Decency in decadence

[...]And we're all mirrors, for all we know, we look to each other and expect ourselves. We are with our backs against the wall, thinking we can judge others and being desperate for their judgement.

There are the cheap ones, those that will make you ugly or more beautiful, and you'll like them and you'll want to believe them, both of them, all of them, for you can't see your own face yourself and you can't look into your eyes. You need mirrors to tell you who you are, because the truth it, you don't know, you'll never see or feel your own image except in an object outside yourself. And they will lie, and you will lie when others look to you, asking.

Then you might meet the true ones, the expensive, cherished mirrors of silverplates and molted frames and they are so rare, they are so small that you cannot see that much, only from afar and when you hold them close, they will cut you in pieces and dissecate, and you will not like that. Your soul is not ready for truth, be happy that they only feed you slices of it and that you have no clue, if you were to see your whole self, truely, honestly, you would break down and cry for your whole life has been a lie and there is nothing you can do about it, except smashing the mirrors and watch them making you bleed - if it is nothing at all, destruction will make you feel alive.

"Je me fous de tes détresses
comme de tout et du reste..."
C'est ca, le temps qui passe
"Je me fous de tes angoisses
elles m'ont nourrie mais me lassent..."
C'est ca, c'est le temps qui passe
"Je fais fi de tes "je t'aime",
ils sont des cris qui m'enchaînent..."
C'est ca l'amour
C'est quoi l'amour?
"tu ne vis pas, c'est morbide"
En somme, je suis pathétique,

"Tu te fous de mes ténèbres
comme de tout, et comme du reste..."
C'est ca le temps qui passe
"Fais fi des signes du ciel
seuls les faits, sont ton bréviaire..."
C'est ca le temps qui passe
Tu dis: "assez des histoires
Ton passé est préhistoire..."
C'est ca l'amour
C'est quoi l'amour?
Crucifie-moi Ponce Pilate
Noie-toi dans l'eau écarlate
L'amour est loin

A lot has been said about how to prevent rape.
Women should learn self-defense.
Women should lock themselves in their houses after dark.
Women shouldn't have long hair and women shouldn't wear short skirts.
Women shouldn't leave drinks unattended. Fuck, they shouldn't dare to get drunk at
all.

Instead of that bullshit, how about:

If a woman is drunk, don't rape her.
If a woman is walking alone at night, don't rape her.
If a women is drugged and unconscious, don't rape her.
If a woman is wearing a short skirt, don't rape her.
If a woman is jogging in a park at 5 a.m., don't rape her.
If a woman looks like your ex-girlfriend you're still hung up on, don't rape her.
If a woman is asleep in her bed, don't rape her.
If a woman is asleep in your bed, don't rape her.
If a woman is doing her laundry, don't rape her.
If a woman is in a coma, don't rape her.
If a woman changes her mind in the middle of or about a particular activity, don't rape her.
If a woman has repeatedly refused a certain activity, don't rape her.
If a woman is not yet a woman, but a child, don't rape her.
If your girlfriend or wife is not in the mood, don't rape her.
If your step-daughter is watching TV, don't rape her.
If you break into a house and find a woman there, don't rape her.
If your friend thinks it's okay to rape someone, tell him it's not, and that he's not your friend.
If your "friend" tells you he raped someone, report him to the police.
If your frat-brother or another guy at the party tells you there's an unconscious woman upstairs and it's your turn, don't rape her, call the police and report him as a rapist.
Tell your sons, god-sons, nephews, grandsons, and sons of friends that it's not okay to rape someone.


Don't just tell your women friends how to be safe and avoid rape.
Don't imply that she could have avoided it if she'd only done/not done x,y or z.
Don't imply that it's in any way her fault.
Don't let silence imply agreement when someone tells you he "got some" with the drunk girl.
Don't perpetuate a culture that tells you that you have no control over or responsibility for your actions. You can, too, help yourself.