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02 July 2026
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someone asked
Sinners - Evil Cannot happen without your consent...true or false
the following is my reply
Well... as a writer...
when I look at Coogler + Peele, the two most commercially successful black writer-directors in the last twenty years [commercial success defined as profit earned from films, not creative assessment] both make one and done films, no sequels. Both don't go into deep public analysis of their films, let audiences make assessment videos. Both tell stories dealing with the black experience having global implications but from a personal space. They remind me of August wilson's plays where the outer world is present, potent but the plays setting is a small black space.
Get Out- Black man taking white woman to see her clan.
US-Black family on a vacation to country house
Nope- Black siblings on a ranch
Sinners- Black blues joint in the south
Booth Peele + Coogler's movies have aspects of spirituality[ The sunken place, the doppelganger, the horse whisperer, Hoodoo] . Religion by name is a spirituality tied to a book. Spirituality is anything involving the spirit of a person , regardless of whether that involvement is technological [ psychological tools, cloning], a skill[communicating to nonhumans, horses or aliens] , a specific tradition passed down[ hoodoo]
When I think of
Within our gates from oscar micheaux [ written and directed]
blood of jesus from spencer williams [ written and directed]
Ceddo + Emitai from Ousmane Sembene [ written and directed]
Daughters of the Dust from julie dash [ written and directed]
The reality is most Black writer-directors tend to make historical fictions or historical dramas [Malcolm/Boyz in the hood/Black girl/Superfly/dead presidents/down in the delta(I can't believe maya angelou didn't edit or manipulate it) or similar]. But the works of Peele + Coogler follow the least traveled road of said list of artist using worlds with fantasy elements.[ may it be science fiction or spiritual heritage] And that harkens back to the classic Black descended of enslaved storytelling or heritages from before the war between the states, championed by Zora Neale Hurston.
Now to answer the question you asked "Evil Cannot happen without your consent" in the context of the film sinners.
Well, one thing , we don't know how the white vampires were made? The film doesn't go into in great detail nor does it need to. All we know is the lead white vampire is old, their are rules. But as the black twins prove, the goodness of ones actions is not bounded to humanity. Vampires can be good as his twin proves at the end, if you define goodness by non verbal actions and not race[whether race is defined as a categorization or ranking or order based on religion/language/gender/blood lineage/phenotype or appearance/age/philosophical adherence/ or other determinant]. To restate Vampires are not inherently evil in the film, thus their entry into a place can not be deemed welcoming evil, if you take the whole story into account. In parallel, in the film humans are not inherently good. And the KKK are not coming with the consent of the juke joint.
So from my point of view, in the film itself, your question is not answered.
And what is the contrapositive to your question. Good can happen with your consent? Well define good. Are humans good while vampires evil? is goodness defined by non verbal action. but can't one action be deemed good or evil based on its specifics.
OR about the opposite. Good cannot happen without your consent? again define good
and in my view Coogler isn't offering viewpoints but not being ironclad in opinions. Steinfeld some say is yella, some say is white, by one drop is black, but their is a long heritage of blacks in the usa who are visibly white ala Charles W. Chesnutt.
Away from writing....
Your posiiton as a black christian, i find thought provoking. I am not christian, but my views on black christianity are various. If I have one wish for black christians, it is for black christians to accept the many branches of black christianity, which I don't think black christians tend to do. But to your question, Evil Cannot happen without your consent, I think based on your definitions, the answer is yes.
For me, away from writing, the first question for me is always elements in the question. What is good? what is evil? what is consent?
I comprehend positivity or negativity. I know what can be mostly positive or mostly negative, but nothing in my mind is all negative or all positive. and for me what people refer to as good is a supposed all positive, or evil is a supposed all negative. And I prefer to use the word grant over consent. What is granted is complicated. Sometimes one is granting things absent their knowledge or awareness, the raising of children proves this.
Philosophically or spiritually, I can only answer your question, Evil Cannot happen without your consent, once it is restructured with more definition to what is evil or what is consent.
