Parklife is back for 2010 and its line up is one to get excited about for all indie electro fans. Touring all major cities in Australia, this is one festival that brings a massive plethora of audible pleasure. With acts such as Groove Armada, Missy Elliot, Chiddy Bang, Darwin Deez, the Dandy Warhols, The New Young Pony club, and Ou Est Le Swimming Pool coming down under to warm up the pristine Australian Spring weather. Read more
Expensive Drug.
The Sin tax.
For a smoker it is seen as a harsh punishment of the reality we have put ourselves under. A punishment tormenting the time we first lit up, either from trying to look cool when we were teenager’s, or discovering the habit through a stressful situation, or even from instances of peer pressure. The rise of cigarette prices have enraged, shocked, and most probably caused more people to light up in stress with the absurdity of the prices.
The Australian government has kept smokers trapped with an ultimatum: Pay more or Quit
Quitting is hard, much too hard for many smokers. Many just can’t be bothered to rise up to the challenge. The health benefits are obviously a massive reason to quit, but to exterminate a ‘companion’ that keeps you calm and confident when trying to achieve the other challenges in your life, is too much of a sacrifice.
The strongly addicted must succumb to the punishment of being seen as a dirty, unhealthy smoker and now has to pay a hefty price tag for his forced lifestyle choice. Surely the economic burden is another strong incentive? But no, ignorance is too blissful, money can be made, and life is too hard and docile to experience it for too long.
Mind you this is not a article to suggest my fellow smokers to Quit. I would be a hypocrite to say so. You and I know it is actually within our own choice and mental strength to kick the habit.
I have been motivated to buy loose tobacco. It is the economically way of smoking these days. I trade the accessibility of packet cigarettes to rolling my own. Thinking about the situation now, I find strings of frustration. Somewhat, ironically in a positive manner.
I am frustrated that I can’t roll a proper cigarette,
I am frustrated that I have to succumb to buying loose tobacco,
I am frustrated because of the prices,
I am frustrated that I am a Smoker.
“Fuck. I need a Cigarette.”
Its hard to think that cheese could ever give off any notion of a racist remark, its goodness when added to various dishes makes people tingle in delight in consuming such cheesy goodness such as pizza, pasta, cheese omelettes, and nachos. It’s almost God’s gift to our taste buds to such allure of a taste. However, if you walk down the aisle of your local Woolworth’s or Coles, you’ll find this packaged product of sliced heaven:
Cheese said what???
If you don’t not know, ‘Coon’ is an ethnic slur used towards African Americans and Aboriginal Australians. The origin and meaning of the slur Coon is rather ambiguous. It is usually thought to be a diminutive form of the word raccoon, which is of course a small and ugly animal. Naturally to refer to people as ‘raccoons’, is very demeaning and dehumanizes them to a large extent.
Thus,why coon is an ethnic slur.
Of course, a product could not go on sale with a name that offensively suggests that this ‘tasty’ cheese comes from a black guy.
The product is said to be named by its American founder Edward. W. Coon, of russian origin, and he patented a method, subsequently known as the Cooning process, for fast maturation of cheese via high temperature and humidity.
There is certain skepticism around the existence of Edward Coon, as he places a branding mythology like the KFC colonel, or Famous Amos (chocolate “crack” chip cookie creator). Australian Anti Racism activist Stephen Hagan has said that he has been unable to find evidence that Edward Coon was a famous cheese maker, contending that the name came instead from the black wraparound in which it was originally sold.
Whatever it is. Its cheese. And cheese is awesome. I highly disregard that a large corporation like Dairy farmers would manufacture a product that would blatantly impair a racial term and get away with it for as many years as the product has been around.
But, it’ll never stop in my opinion to be that ‘racist cheese’ which somehow I feel slightly guilty whenever I’m consuming a slice, it’s like I’m supporting such an ethnically incorrect product. But who cares, I fucking love cheese.
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