The Sex Pistols. That great rock and roll band in the 1970’s
Here are some lyrics from one of their best songs
“Anarchy In The U.K.”
Right! Now ha ha ha…
I am an antichrist
I am an anarchist
Don’t know what I want
But I know how to get it
I wanna destroy the passerby
‘Cause I wanna be Anarchy’
Imagine what would happen now days if the Sex Pistols were making their music, and they wrote a song about Allah. It would make some cartoons look like daffodils.
It can’t be much clearer than the Sex Pistols said it. In a christian dominated society like the UK, to have a high profile band say it as straight as that.
They didn’t say:
She was an antichrist
He was an antichrist
I was an antichrist
I will be an antichrist
They said
I AM AN ANTICHRIST!!!
That is a slap in the face and punch in the stomach at the same time.
Perhaps one can judge the strength of a society on its ability to handle rebellion. It seems safe to say that whenever you try and crush rebellion you are always living on borrowed time. Even if you can make a group of people a group of slaves for you, then you constantly live in a state of fear of a slave rebellion. And who wants to live like that – always looking over your shoulder for the knife in the back.
Hence we get to graffiti. A rebellious act in a society. Don’t try and crush it, instead manage it. Give them some freedom and your problems will be much, much less.
The same is for individual psychology. One must never try and crush/disable/defeat the Rebellious Child ego state. Even when that same ego state is destroying the individual. You manage it and learn to live with it. Even if it brings one to an early death.
The christian dominated UK society managed the Sex Pistols spitting in their face – “I AM AN ANTICHRIST”. Our own Prime Minister in Australia has openly supported no legislation against the burning of the Australian flag, even in these very nationalistic times. In my view a very wise move. Don’t try and crush the Rebellious Child ego state learn how to live with it and manage it. Even if it sometimes spits in your face.