StormCrow Posted May 7, 2017 Member ID: 480 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 72 Topic Count: 251 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 2647 Content Per Day: 0.49 Reputation: 4846 Achievement Points: 45899 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 30 Joined: 09/21/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Yesterday at 03:45 AM Birthday: 03/11/1975 Device: Android Share Posted May 7, 2017 My son, who is 13 and in grade 8, had his public speaking assignment the other day. My wife made him say his speech to her first, she called me at work and said I have to hear it as soon as I got home. I got home and listened and got shivers and near a tear in my eye, This is straight from his head. Damn kid is only 13. I am amazed (I am sure more so because he is my son) by his choice of words and thoughts. When I was 13 I was thinking about the girl I was gonna try to kiss or how many hits I was going to get in the baseball game next weekend, or how the fuck can ANYONE beat BattleToads on NES.... its fucking impossible!! On one hand I am so proud, on another I am saddened that THESE are thoughts of a 13 year old. Here is a copy of his speech with his permission I have a dream that my future children can live in a world not fueled by hate, agony and machines of war but by happiness and the love of others. I dream of machines not made to harm and kill people but to help them. That our children will not be covered by the over looming shadow of eventual war and conflict but be bathed in the warm sunlight of peace. I dream that our children will not be recruited and used for acts of terror or harm like the tens of thousands of other little girls and boys around the world. All Children should be free of the shackles and chains of war and build a better more peaceful world. I dream that no person should ever wake up questioning when the storm of bombs and bullets are going to start or if it is their last day living in this hell on earth called the battlefield. I have a dream that hard working honest and loving men and women's money will not be used to fund the world's budget of war of over 1.7 trillion dollars a year but instead used to build homes and open up job opportunities to other hard working honest men and women.I dream that those hard working honest men and women don't have to fight in wars over resources and land fought by greedy tycoons and businessmen.I dream that wars cannot be started from one man's ambitions but be started to stop the ambitions of those men and nations. I dream one day we won't need to use the liquid gold called oil and stop the conflicts that come with such valuable resources.I dream that men and women wont have to be called to war by their so called duty to their glorious nation but instead solve conflicts and problems in a more civilized orderly manner.I dream of a world where i can one day see world leaders being able to talk to each other and respect the dignity of not just their own people but all people. I Have a dream that the great oceans don't have to be filled with huge destroyers and battleships and not blanketed by missile shells sunken ships and mines that harm local wildlife. I dream that huge areas of forests and large open lands don't have to be demolished by horrific battles and atrocities.I dream that there can be a world where we can live in peace knowing we can't be destroyed forever by a push of one single button. I dream that wars cannot be started by hate for certain groups, races, sex or religion. I dream that no person has to ever be one of the over 200 thousand people to die each year from war. I dream that there doesn't have to be mass graveyards that seem to have no end filled with fallen soldiers. I have a dream that these dreams don't have to be just unreachable goals of unfathomable proportions, but reality.And It can become reality if every Great leader and every distraught leader,every poor man and every rich man,every man and every woman,every race and every religion,Every Celebrity and every average dude,Every maker and every destroyer,Every lover and every hater And if every single human being comes to together and puts away their petty differences to the side my dreams will become reality. WeednFeed, Noumenon, zigge_51 and 15 others 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Icequeen Posted May 7, 2017 Member ID: 9264 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 89 Topic Count: 91 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 6131 Content Per Day: 1.52 Reputation: 8039 Achievement Points: 51780 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 57 Joined: 05/13/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: 3 hours ago Birthday: 07/13/1981 Device: Android Share Posted May 7, 2017 Wow! What a moment to be proud. Smart kid. Loved it. StormCrow 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
LaRSin Posted May 7, 2017 Member ID: 45 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 68 Topic Count: 981 Topics Per Day: 0.18 Content Count: 9038 Content Per Day: 1.68 Reputation: 3564 Achievement Points: 65989 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 8 hours ago Birthday: 02/25/1951 Device: Windows Share Posted May 7, 2017 It's great to have dreams and lets hope that even some them come true, Very well done . StormCrow 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Labob Posted May 7, 2017 Member ID: 42 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 50 Topic Count: 338 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 8276 Content Per Day: 1.54 Reputation: 5994 Achievement Points: 53696 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 12 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 11 hours ago Birthday: 01/30/1959 Device: Android Share Posted May 7, 2017 Says alot about our world and those were leaving it too. Great kid there StormCrow 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Unchileno Posted May 7, 2017 Member ID: 101 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 109 Topic Count: 764 Topics Per Day: 0.14 Content Count: 8133 Content Per Day: 1.51 Reputation: 6747 Achievement Points: 61498 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 13 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 27 Birthday: 01/23/1974 Device: iPhone Share Posted May 7, 2017 Our next Prime Minister Eh!! He is got my vote StormCrow 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
hxtr Posted May 7, 2017 Member ID: 220 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 147 Topic Count: 595 Topics Per Day: 0.11 Content Count: 16950 Content Per Day: 3.16 Reputation: 13538 Achievement Points: 129713 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 120 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 26, 2023 Birthday: 04/05/1970 Device: Windows Share Posted May 7, 2017 Nice paper... I remember as a kid dreaming about utopia. StormCrow 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WldPenguin Posted May 7, 2017 Member ID: 2995 Group: ++++ Senior Admin Followers: 181 Topic Count: 692 Topics Per Day: 0.15 Content Count: 4450 Content Per Day: 0.97 Reputation: 6790 Achievement Points: 48669 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 68 Joined: 11/17/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: 6 hours ago Birthday: 02/13/1966 Device: Windows Share Posted May 7, 2017 I'd say wise beyond his years.........amazing words. StormCrow 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
WarApe Posted May 8, 2017 Member ID: 637 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 1 Topic Count: 2 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 29 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 30 Achievement Points: 245 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/26/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 15, 2020 Birthday: 03/31/1974 Share Posted May 8, 2017 (edited) Holy crap! These are the kinds of people that grow up to inspire millions, trigger a movement and world is better that they are part of it. Keep supporting his dreams and keep it alive... for ALL of us! - Ape Edited May 8, 2017 by WarApe StormCrow and hxtr 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Mule Posted May 8, 2017 Member ID: 390 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 32 Topic Count: 410 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 4251 Content Per Day: 0.79 Reputation: 3050 Achievement Points: 35625 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 7 Joined: 09/14/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 25 Birthday: 05/08/1959 Device: Windows Share Posted May 8, 2017 Very nice job on the paper be very PROUD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
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