I find it amazing that two holidays that are a fabric of American counterculture practically are on back to back days. The weed induced claim of a National Pot Smoking Day on 4/20 and Earth Day on 4/22. Here we have two holidays, at least in the loosest sense of the term, that some people actually care about and others completely ignore. Let's just start with 4/20.
Pot smokers unite and pack their pipes, joints, and bongs with the finest chronic to salute a culture of junkies and losers on April 20th. Now, I'm not adverse to people who like smoking a little weed. I have friends who enjoy pot (I'm using this in the same context as the white guy who says he's not a racist because he has a black friend). If potheads want to celebrate getting high with getting high, who am I to argue? I'm going to be honest here. Although I don't really care about the pseudo holiday, I'm impressed that it exists. For a pothead to have the organizational skills and drive to actually get a day known nationally is amazing. Most of them can't even seem to get off the couch.
Earth Day isn't really better in terms of holiday cheer. Don't get me wrong. I'm all for saving the Earth, but is it the Earth that we are really trying to preserve? HELL NO! What we're trying to preserve is our pollution making, tree cutting, oil spilling, energy wasting, littering asses. The Earth is still going to be here in 1,000 years. It may be polluted as hell without the ability to sustain life of any kind, but it will be here. Humans are the ones that will be long gone from existence. We should change the name of the day to Human Day. Then we can stop hiding behind the guise of saving Mother Earth and be truthful with ourselves. We can make signs that say "Save Our Tails" instead of "Save the Whales."
Stupid holidays aside, if the federal government wants to give me a day off from work for these days, I'll be the first to roll a joint while planting a tree.
Pot smokers unite and pack their pipes, joints, and bongs with the finest chronic to salute a culture of junkies and losers on April 20th. Now, I'm not adverse to people who like smoking a little weed. I have friends who enjoy pot (I'm using this in the same context as the white guy who says he's not a racist because he has a black friend). If potheads want to celebrate getting high with getting high, who am I to argue? I'm going to be honest here. Although I don't really care about the pseudo holiday, I'm impressed that it exists. For a pothead to have the organizational skills and drive to actually get a day known nationally is amazing. Most of them can't even seem to get off the couch.
Earth Day isn't really better in terms of holiday cheer. Don't get me wrong. I'm all for saving the Earth, but is it the Earth that we are really trying to preserve? HELL NO! What we're trying to preserve is our pollution making, tree cutting, oil spilling, energy wasting, littering asses. The Earth is still going to be here in 1,000 years. It may be polluted as hell without the ability to sustain life of any kind, but it will be here. Humans are the ones that will be long gone from existence. We should change the name of the day to Human Day. Then we can stop hiding behind the guise of saving Mother Earth and be truthful with ourselves. We can make signs that say "Save Our Tails" instead of "Save the Whales."
Stupid holidays aside, if the federal government wants to give me a day off from work for these days, I'll be the first to roll a joint while planting a tree.
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