Today group therapy was the hardest it's ever been. Our torture of the day? Looking in a full length mirror in front of everyone and describing what we see.
Oh, God.
When Maira told us what we were going to have to do, I started feeling really anxious and like I was going to throw up. I thought breaking the mirror would be a nice alternative to the scheduled lesson plan.
In a word of politically correct speech I feel that our freedom of the first amendment has truly been squelched. In saying this, however, I think there are words that should not be misused. The following list is clearly not comprehensive. It merely lists a few words that I personally find offensive when taken out of context.
The time: 1943
The place: The mountainous village of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, part of German-subdued France.
Hitler is lapping up frothy pools of power; innocent blood has become a substitute for rain water; fear governs.
And Le Chambon could care less.
I'm amazed at how many people, even many people involved in alternative, punk, and metal, are so ignorant about skinheads and the skinhead subculture. Everybody seems to believe that a skinhead is by definition a Neo-Nazi, while this is far from the truth. I have four or five close friends who are skinheads, and not one of them is racist. I'll give you a short history.
The United States Federal officials want to deport Paul Henss, an 85 years old living in Georgia, back to Germany. Paul used to be a guard and trained dogs at Nazi death camps. Because of his involvement with the Nazis, the Office of Special Investigations are trying to get him out of this country.
