Happy New Year

I hope everyone had a wonderful Holiday Season, whatever your celebrations may include (as long as they are peaceful and don’t infringe on anyone’s rights of course).

I’ve been enjoying my time with family and a week travel in Toronto. It was my first time there and WOW, what a wonderful city. It was one of the most friendly cities I have been to…and clean! New York City could sure use some lessons in that department. But with my vacation I have isolated myself from mass media, propaganda, and other forms of society that gets my blood boiling. I will definitely add some of my thoughts (that are notjustmythoughts) soon.

But the new year has got me thinking, what can we do as a society to change things? I started this blog late in 2011 with the hopes of inciting some kind of change in at least one person. Sadly, you never really know who you inspire, aside from those that comment, but does it inspire them to the point of change?

My plan is to continue this blog thru 2012 (and beyond) with the things  regarding society, culture, media, and anything in general that I feel isn’t in line with equality, human rights and respect, which goes hand-and-hand with rights.

Until next time, which will be sooner than later…

XOXO,
notjustmythoughts

Illegal

Just had my mind blown….

First, let me say that I know meanings of words change over a period of time, but this one… OH HELL NO, this is just ANOTHER racist tactic imbedded in society.

So the word illegal, in the English language, originally refered to inanimate objects and actions… now it [also] refers to a group of humans (illegal immigrants), thus dehumanizing this group of people. When in fact, they are not illegal… their actions, which got them into the country were illegal, but they are not. They are undocumented. How can you be an illegal human… somehow counterfeit or not real? 

How did this one slip right by me?! I vow to never use the words illegal and immigrant in relation to one another.

Let’s start a movement and give back the human quality these immigrants possess.

Please tell me, notjustmythoughts.