If you ask me, Vampires cannot interact to non vampires absent non vampirical grant? I will say no because Vampires I define as any creature that absorbs leechlike from another. Do the gnomes who suck souls require grants? Do the succubi require grants? I don't think so to either. Some types of Vampires do but not all.
If you ask me, those with negative intent cannot happen absent anothers grant? I will say not usually. Negative intent can be from many and rarely requires the targets permission.
If you ask me, can human blood craving Vampires enter the home of others absent a grant? I say both. historically from ancient times, some of said vampires have been blockaded from entering the homes of others , not all but some, arguably many.
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02 July 2026
This event began 07/02/2025 and repeats every year forever
A Contest With Prizes - Best Fake Scam
My Entry
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02 July 2026
This event began 07/02/2025 and repeats every year forever
First I am not a fan of P Diddy, before during or after his trial. And I thought he was going to jail. I know one thing. I can't attack a woman on camera and not get assault. It is that simple for me. When you have money you can get lawyers and the delicacies of the law go into play.
I only truly know one song of his.
All ABout THe Bejamins. And although I like it , it is never in my top music songs.
But, I have to admit, with the way media went on and on about him [living nin NYC diddy is constanlty in media, constantly ] I figured he would have a song ready if he got acquitted.
Since he got acquitted. What about All ABout The Prosecutes
In the video he is wearing a black and white prison getup.
All ABout The Prosecutes
Here is the intro:) I challenge anyone to continue the lyrics, and if you are opposed to Diddy and want the lyrics to go that way, be my guest. I am not a fan of diddy. I am no rapper: )
Now, what y'all gonna do
Wanna be judgers, shot callers, tweeters,
who be adding lies like spoilers
All About The Benjamins
REMIX LYRICS
[Produced by D-Dot (The Mad Rapper)] [Intro: Diddy & Missy Elliott] Uh, uh-huh, yeah Uh, uh-huh, yeah (It's all about the Benjamins, baby) Uh, uh-huh, yeah (It's all about the Benjamins, baby) Goodfellas (Uh) [Verse 1: Diddy] Now, what y'all wanna do? Wanna be ballers, shot callers, brawlers? Who be dippin' in the Benz with the spoilers? On the low from the jake in the Taurus Tryin' to get my hands on some Grants like Horace Yeah, livin' the raw deal Three course meals, spaghetti, fettuccine, and veal But still, everything's real in the field (Uh, yeah) And what you can't have now, leave in your will But don't knock me for tryin' to bury Seven zeros over in Rio de Janeiry Ain't nobody's hero, but I want to be heard On your HOT97 every day, that's my word Swimmin' in women with they own condominiums (Uh-huh, yeah) Five plus fives who drive Millenniums It's all about the Benjamins, what? I get a fifty pound bag of Euk for the mutts Five carats on my hands with the cuts In somethin' European chromed out with the clutch, what [Verse 2: Jadakiss & Diddy] I wanna hold figures, fuck bein' a broke nigga Drinkin' malt liquor, drivin' a broke Vigor I'm with Mo' sippers, watched by gold diggers (Uh) Rocking Girbaud denims with gold zippers (Come on) Lost your touch, we kept ours Poppin' Cristals, freakin' the three-quarter reptiles (Hahaha) Enormous cream, forest green Benz jeep For my team, so while you sleep, I'ma scheme (That's right) You see through, that's why nobody never gon' believe you You should do what we do, stack chips like Hebrews Don't let the melody intrigue you (Uh-uh), 'cause I leave you I'm only here for that green paper with the eagle [Verse 3: Sheek Louch & Diddy] I'm strictly trying to cop those colossal-sized Picassos And have papi flip coke outside Delgado's (Woo) Tienda, with cash flowing like Sosa And a Latin chick transporting in the