By សតិវអតុ
As the big day comes, Thanksgiving, we can all
look forward to spending time with our families—that is for those of us who
actually have families living nearby. I don’t make a big deal out of Thanks
Giving. There are those who believe the holiday is not really worth celebrating
as the original event was the beginning of spreading imperialism, capitalism
and genocide against the Native American Indian population(See Mike Ely, Original
Occupation: Native Blood & the Myth of Thanksgiving, Kasama Project).
There is also those who hate making a holiday
out of killing and eating a specific animal (See Hannah Sentenac , A Vegan Gives
Ten Reasons to Skip the Turkey This Thanksgiving, New Times).
However, many of us will go to a holiday feast
with the intention of celebrating time with our families and/or friends. We are
thankful in life for some things. Most of us have either accomplished something
of success in our lives or we may like our relatives—spouses—or our friends and
lovers. Last year I spent Thanksgiving in the hospital, followed by most of
December. I had a severe pain in my back caused by an infection. I will be
thankful that I won’t be in the hospital this year. Since I’m an Epicurean and don’t believe in praying to god, I
will simply be thankful.
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I also won’t dump a guilt trip on my relatives
for the sins of their ancestors or the fact that they are eating a murdered
animal.
As usual I will boycott Black Friday, which
for me is now a tradition (See Black
Friday—Black Friday—Black Friday!!!, Otto’s War Room (毛派).
I have no need to buy loads of crap that
neither I nor my friends and relatives actually need. Black Friday is a truly
evil fake holiday created by greedy capitalists. This is the reason some people
hate this season.
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