Kolya Witko, WTF?

What’s with the Hutterites and Incest jokes? I don’t really get it. Where does all this crap come from? I know, i know, people are just trying to be funny and get noticed, i get that part, but what the frig is with this guy. I’m talking about this blog: http://kolyawitko.blogspot.com/2010/06/you-hutterite-ill-hutter-left.html?spref=gb .

Here’s a reply that i left him in the ‘comments’ of his blog:

As mentioned, I get the joke. However offensive that it is. I understand that many of ‘my people’ do not get the joke. In fact, the part about buying semen, genetic defects, and incest; or rather sickening to some. To all those yes you owe an apology.

However, as this is a free country (or do you live in Canada? ) you do have a certain freedom of speech, where yes, you can write/say whatever the ‘hell’ you want.

Why does my being a passive-aggressive person bother you? Is that a problem at all. I consider it a good trait. It comes with being a Pacifist that lives in a country that’s so obsessed with war and violence that you cannot read a blog without awful cliches about war and atomic violence.

“If what I posted the other day bothers you that much, compose a proper response and I’ll post it. Don’t lurk scolding in the comments.”
A proper response? Don’t lurk scolding in the comments? What you don’t consider your comments as an valid part of your blog? I’ve always that the comments are the most interesting parts to a blog. Hmmm…

A proper response, here goes.

Dear Mr. Witko.
I am a Hutterite, and I just felt compelled to write a response to your Slanderous Article. First off, kindly look back at the first line of the fourth paragraph. “I don’t really know much about Hutterites or their ways.” After a statement like that (and i’m glad you had the honesty to admit that) what exactly gives your the right to write about them. You admit that you don’t know anything about a certain group and then you write a lengthy article about them. That would be ok, if you had left out the LIES.

Lies, or what we call them in the Law offices (yes some Hutterites are lawyers) are synonomous with Defamation, Libel and Slander. Generally speaking, defamation is the issuance of a false statement about another person, which causes that person to suffer harm. Slander involves the making of defamatory statements by a transitory (non-fixed) representation, usually an oral (spoken) representation. Libel involves the making of defamatory statements in a printed or fixed medium, such as a magazine or newspaper. (http://www.expertlaw.com/library/personal_injury/defamation.html)
I would say this post is a perfect example.

With your lies, you have managed to insult every Hutterite, you have made a fool out of our Forefather who suffered things like being drowned, burned at the stake, hung on the rack, slain, gotten their fingernails and skin tore off, etc… so that they may live out their faith. This is really not a joking matter. It’s kind of sick.

Sincerely,
Zack the Hutterite.

How’s that for a proper response? Did you like that better, Loser?>

Have a pleasant day.

Acts of Sunday…

9am. Sunday. Late February.

“Lehr, Lehr” The voice of the senior minister announces over the colony P.A. system. I’m already wearing my hat and jacket, and was waiting for the call. I meander up to the colony church in a manner that is fitting for such a beautiful bright Sunday Morning (Takin her easy, enjoying the sunshine). Birds are chirping at the top of their little bird lungs. It always seems especially loud on Sunday.. probably because all else on the colony is perfectly silent. As i make my way to the church i’m thinking it should be an interesting service today. Theres a Senior minister from another colony here, and he is quite an acclaimed preacher.

I seat myself among the other boys on my bench. Good Mornings are exchanged. I offer both of them on either side of my a pinch of some ‘stay awake’ snuff. Wintergreen flavor (for church only).

The church quickly fills itself as men in their black ‘yankers’ and women in bright sunday dresses and ‘vaniks’ shuffle in. When everybody is seated the first minister begins the service with a song “Hoert Christen, diesen Lehr trifft euch” (Hearken Christians, this church hits you) :D. He says the tune in which it is to be sung and immediately the powerful shrill voices of the ladies fill the chapel like singing eagles. The men on the opposite side follow suit. The minister announces the next line of the hymn and in succession voices are raised again. Seems that everybody is singing this morning. There are no slouchers. Must be the sunshine…

After several verses of the song, the visiting Senior Minister stands to the pulpit, a wooden desk. Complete silence ensues for a moment as he pauses before beginning. Everybody is eagerly awaiting.

“Liebn Bruder und Schwestern” he begins, addressing the congregation. In a perfectly clear voice, he continues in high german “We are gathered here today for one singular objective, and that is to serve the Allmighty God. We will study from the Holy Word in order to better serve our Lord. As we have often read in John 1, In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning… So my brethren, let us continue in studying the Word, and in doing so, Studying God.”

And so he continues with his beautiful ‘vorred’ or preface. “Brothers and Sisters, before we cointinue in our teaching let us kneel to do our duty in worshipping God” The congregation kneels and ministers leads in prayer. “O Lord Almighty, all-merciful, and eternal…” He prays a prays a prayer of praise, thankfulness, and pleading for continued protection and service. He prays for the sick, widowed, and the orphans. He prays for the poor and weak in spirit, that they would be strengthened. He prays for the lost sinners that they come to know God’s mercy. He prays that the congregation is protected from the devil, who lurks around the house of the righteous as a wolf in sheep’s clothing. Amen.