chocha Stampeding over, pop Mos, never sober Flexin' Range Rovers, dealing weight by Minnesota (Uh) Avoiding NARCs with camcorders and Chevy Novas (Uh-huh) Stash in the building with this chick named Wilona (Uh-huh) From Daytona, when I was young I wanted to bone her (Uh-huh) But now I only hit chicks who win beauty pageants (Hahaha) Tricking and taking me skin at the Aspens, uh (Come on) Gangsta mental, stay poppin' Cristal Pack a black pistol in the Ac' coupe that's dark brown (Woo) Pinky-ringin', gondolas with the man singin' Italian music down the river with your chick clingin' To my bizzalls, player, you mad false Acting hard when you as pussy as RuPaul's [Chorus: Diddy & Missy Elliot] Come on, Come on, uh-huh (It's all about the Benjamins, baby) Uh-huh, yeah (It's all about the Benjamins, baby) Uh-huh, yeah (It's all about the Benjamins, baby) Uh-huh, yeah (It's all about the Benjamins, baby) Uh-huh, yeah (It's all about the Benjamins, baby) [Post-Chorus: Diddy, Lil' Kim & Missy Elliott] Now, what y'all wanna do? (It's all about the Benjamins, baby) Wanna be ballers, shot-callers, brawlers (It's all about the Benjamins, baby) Who be dippin' in the Benz with the spoilers (It's all about the Benjamins, baby) On the low from the jake in the Taurus (Uh, uh, what the bloodclaat?) [Verse 4: Lil' Kim, Diddy & The Notorious B.I.G.] Wanna bumble with the bee, huh? Bzz, throw a hex on the whole family (Yeah, yeah, yeah) Dressed in all black like The Omen (Say what?) Have your friends singin', "This is for my homie" (That's right) And you know me from making niggas so sick Floss in my six with the Lex' on the wrist If it's murder, you know she wrote it (Uh-huh) German Ruger for yo' ass, bitch, deep throat it (Come on) Know you wanna feel the womb 'cause it's platinum-coated Take your pick, got a firearm you should have toted, suck a dick All that bullshit you kick, player hatin' from the sidelines Get your own shit, why you ridin' mine? (Uh-huh) I'm a Goodfella kinda lady Stash .380s in Mercedes, Puffy, hold me down, baby Only female in my crew and I kick shit like a nigga do Pull the trigger too, fuck you (Uh, uh, uh) [Verse 5: The Notorious B.I.G. & Diddy] I been had skills, Cristal spills Hide bills in Brazil, about a mill', the ice grill (That's right) Make it hard to figure me, liquor be kickin' me In my asshole (Uh), undercover, Donnie Brasco Left my east coast girl the Bentley to twirl (Uh-huh) My west coast shorty push the chrome 740 Rockin' Redman and Naughty, oh, where my kitty cat? Half a brick of yay in the bra where her titties at And I'm livin' that, whole life we push weight (Uh-huh) Fuck the state pen, fuck hoes in Penn State (C'mon) Listen close, it's Francis, the praying mantis Attack with the MAC my left hand spit Right hand grip on the whip for the smooth getaway Playa haters, get away or my lead will spray (Get away) Squeeze off 'til I'm empty, don't tempt me Only to hell I send thee, all about the Benjis, what? [Outro: Diddy & Missy Elliott] It's all about the Benjamins, baby Uh-huh, yeah (It's all about the Benjamins, baby) Uh-huh, yeah (It's all about the Benjamins, baby) Uh-huh, yeah (It's all about the Benjamins, baby) Uh-huh, yeah (It's all about the Benjamins, baby) Uh-huh, yeah (It's all about the Benjamins, baby) Uh-huh, yeah (It's all about the Benjamins, baby) Yeah (It's all about the Benjamins, baby) Yeah, yeah, yeah
ORIGINAL LYRICS
