Obscenity In My Time

I open a favourite video of mine,
Just about an hour ago
(As of posting this),
And this ad comes up on Youtube...
About this product called
Poo-Piroueee, or something like that,
Which basically is a for-real
Scientifically-designed product
That covers the smell of your shit
After you drop it in the toilet.
So you can pretend you didn't drop one.

I watch this ad in stunned silence,
Waiting for a notice that this is a parody.

But none comes.

It is for real...
Courtesy of Youtube.

Then, well let me presage this...

There's an interesting video out there
About Joint Task Force Two,
Which is Canada's commando unit.
I've watched it very carefully,
And it's brilliant:
It touches the heartstones
Of various Canadian interests,
Very subtely.

What are our interests?
Our JTF2 unit is portrayed
As one that has been to A-Stan,
But also trains in all the remote
Areas that Canadians go to,
And even the cities too.
So we are agile,
And nimble.

Because, really, when you think about it,
Canada lives in a pretty safe neighbourhood.
Nobody fucks with The USA's favourite neighbour,
So we're going to cover these openings,
And deploy afar when needed.
(No... I do believe in that video.)

So this is what I'm thinking...
This the canvas upon which
The following will be painted...

Now to what follows the Poo-Pourreeee ad...

The Aussie Special Forces video...

The focus?
Not the agility of covering the broad northern flank
Of North America...
No.
It's:
We don't fuck around.
We live in this neighbourhood,
And we will fuck you up.
We are strong.
We have beards.
We drop out of the sky
In helicopters.
We have magical nightvision.
We have paid with the blood of our comrades.
And we accept this price.
We will fuck you up
If you mess with us.
Strength.
Honour.
Courage.
Loyalty to the Crown.
A friendship with America forged in battle.
Yes.
These bedrock things,
And this song,
Radioactive, radioactive...
Pounding.

Those guys are close to the shit,
And have paid the price.



This the video that I am watching
Just after that ad.
That's the contrast.

To me, that thought,
That your goal in life is to
Turn yourself into a piece of plastic,
Your vanity,
To cover the smell of your own shit,
Shows instead that your soul is made of shit.

--- 28 Sept 2013

I've posted these videos here....