Let's throw out all the sacred cows.
Let's start with countries.
No more arbitrary lines in the sand.
And let's throw out religions, too.
No more chosen people, infidels,
pagans, or atheists – just people.
Think what it would mean.
No more religious wars.
No more conflicts about borders.
No more fanatics shooting up abortion clinics.
And no more familes torn apart
because someone happens to be gay.
Let’s also challenge the notion
that capitalism is anything but what it really is:
a sophist justification for selfishness.
Instead, let’s teach kids helping others isn’t charity.
Something you do at Christmas time.
It’s a moral responsibility,
and people who don’t help others,
or don’t care, are disgusting,
no matter how rich they are.
And let's fix the Bill of Rights.
What are we waiting for anyway?
Our founding fathers modified it.
Why shouldn’t we?
If you ask me, the only arms people should bear
are the ones attached to their shoulders.
If we really want to honor our founding fathers,
we should make sure the Bill of Rights
fulfills their original intention:
to create a just and safe society.
Now, instead, it’s created a milieu where
senseless death and destruction are inevitable.
Around 200 people are shot each day in America.
Around 125 of them die.
That’s 73,000 people shot each year.
Given those numbers, can anyone seriously imagine
our founding fathers wouldn’t insist on the law being changed?
Of course they would.
Here's the truth.
People make ideas sacrosanct to prevent others from challenging them.
They want loyal stick figures, not seekers of truth and justice.
But they’ve got it all wrong.
No idea or text is beyond question.
They’re starting points, not endings.
We should consider them, even learn from them,
but our own reason must take precedence.
If we simply accept, if we cannot question,
we deny our own most precious gift:
the ability to think for ourselves.