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[1. a pretense of having a virtuous character, moral or religious beliefs or principles, etc., that one does not really possess.
2. a pretense of having some desirable or publicly approved attitude.
3. an act or instance of hypocrisy

Origin:
From the Greek: ‘hypókrisis’ play acting, to play a part…]

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In our insane society its not Ok to take one’s life, its called committing suicide and is against the ‘law’, its also not Ok to assist suicide, even though that may be extremely merciful, whilst it is perfectly Ok for tobacco companies to enrich themselves by ‘slowly’ murdering you, this is called ‘commerce’…,
So, excuse me, what’s the difference?
Way I see it only the speed with which the murder occurs…, the ‘rightness’ or ‘wrongness’ of it does not even feature,
But, they call this ‘civilized’…

Similarly, its ok to be slowly poisoned by huge corporations who spray, irradiate, inject our food with carcinogenic pesticides, fungicides, herbicides, insecticides[they even rhyme with ‘homicides’], antibiotics, hormones, and many other deleterious substances…,
But, these things kill you just the same,
But, it’s ‘commerce’,
“How else are we going to feed you?”, they say,
Actually, any piece of land the size of Texas can feed, clothe and shelter all 7 billion of us[we cannot all fit in Texas, don’t misunderstand me, simply that the size of the land can produce what it takes to sustain us], without the murdering sprays, injections, etc…

So, the status quo hypocritical society, punishes
those who would seek to do the compassionate thing[end the pain and suffering of a terminal cancer sufferer, for example], and rewards those who would do the insane…,
This is a dictum which only a culture of beings with faulty comprehension could embrace…

Then, there’s my personal ‘favourite’, war…
If any government, which is infiltrated by pathological liars, psychopaths and the like, sends you to pillage, maim and murder not only ‘enemy’ soldiers but women and children as well, well, then, that’s Ok, you’re suddenly a ‘veteran’ and a ‘hero’, how screwed up have we become???

I was just 14 years old when I saw right through the hypocrisy of all of this,
And its practiced everywhere,
Kindergarten, schools, families, universities, corporations, churches, clubs of every kind, some with very ‘lofty’ ideals,
Yet, yet, according to UNICEF, [22,000 children die each day due to poverty. And they “die quietly in some of the poorest villages on earth, far removed from the scrutiny and the conscience of the world. Being meek and weak in life makes these dying multitudes even more invisible in death.”


“But, I’m Ok Jack, and so are you, s..t why’s the waitress taking so looong to bring me my next beer …”

Here is the time of new growth and life
as was in Prague and Budapest
So too in Cairo, Tripoli, Damascus
reform is not bloodless or taken in jest

Reform (n) Amendment of what is defective,
vicious, corrupt, or depraved,
is an act of the discontented and hopeful,
an attempt to turn around and save.

Remember, there is no guarantee that
what is desired by you is achievable
Just because you believe what is best
doesn't make your thoughts conceivable

There are many other people of races,
many locations deemed in need of reform,
by those who do not possess that power to
change corruption and weather political storm

And too, though other souls take time
and their own hearts to improve
does not insure that their blood spilt
will cause democracy on the move.

© agoodguy2have 2011-05-20

today's rhetoric just makes me sick
"undue use of exaggeration or display"
say some bull and which details to pick
just ignore some facts that get in the way

is beneath contempt for well thought mind
and generally a nuisance for all society
won't solve problems and merely designed
to get one's way and claim soapbox piety

so before I go jump in some grandiose lake
and take argument hook, line, and sinker
to think I'll swallow it all is a mistake
I'll be my own man and a freethinker

take your bite, your blurb and try again
speak with intelligence and use your brain

© agoodguy2have 2011-06-29

You who are so ready to fight
And spill our children's blood
Why do you hide in bunkers so deep
Like rabbits in their warren

When bullets fly and death toil rise
Your face you do not show
Over maps you pour and strategise
And work out all expendables

