So I just read some journal entries about people who believe they have gone through bad times. I got a few choice words for you. Be glad that you don't have the things over your head that I have. I repent for the things I did everyday as I see them cross my eyes over and over every day of my life.

I can't even begin to word and write about the *BLEEP* I did openly illegaly and hurtfully. I don't claim to be a good person, I'm probably one of the worst people that could possibly be under the age of 20. But I am still here and I am trying to make my life better. I have a girlfriend who is homeless and has been since she was the age of 13. Did she do things that other girls look down upon. YES! did she do things that most people look down upon.. HELL YES! did she do things that I didn't do.. *BLEEP* NO! when you are on the street, you do what you need to do to survive til the next day. *BLEEP* you people who are so *BLEEP*ing high and uppitty that say, " Oh she culd have gone to the gov for $$$ and help.." trust me.. we have and they haven't helped her at all this whole year and 4 monthes that I have known her.

All I am trying to say is that we have all gone though bad times. Some worse than others and some take things differently because of the person they are. I'm not saying that is bad, but realize that the world isn't that bad. America isn't that bad. Stop bashing America and life itself. yeah we got issues wrong, but *BLEEP* every country does. We are the only country where you can go to school and work adn earn your own.

Bullshit to the UK, to Europe, to Canada.. damn your socialisitic economic systems where you got homeless people who possibly could make the same as someone who works their asses off. HERE IN THE U.S. YOU GET PAID FOR HOW HARD AND HOW SMARTLY YOU WORK!!
[EDIT! sorry for anyone who is insulted by this. I do not mean to speak badly of any other country and try to say that the US is the best. We are far from. I know that, we all know that. But I am tired of United States people trouncing this country and touting others as wonderful when they have never lived there nor even tried to live there. I am tired of having to defend the U.S.A. which has given me more opportunities than when I was in France, Germany, and Canada and really did make a valiant effort to create a job for myself. I have been to Europe. It is one of the best. This whole world isn't bad and I didn't mean to make it sound so. I believe though that people need to realize that most of Europe is socialistic meaning that if you are "homeless" then you'll not have to deal with some of the bull *BLEEP* here yes.. but at the same time you can't earn as much as the United States allows. Neither is good nor bad, I just wish people would recognize the different between Capitolism and Free Market (the whole world works on free market ie you give a service you get paid, but in Socialistic economies you have to pay higher tax and have really no representation of it the way the USA is claimed to not show but actually does. My apologies to my world friends including the European ones because I know they live in a great continent and I dearly didn't mean to write badly about it but I had to due to the anger that this post was created upon. Thank you]

So guess what people? wake up and realize that we all go through bad times and I am gladly open to talk about them but don't *BLEEP* like it is the end of the world. I have been to the end. I have been incarcerated and been in solitary confinement in a little 3foot by 3 foot box with no lights and only one peice of bread and 3 cups of water all of that time. That is the *BLEEP*ing the end of the world. When I came out, I was harder, I was smarter, I was better than ever. I smiled and laughed on my way back to my cell. Now I'm almost 20 and I am working to get my gf and me off our "bad" lives and into our own home ^^ It'll be so great

I am taking almost 20 units in college (over full time student), I am going to have 2 jobs, I am going to be tutoring and then being a night bouncer. When am I going to sleep? probably never but that is ok. It is worth it. Legit life is feels so good now.. god sometimes I feel the air and feel so great because I remember when I missed it and why I made the stupid choices I did and why people did things to me that hurt me to the point that I had no choice but to actually kill myself. twice now. I have been legally dead twice, but hell I came back.

So point of this journal entry... look across the way from where you are. See the word LIFE.. and you know what you do.. you flick it off and say *BLEEP* YOU, YOU CAN'T MAKE ME QUIT.. EVER!!

++ on a side note, this has garnered more than 30 responses so far in my livejournal. So yeah ^^ please understand I am not trying to trounce on any other country nor spill that the USA is perfect, the basic idea is this is how can someone say something is bad if they have never tried it?

Well that was interesting to read. You are right on a lot of points. There are many other people that have had worse experiences than us. Even you, I'm pretty sure someone has experienced something far far worse than you have, but to you, that was completely horrible, and you can see nothing else that could be worse.

..No matter what happens, what we need to do with our experiences is learn from them, no matter how bad it is, if it's just don't step on a needle, or don't try pick up that cat that is foaming at the mouth, we all need to learn. We all need to come out of things better, as you said you have. As I have out of the minor things, compared to yours, that I've came out of smarter. If someone doesn't come out of it with something good, then it was a waste of time and could ultimately repeat itself.

You already posted this. Here: http://www.trap17.com/forums/trap17-file-no-6650.html

Thing is guy what are you on.........Your confusing uk, europe and canada with cuba. I think if you feel so strongly about this then maybe you should pick up a book and read.

No not really. The UK, most of Europe, and Canada are all considered Socialistic Ecnomic systems. I think you need to pick up a book and read up man.

Well, a socialist economic system would mean there wouldn't be any large enterprises in private ownership, enterprises and real estate is owned by the public or at least the people who live/work there. But that's not the case in any European countries, nor in Canada.

I will go as far as to say that I can't think of any socialist enonomy on a national level existing in the world today. And I'm not sure I could come up with any nation having a socialist economy ever (not counting small tribes sharing everything and so on).

Just because a social democatic party is in government in a country does not mean it's a socialist state.


Anyway, since the other thread you posted the rant in seems to have died I'll restate my post from there here: You say that you have a girlfriend who is homeless and has been since she was the age of 13. Then you go on to say that the USA is much better than the UK and Europe and Canada (ps. the UK is a part or Europe) because in the US you get paid for how hard and smart you work.

So what you're saying is that she has no one but herself to blame, because she is to lazy, or too stupid, to get a job and support herself?

Yeah, I agree, you have to admire a country that is so good a thirteen year old child can become homeless and not get any help.

1) You are a freakin moron who doesn't seem to get the point and calling my gf stupid when you are probably some sissy ass mofo who lives with his parents and gets everything he freakin wants and just wants to feel better by bashing people you don't know. How f*cking dumb are you?

2) Socialistic system - read a *BLEEP*ing newspaper, get a freakin clue, read what the world thinks about Europe. As far as they are concerned, the UK is socialistic. I never said it was good or bad, but I did say I didn't like the system the UK has.
Read about the UK before you even think of posting a thought or lack of one.

I'm not the one calling your homless girlfriend stupid or lazy. I was merely reading your post, if I got something wrong please let me know:

You say that you have a girlfriend who has been homeless since she was 13.
You say that the government won't help.
Then you say

Which seems to imply that:
In the US you can make something out of yourself and earn your own, something which you can't do in other countries where you need someone else (parents perhaps) who provide something for you.
Non-US countries have homeless people with loads of money.
In the US you get money depending on how hard/smart you work.

Given those points I thought that your position would be that someone who isn't doing well (economically) in the US has no one but themselves to blame.