Big ol' romslut (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} mia_d) wrote,@ 2008-05-31 20:32:00 |
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xposted: The No Spin Crane Project: Intro
Apologies to everyone that read this elsewhere:
Last month I mentioned getting this Bill O' Reilly book and asking what we should do with it. After much thought and consideration (and even more thought about compassion and humanity) I've decided to do something that I will either regret or love: I'm turning the book into folded paper cranes.
When I'm bored or when I'm fiddling with things, I'll usually lazily fold paper cranes out of scrap paper in my purse. I've made them out of candy wrappers, old reciepts, and even beer labels. I can make them of all sorts of different sizes, and I can pump them out pretty quick.
Out of a ton of contemplation and reading lately, I've come to realize that a lot of people whose ideas and words and influence I despise usually have serious problems. Instead of hating people I've come to not just pity but understand. So I was watching that clip of Bill O' Reilly flipping out during inside edition, and then some more videos of him fliping out on youtube and I realized that he has a serious anger problem. An unusual, very real anger problem.
And I feel BAD for him. I don't WANT him to be angry, I don't want anyone to be so angry. So I'm folding these cranes and sending them to him, not just as a symbol of goodwill but as a wish that maybe he'll find his own inner peace one day. I don't know if he'sbeen diagnosed or anything but I honestly think maybe he needs SOMETHING to help. Me writing an angry letter will accomplish nothing, while me being kind and telling him I hope he finds his own inner peace at least is kind. Who knows, maybe seeing that one of his enemies (I'm a liberal UU christian who is pro-choice and supports gay marriage) doesn't hate him but wishes him good luck he'll realize that we're not so bad.
I know in my heart that the only response I'll probably get is either a berating on air or a nice little return letter saying "THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST" and a brochure. But it doesn't hurt to try!
Current Crane total: 15
Apologies to everyone that read this elsewhere:
Last month I mentioned getting this Bill O' Reilly book and asking what we should do with it. After much thought and consideration (and even more thought about compassion and humanity) I've decided to do something that I will either regret or love: I'm turning the book into folded paper cranes.
When I'm bored or when I'm fiddling with things, I'll usually lazily fold paper cranes out of scrap paper in my purse. I've made them out of candy wrappers, old reciepts, and even beer labels. I can make them of all sorts of different sizes, and I can pump them out pretty quick.
Out of a ton of contemplation and reading lately, I've come to realize that a lot of people whose ideas and words and influence I despise usually have serious problems. Instead of hating people I've come to not just pity but understand. So I was watching that clip of Bill O' Reilly flipping out during inside edition, and then some more videos of him fliping out on youtube and I realized that he has a serious anger problem. An unusual, very real anger problem.
And I feel BAD for him. I don't WANT him to be angry, I don't want anyone to be so angry. So I'm folding these cranes and sending them to him, not just as a symbol of goodwill but as a wish that maybe he'll find his own inner peace one day. I don't know if he'sbeen diagnosed or anything but I honestly think maybe he needs SOMETHING to help. Me writing an angry letter will accomplish nothing, while me being kind and telling him I hope he finds his own inner peace at least is kind. Who knows, maybe seeing that one of his enemies (I'm a liberal UU christian who is pro-choice and supports gay marriage) doesn't hate him but wishes him good luck he'll realize that we're not so bad.
I know in my heart that the only response I'll probably get is either a berating on air or a nice little return letter saying "THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST" and a brochure. But it doesn't hurt to try!
Current Crane total: 15