If we strike first and we strike hard
You reason with your Generals
The enemy will be wiped out
And we will be the victors

Orders given, bombs are dropped
And thousands decimated
You rub your hands, with glee you shout
Their casualties far exceed ours

War is good, you propound
It boosts the economy
All these weapons that we've built
We can sell them abroad now

Never once you stop or think
Of all the pain you're causing
Look at your hands, covered in blood
From all these lives so innocent

Your name and country matter not
The same are you all
Servants of Satan, the evil one
In Hell you’ll all be rotting

Bombs go off, the bodies mount
Terrorists they rise
In Allah's name we will fight
A cry reverberates

One is east and one is west
So different must they be
One serve Allah, the other Jehovah
Never the twain shall meet

Both have wives and child at knee
Hopes and dreams, a future to see
Work so hard to provide
A better life for the family

So much alike, so little different
Hate and war who is teaching
Hands reach out, grasp another
Work on peace, love each other

Heavy rains spilling out of bursting clouds
Soaking wet feeling is the mood it enshrouds
Past crowded highways when leaving town
Frustrated commuters spreading all around
Such frantic rush
Protesters swarming in the village square
Chanting slogans the greedy better beware
While corks still popping on luxury yachts
Ducks and cavier could care but naught
Someone tell them hush
Crazy neighbors yelling across the street
Like alley cats fighting whenever they meet
TV News anchors speak with heated fume
How doom and gloom are bride and groom
What a bunch of mush
Collasping into my chair I fix my weary stare
Out my rain streaked window a focused glare
Of a streetlamp flickering glow atop a stop sign
Yes please stop spinning out of control crazy world
I'm home at last and it's time to unwind
And take that first sip of wine....

swirling automn leaves,
on the path,a girl,
long vineyard..

winter,homefires,
full blooming body,
sculptural design..

bitter mild life,
naked streets,
schedule adrift..

waves of blazing mouths,
garden level,
tea pot anthology..

breeze,breathe,
openly negligee desire,
fragrant..

Ukraine was the subject in the year 2014
NATO did a lot of convincing and planning
closer and closer to Russia was the plan
and so the conflict has begun

2016 Trump in the US got elected
he assured peace all over the horizon
as a matter of fact now we know
no war or invasion took place in his reign

2020 the democrats stole the election
the puppets installed stupid Biden and claimed they won
look at him, what a senile pathetic old man
and so Russia attacked Ukraine again

here we are so anxious as to what's next
will Ukraine prevail or get blown into pieces?
in the meantime victims are dying
and the world just watch don't do anything

I'm thinking WW3 has just begun
it seems to me, we'll never really learn
humanity is doomed again and again
ah greed and power it always win

wake up I say, let's do something
we'll unite our vigor and strength
let's fight these fascist and socialist
let's pray to God that this will end.




About this poem:
It looks like there's no end to human sufferings because of power and greed

There's a presentation of Dr. Wendell Meirshuemer explaining why this invasion happened

war the game of power,
the toy of the greedy ones
it's vicious and heinous
it annihilates mankind
history witnessed this atrocities
but man never learns

why?

here are some causes
I know there sre more
but the popular ones
they're hard to ignore

some say to reduce population
some say it's for fun
what's with all the profits
from selling nukes and guns

ah..what about the people
did they die in vain?
or were they just poor victims
and simply forgotten?

well here we are again
with Russia against Ukraine
much like always
nothing ever change

victims here and there
refugees everywhere
would you be so kind for them
and say a little prayer?

now I can say more
but I feel distressed
my heart is bleeding
and yet I am helpless

one thing I can say if I held the key
I would stop this madness
make this world safe and free
for you and me, and the whole humanity

cold ice dancer
raspberry ripped
clean clean glass
muscle stripped

no passion spared
whirling storm
he held her high
strength and form

carving crystals
blade and steel
spotlight night
a show for real

judges gasp
audience hail
pinnacle display
they could not fail