Male Alimony

It seems from now on a MAN who cannot support himself it entitled for Alimony from his Wife..... WOW !

The thing that hits 'below the belt' is that can a Man's ego allow that. Sure - the Society allows it, the Judiciary allows it (in fact recommends it), but can a MAN be a MAN and let his ego come in between.

 

Traditionally the man has always been the bread earner. No matter how smart or how much muscle a man has - very few are comfortable knowing their female counterparts are better than them. Some (read me) work to ensure they remain on top and others simply dont get involved with a competitor. Women too in fact look for a man who is better in a good bunch of things. This has nothing to do with a woman's ego. Its just that she sees her kids protected and a future with a man who is better than her in lots of things. One of which is MONEY.

 

Bottom line - if you are a man reading this - ask yourself - Would you be happy knowing your wife brings in more than you do ? Would you accept an Alimony if your divorced wife offers you one. I am fairly certain - your testosterone will scream out and ask for death before such ludicrous proposal.

 

ROCK Cult

 

Whats with this 'Cult following' towards rock music. Why do people who listen to so called 'ROCK' consider themselves musically superior to ones who listen to other forms of music like POP or classical.

 

If you meet someone who is a ROCKER, you will smell the arrogance and the general air of indifference towards all other forms of music. People who swear by people like Morrison and Floyd think they know most about music and are 'better off' than most other mortals who are addicted to NSYNC and backstreet boys.

 

Part of the blame lies in the construction of the genre of ROCK. The idea behind the Doors crooning 'common baby light my fire' or Hendrix playing live at woodstock, is 'self expression'. These guys dont play music for others. And THATS where the 'religious' angle to the whole thing emerges. Every religion has a following. Not because it teaches you what you want to learn - you learn what it wants to teach you ! so you start seeing the world from their eyes. You start to see the reason WHY and HOW. The answers emerge and the questions fade into insignificance. Everything starts to make sense.

 

In fact THIS is what the cult is all about. The reason why there is an instant connection between 2 Floyd fans or Knoffler fanatics is that they see what Waters sees. They can literally 'see' the music float in their minds. Some of the solos are not just music. For all its worth - it could be a call to the devil himself !

 

Another thing that the adulterated form of Rock (Metal) tends to point at is the DEVIL. ACDC, Iron Maiden and many others followed the anti christ and people followed. This isnt cause people are gullible - its more so cause people start seeing the world from Dickinson's eyes and the words make sense. Kurt Cobain was notorious for ridiculous lyrics and no music sense. His genre of 'grunge' was somehow taunted by many as 'non music'. Even today after having shot himself 21 years back, his fan following can out number the population of China !

 

One of the most inspiring musicians of all time has been Ozzy Osbourne. When young, he wanted to become a PLUMBER ! He once chewed the head off a LIVE bat on stage and with Zack Wylde, went on to record some of the finest pieces of music. Ozzy invented Metal - Metallica perfected it !

 

But coming back to the basics - right from lively Elvis to frustrated POD, music of all forms has had great following. Axel Rose was sued for concert misbehaviour and he retorted back sharply - 'go ahead sue me - i have lots of money'. In terms of popularity, I bet Al Capone would have had a stiff competition from some of the bands at their peak.

 

But if music has fan following everywhere - why do rockers think ROCK is better? Why do they feel that the noise they listen to has more music than what NSYNC have to say ? Perhaps thats cause THEY hear melody in the NOISE. You would jsut hear the NOISE. So they claim to have better senses and seem to understand music better. Also people 'progress' to Rock. U start with POP or some plain country and slowly build your self to understand Slayer and Sepultura. So someone who is a metal fan has been thru the loving and romantic songs Backstreet boys sing. They are on the other side of the fence.

 

Theres 'something' about the grass on this side - come over and taste it. You will know why we are better !