford their own, and when convicted he helped give out 700 convictions to crooked cops and other dealers (obviously to shorten his sentence). But more than anything due to his gangster status and his brand of cocaine called 'blue magic'.

Click HERE to see a link on a recent interview with Lucas (read the comments most people actually do not seem to like him or what he stands for...).

Click HERE for the American Gangster Trailer (gives you an idea of what im talking about if you haven't seen the movie).