The Strength of People: At Gun Point

  Written by Stephen Sykes on Apr 28, 2008 12:12 pm

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I wanted to start out this writing by making a very bold claim.

I wanted to start off by saying. That my allegiance is to no one, no country and no thing, but that my allegiance is to the world. To all " people " to all "life"

I fought in the " War " and wanted to say that by sheer calculation I had exactly: 31,536,000 chances to die. I had considered this and to this day a chance to have a bullet in my head. -- Every second of the day. It did not happen...

I also wanted to make my readers aware that once I arrived back on "this countries" soil. That once I had exited the Military, honorably. I had purchased and owned a home in Florida, who in no more than a month -- had a gun pulled on me no more than a block away from my condo.

It was the the most surreal event of my life: It was almost too predictable -- and it was at that moment I had made the very concious choice to look the gentleman in the eye - the same man who was screaming for me to "Come out of your shoes bro... " The same man that was witnessing me standing there with a $500.00 Dollar, Sprint Treo 650 on my waist, one of those expensive cool looking cyborg ear pieces, a 1999 Ford Mustang sitting infront of me with keys in hand, jangling... -- and this same man wanted my " Shoes "

I looked him in the eye, with an almost "too cool" demeanor, my composure was set and I let him know: " Do me the favor, and kill me " almost ready to scream at the man. " Do it  fuckinig kill me " I went on my spill about how I just came back from Afghanistan and fought this war for his country, and he did not scare me. That I did not care and that if he were to kill me. He'd be doing me a favor - I'd be no longer, and he'd be the one left behind to deal with the consequences. It was then I realized I had all the power in the world.

The trigger was pulled, the sound went off -- and there was zero injury. I stood standing there... almost ready to laugh my ass off at this man... Having absolutely no fucking idea how he had missed me at gun point, but at the same time I was a lot smarter than to "laugh" at this gentleman as I knew it would just make matters worse. 

He exclaimed for me to get the "Fuck outta here and don't let me see you around here no more". I assured him he would not have to worry about that, and I hurridly jumped in my car and rode out of his " turf " with my head leaned to the side, as to keep myself from getting shot in the back of my head, should he decide to be a coward.

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This story is not about any of that.

This story is about different countries, cultures, and why some of us are pretty much " fucked " and none of it has been our fault.

I want to make mention of a very special foreign family that I had met recently who by way of the father who could barely speak English had educated me about the power of society, people, and strong social bonds.

In a short tale he was able to illustrate for me that... it was not about how much you knew, or how much money you had, but of course - while this may be old news to some. It is all about who you know. That rings so loud and true for those that already know, and aknowledge the power of social networking.

Though, to paraphrase what the gentelman's father told me im going to write about it.

He explained to me how in most countries... the children that are born, are expected and promoted in going through school... " To Gether "

1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade.. etc etc etc...

However, there is a particular country in which this is not the case... This particular country prides themselves on shuffling you around their archaic educational system EFFECTIVELY breaking up the bonds of social behavior, your friends... no longer.

You're growing, becoming older, becoming more distant from people you were born with. You're getting smarter? Albeit.... more ostricized from your very own community. Think of this for a moment.

Was it not in those other countries: It became a point that it was not about HOW SMART they were, but who they knew? It was about the sharing and giving between each others social networks that it became more and more of a common sense notion to me, that the answer all along had nothing to do with how smart you were or how much money you had, but all in the psychological upbringing of these young children who were absolutely tied to one another socially. No one would get left behind, no knowledge left unshared, everything was trusted, they were all one single unit. Who could stop all these brains?

Meanwhile, in this other "lovely country" the social ties were being broken down, they were being force fed what to think through their media. Given loads of negativity and hate, racially, genderly, religiously. These lovely tools are what has the ego standing all alone thinking they've achieved greatness at ages 22 and 24 when they have these "awesome collegiate level degrees" in fields X Y and Z and are then effectively shoved off as brand new employees still working 9 - 5 with no social network, friends, and anyone to turn to should things get " rough "

Everyone reading this should have an idea of what im talking about.

Everyone should then start to understand why "that countries" Economy is spiraling down at break neck speed. A lot of that has to do with the Global Economy. A lot of that has to do with the withholding of information, and knowledge, because by the time you get that knowledge its already " old news " and you are suffering from the "Lateness" of it. This is why what im talking about shakes hands with the reverse of the cliche that says " What you don't know Won't hurt them "..

Wow... let that sink in, think about how much hurt your "country" goes through based on the lack of what they do know? Amazing isn't it? There is so much in the world going on that " that country " does not know. It is mind numbing, ludicrous, outrageous, and the audacity of knowing that there is a governmental body that takes advantage of this very fact. Awesome isn't it?

I could continue this blog all.... day.. long. However, I wrote this blog for breakfast, and im going to go ahead and pull away so that I can get some breakfast and take a shower. I will be thinking of all of you, my readers... and please share what I have shared with you. Go make friends, go build a society. Because in "that country" its already shattered, and broken.

A society in which no one trusts, and no one loves, and does not share, is a society that does not exist.

The more value you put into society, the more that is out there, and it comes back to you. I appreciate your time and letting me share this with you.

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I wish you well in your readings, and if you ever want to talk to me personally my phone number can be found Google.. Much love.

Stephen Allen Sykes Jr.

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