The congregation is seated. The minister stands and introduces the text. Everbody stands while it is read. The text is from Matthew 6. It speaks of giving alms to the needy, but to do it in secret. When everyone is seated He begins the sermon, explaining the text line by line.

“Be Careful not do your acts of righteousness before men”. He explains: “When you do ‘almosen’ you must do them in secret. In this context almosen is not only monetary donations to the poor, but  it is service. The Lord asks us to serve the poor, to feed the hungry, to clothe naked, and visit the sick. What better way to serve our fellow man than in the fellowhip of community.” I chuckle at how he worked in his ‘plug’ to community life. “We are to serve each other in community and Godly fellowhip just as Jesus has gone before us and shown us. Yes it was Jesus who began communal living. Many mistakenly believe Jakob Hutter was responsible. But no my brethren, it was at the first Pentecost when the Holy Spirit came upon the apostels when community began. Hutter was only responsible for reviving it.” with much emotion he continues “Hutter believed so strongly in living in true community that he laid down his life to be burned at the stake rather than to leave the true communal fellowship. Brethren would we do the same today?, Would I do the same?” The audience is visibly moved as looks of distress cross their face. I notice that this minister certainly does know how to use the art of captivation. He has made the audience somewhat vulnerable and has made them question themselves.

He is seated and the second minister continues reading from the text and explaining it in much the same manner. “So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full. But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.”

After a blessing is given and a few more verses of the hymn are sung, the service is brought to a close.

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The service is followed by Sunday Lunch. This is a meal we look forward to all week, a favorite of noodle soup and duck is served. After the big meal mittogshun ensues. And then of course… USA vs. CANADA hockey 🙂

Why bother with dessert?

As I continue in this long dreary life, on this frigid yet so joyous a december month…     Hmmm… Thought that was an interesting way to start a great writing. Don’t you agree? well maybe not so much on the great writing part, but read the first line again, well I’m sure you already have since when puzzled by something the first way to approach it is to analyze the angles. For one, it’s not even a complete sentence, just a fragment. And for the other, it contradicts itself. What was that rule in grammar? Use harmonic adjectives! You don’t use bleak and joyous in the same idea…! Or do you? I do.

lol… i thoroughly crack myself up. I apologize if you don’t find myself amusing, i can see where one would be confused. 🙂

Getting back to the writing… Actually it’s more of a venting. check that, it is a vent. As I continued in this long dreary life, on this frigid yet so joyous a december month, on the 29th day it was… i came before a portal by which I access the backbone of a structural and specifically designed communication system, and to my disbelief, disappointment, and horror (well horror is too much) i realized that it was gone. Hopes, dreams, aspirations crushed; demolished beyond repair.

“What is this guy talking about?!” you think as you sit by your computer this morning with your feet hanging kind of at a long angle to the chair. They’re not very straight anymore as they should be, you see you have made yourself a habit of trying to use good posture as to not get spinal tunnel disease. When at first you sat down by your pc with your steamed espresso, you sat straight in, your back at a 90 degree angle, to your upper leg, which was at a the same angle to your lower legs, which in turn were at the same angle to your feet, which were flat on the floor. Excellent posture. You opened your home page on you browser and read the headlines on Yahoo. Nothing really appealed much to you, not even the Tiger Woods story of the day, which you were certain held zero new information from the countless other articles you had read about Mr. Woods. So you opened your emails, nothing… blah.. a few FW’s a couple sentimental ones about the child in Edmonton with cancer and for every person you forward this email to you’ll donate three cents to help her. You know this is crap, because you know there is no way that emails can be tracked from origin. you nod your head. Why does my sister even send me this crap. .  . You delete the junk-mail from Wal-Mart and the Phillips and the bloodbank, finally theirs something that catches your eye. It’s an email from the good folks at WordPress. Their notifying you have a new blog, from the ‘zack’ fellow. Oh, I remember him, he’s the weirdo, with the blog. Oh, I might check that out. You clicked on the link. You see by now, after Tiger Woods, Cancer girl, Wal-Mart, and zack’s blog, your excellent posture has very much been agitated, and has proceeded to a slouch.

“What is this Guy talking about” You ask again, now that you have clearly been sidetracked, he’s a rambling fool! what does posture have to do with dessert? where doest the frigidity of december come in?! Maybe i should have read that notice from the blood bank, cause this is bla!

I apologize. But I guess, I’m trying to stall. Stalling the inevitable. As you have seen the futility of trying to express myself with words, i will try another approach. A photo. So what is it you ask? THis: ” backbone of a structural and specifically designed communication system, and to my disbelief, disappointment, and horror (well horror is too much) i realized that it was gone. Hopes, dreams, aspirations crushed; demolished beyond repair.” What could it possibly be??!! a photo:

 

This domain is blocked.

Site blocked. facebook.com is not allowed on this network.

This site was categorized in: Social networking

     There! now you know! They went and banned it. But why? why? to be mean, cruel, efficient? Sure they reason we have internet is to help run the business more efficiently, sure social networking is not essential in a business and is only somewhat of a ‘pleasure’ item. Sure facebook is not a necessity. But neither is dessert!!! If we’re so concerned about avoiding the unnecessary why do we even partake in dessert. Why not eat only the bland and the tasteless which gives us nutrition? Why bother with dessert?!