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Mar. 06, 2006 There's a problem in this world that has been ruining the lives of many a teenager, and it's about time this problem is called out. It's the word "love". Back in the 60's, there was plenty of love to go around. Of course that's also why there was a spike in babies during the 60's and early 70's. Because there was too much love. Everyone was loving everyone. Kids have always had this problem though, and it's usually the girls. They'd see some "dreamy" boy at school and if the boy even so much as looked in her general direction, that meant they were in love. And the girl would go home that day and call all of her friends and they'd gossip over how much she's in love and they all wonder how pretty her wedding will be. Parents are usually telling the kids that they don't know what love is. They use the term too loosely. And often, the term "puppy love" is thrown out to replace "love". These parents are usually the same parents that were born because of all of the free love back in the 60's and 70's, but never happen to mention that to the kids, or even why grandma and grandpa have an organic garden in their closet at the retirement home. But where did all of this start? Was it the hippies of the 60's? Was it the giddy girls at school that slid off of their seat every time the head greaser would walk past them? Or was it church? What, church? Did I just throw that out there without a warning? Yes, I think I did. Church always talks about love. Constantly. As I've established, church is the biggest contradiction this world has ever seen. Purportedly, church and religion are the biggest sellers of love in the world. They're also the second biggest cause of war, behind only oil. Of course this can confuse anyone. Kids don't understand what love is, and they throw it out all the time without even being in love. The word, is now meaningless. I realized this one day when I was listening to some gospel. I was forced to, so don't flip out. But in this gospel they kept saying "I love you" and "love this" and "love that" and that's when it hit me. Church is constantly saying the "love" word and not explaining themselves more efficiently, which leads to confused kids that go out and have pre-marital sex and have kids themselves and never get married or even have a great future. And it's all because of that misunderstanding of the "love" word. Kids don't know what to think. They come home from church and say, "If I'm supposed to love someone I've never seen and never met, and I've met this boy at school and he's nice and cute and I want to mount him, then that MUST be love!" It can be very confusing. And it's not so much the kids fault. It's again, the parents fault for not explaining things better. Sometimes the parents will try to explain, but it never comes out right. The "bird's and the bee's"? What the fuck is that about? Why can't the parents teach them about sex and love instead? That's great. The kids are confused enough with this whole love thing, and now you come in talking to them about bird's and/or bee's? They're going to have an even more fucked up outlook on what's going on than they did before. So that's why I say, we should get rid of the "love" word all together. Just throw it out. Instead of saying "I love you" to someone, say "I don't hate you". That's more truth than anything really. After all, love is pretty much love. Sure there are different levels of love, but when people hear love they want to automatically think "in love" and that's where some problems start. But if you say you don't hate someone, that leaves it pretty open. And I think people would appreciate that more. "Ummm... I think I don't hate you!" "Wow... at least I got that going for me!" Just make sure you say "don't" in it or some people could get really pissed off. And for the record, I never say "don't". I hate those who misinterpret the word "love". Bastard religions. |
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