The Welfare of a Nation.

There are many who live their comfortable lives with no grasp of the problems that are still actually out there. For example, I have lived my entire life living in a relatively small city that always seemed clean, quiet and safe. I had no idea that there were so many mentally unstable and homeless in the downtown area until recently. The system is set up in a way to keep them there. They aren't given any incentive to try to make changes for themselves and depressingly enough, a lot of them are using their monthly welfare cheques, paid for by our tax dollars to buy drugs. In that respect the government is funding addiction and homelessness with our tax dollars. Wouldn't that money be better spent on some sort of home care service to try and put these people back on track? I know this could be done as it's a similar idea to how our system helps the disabled. I would even go as far as to argue that many of these people are disabled people who fell through the cracks.

My real issue here is not with the people who can't help themselves, as they really need something in place to keep them on the straight and narrow, so much as the people who don't want to help themselves. I personally know a few people who are more or less living off the system as a free ride. They sleep in shelters for only a small portion of their welfare cheque and try to convince others to buy them drugs and other things when they are low on funds.

This is why I feel to clean up the streets we need some form of social care system to help those who want to be helped, as I know they exist, and let those who don't want to be helped sleep in the bed they've made. I can't justify giving 30% of my paycheck to a government who helps people buy drugs and Listerine. We are taxed hard here in Canada and we smile and brag about our badass healthcare system, but maybe it's time to reexamine how that money is being spent. I'm cool with being taxed if it's in the name of making this beautiful country a better place.

I need to clarify though, obviously we can't just leave those who don't want to be helped out in the cold, as much as I believe in a certain degree of tough love. I just feel, that if you want free money, maybe you should be showing that you actually want to do well with it.

This system does not and is never gonna work as long as the policy makers have their heads up in the clouds. Unfortunately, I'm just some naive lower mid-class person who doesn't like what he sees, and maybe I'm bitter because I haven't given up and won a prize as so many do.

I'm frustrated, and maybe it's time for something new. I bet I get some hate for this one, but I'm standing by it.

What's with porn anyway?

Don't get me wrong, I understand what porn is for but what is with the porn industry. It's a complete parody of itself now. Back in the day they didn't know better, but today, they know exactly what is silly about it and embrace it. I'm not a porn watcher exactly, but I am a man and if as a man (and most women) you claim you never watch porn, between you and me, I know your secret.

So while porn today bumbles into the unrealistic scenarios and silly instant sex scenes, cutting out all tension and essentially making it so the sexy is surgically removed from the sex, I pose to you a question. Wouldn't you rather have a compelling believable story in your erotic cinema? Are people really in such a rush to finish? Can't I see breasts that look less rubbery than Joel Schumacher's Batman costume?

As my middle school sex education teacher told the class, "sex is a beautiful thing". Call me crazy but I still believe it is.

Anyway, that is probably the only chance I'll get to talk about porn on here for a bit, as my girlfriend will probably put me on some form of probation after this post. Seriously, I want to know if anyone agrees with me in this. Comment below with your thoughts. Who knows, maybe I can become a successful porn director/writer. Yeah, porn with a story, or better yet, story with porn. I'm gonna be rich.