[Intro: Puff Daddy] Uh Uh-huh, yeah Uh Uh-huh, yeah Uh Uh-huh, yeah Goodfellas, uh [Verse 1: Puff Daddy] Now What y'all wanna do? Wanna be ballers? Shot-callers? Brawlers Who be dippin in the Benz wit the spoilers On the low from the Jake in the Taurus Tryin' to get my hands on some Grants like Horace Yeah livin' the raw deal, three-course meals Spaghetti, fettucini, and veal But still, everything's real in the field And what you can't have now, leave in your will But don't knock me for tryin to bury Seven zeros, over in Rio de Janeir-y Ain't nobody's hero, but I wanna be heard On your Hot 9-7 every day, that's my word Swimmin' in women wit they own condominiums Five plus fives, who drive millenniums It's all about the Benjamins, what? I get a fifty-pound bag of ooh for the mutts Five carats on my hands wit the cuts In something European chromed out with a clutch, what [Verse 2: Jadakiss] I wanna hold figures, fuck being a broke nigga Drinkin malt liquor, drivin a Bro' Vega I'm wit Mo' sippers, watched by gold diggers (uhh) Rockin Bejor denims, wit gold zippers (c'mon) Lost your touch we kept ours, poppin Cristals Freakin the three-quarter reptiles (ahahah) Enormous cream, forest green, Benz jeep For my team so while you sleep I'mma scheme (that's right) We see through, that's why nobody never gon' believe you You should do what we do, stack chips like Hebrews Don't let the melody intrigue you (uh-uh) 'Cause I leave you, I'm only here For that green paper with the eagle [Verse 3: Sheek Louch] I'm strictly tryin to cop those, colossal-sized Picassos And have papi flip coke outside Delgado's (whoo!) Mienda, with cash flowing like Sosa And a Latin chick transporting in her chocha Stampedin over, pop Mo's, never sober Lex and Range Rovers dealin weight by Minnesota (uhh) Avoidin NARC's wit camcorders and Chevy Novas (uh-huh) Stash in the buildin wit this chick named Alona (uh-huh) From Daytona, when I was young I wants to bone her (uh-huh) But now I only hit chicks that win beauty pageants (ahahaha) Trickin, they takin me skiing, at the Aspens (c'mon) Uhh, gangsta mental, stay poppin Cristal Pack a black pist-al in the Ac' Coupe that's dark brown (whoo!) Pinky-ringin, gondolas wit the man singin Italian music down the river wit your chick clingin To my bizzalls, player you mad false Actin hard when you as pussy as RuPaul [Outro: Puff Daddy] C'mon Come on, come on, uh-huh Uh-huh, yeah Uh-huh, yeah Uh-huh, yeah Uh-huh, yeah Ah-heh Goodfellas 9-7 Told 'em so That's right
COMMENTARY FROM ME ON THE SUBJECT
Ann-Michelle Thurmond good point, if those women had been white , it would have been treated stronger, this is the sad tragedy of me too. as you and brian know, started by a black women cause she was tired of black women getting treatment less potent/stringent/purposed in media or the law than white women. In the case of diddy it is happening again.
Brian J Howard I think Ann's point is that if these women had been white the legal system , media would had approached diddy stronger in all earnest, and I concur. When I think of that video, I can't imagine a black man hitting a white woman like diddy hit the woman in the video and the legal system not going really hard on him
Ann-Michelle Thurmond I wonder your ideas about the lawyers for the government, did they overreach? Racketeering + sex trafficking are pretty strong allegations, if they would had focused on assault, wouldn't this case be over long ago.
Ann-Michelle Thurmond right, but i argue overreach is a serious injustice to the woman. a video exist of this man beating her. that is assault. jail time case closed. at least in my simple eyes. but, the lawyers aren't thinking about simple straight forward justice, the lawyers want to put their great grand kids through college, and have an inheritance for them. For that you make huge allegations knowing fully well they will not stick but both sets of lawyers will get paid by diddy . It is the same with weinstein. cosby, depp, et cetera. I think women should speak against the lawyers for the various women. These men have abused women but I doubt they are the heads of a branch of camorra. Wouldn't women wants these men in jail for what they did to women than not in jail but on hard times financially from all the legal fees and excommunicado in their industries? Maybe women want it all, jail + the debt+the excommunicado, but I argue jail teaches the best lesson over debt + excommunicado. What say you ann?
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