Today, I read an interesting article about a man here in Sweden who had compared a certain religion to something the world sees as an evil. He was immediately labeled an intolerant being and cast into the spotlight of the media, the media in this case being one of Sweden’s, or at least Gothenburg’s, worst newspapers and therefore held no objectivity to the situation at all.

In todays world it seems this word is thrown around almost as if it might be some new cultural fad. but how can we really define it? Wikipedia defines intolerance as “Intolerance is an antonym to ‘toleration’. The term may refer to one of the following; Medical/biological conditions or social/psychological/political“, but somehow, it seems that anything an be classified as intolerance these days.
Any form of criticism towards anyone, any single person, any religion, any group of people is now referred to as intolerance, even though it may in fact be something as simple as a comment, thrown into the wind just to get it out of one’s system.

Though I myself do not condone fascism, racism or anything of the like, I am not surprised, with the current state my country is in that these issues are brought up, time and time again. Yes, there are neo-nazis in my country, yes there are racists, yes there are fascists, and of course there are people who are on a constant mission to combat these people, whether it be on a political level, or on the streets, but when a man expresses a simple opinion, whether it be verbal, or online, such as I’m doing now, somehow I feel he’s entitled to that opinion. yes, he may have chosen his words somewhat unwisely, but I still feel that he didn’t make such an enormous mistake as the media would like us to believe.

I’m not going to put a link for this article on my blog because I don’t want to draw any unwanted attention to this little “scandal” as some are calling it.

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When we speak of religion, we always seem to focus on two of the largest, or at least two of the loudest in the world, Christianity and Islam. They are both horrifyingly alike one another (and no, by this, I don’t mean that the people who practice these religions are in any way bad, though the people who knock on doors at five in the morning, asking if I’ve found Jesus should be punched in the face) but for some reason, only a handful of those who are faithful believers and followers seem to realise this.
I’ve met my fair share of Muslims, and my fair share of Christians and as far as I’ve been able to tell, the only differences between them are the names for their deity.
I realise that I’m rambling, and yes, I do that a lot, but I really needed to get it out of my head today. Besides, I’m trying to update a little so that, even though I am uncannily boring, at least I can try to seem as if I’m not.

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In other news, the election here in Sweden is nearing and I’m still quite torn. All of the different political parties seem to lie just as much as the next and, though I was quite sure I’d be voting for our Pirate Party, I’m no longer certain if that’s really the best idea. Yes, most of their ideas are ideas I can agree with, but on the whole, it seems like the party itself had been hijacked by right-wing idiots who have only half a brain and can’t even use the normal ten percent of it.
A negative outlook on this election for me, at least, I can only hope that, if not else, our nation will once again fall out of the hands of the right-wing government. I do so hate conservative fools who would rather sacrifice progress for tradition.

That’s all for me this time. Have a good one! <3

Finally, I’ve gotten around to writing again, even though it is kind of crap. I seem to have gotten back some of my inspiration and, thank the gods, who may or may not exist, for that.
Chronos, which is soon to be renamed, has been updated with a new chapter, even though I’m not quite as pleased with it as I hoped I would be when I started writing it. I feel like I’m rushing the relationships between the characters as of yet, but I hope I’ll be able to bring balance, even to this little dilemma.

For now, I really can’t say much else, since I’m far too tired to understand even myself.

All the best to y’all.