i heart merlin

this can be considered as my personal standing ovation (though i am neither standing nor clapping) to merlin luck. this big brother evictee turned political activist, is the current holder of the prestigious yet transient title of 'my personal hero'.

for those of you living in a bubble (or perhaps in japan) young merlin used his eviction night as a platform for staging his own protest against the abominable mandatory detention policies of the federal government. merlin retrieved a banner hidden in his tshirt stating 'FREE TH REFUGEES' (apparently the 'e' fell off), taped his mouth shut, and refused to speak for the remainder of the show. this resulted in loud jeering from the audience of imbeciles that sat before him, and also in schoolteacher-like condemnation from the show's inane host gretel killeen who labelled his silent protest as an "aggressive act".

the public can argue all they want over semantics (i.e. merlin's use of the term 'refugee') and whether or not a non-citizen has the right to political commentary. but while they are doing that, i am building a shrine to merlin (over that of my last hero), who has inspired me to drop the complacent act and get active once again. and who valiantly tried to give the makers and viewers of big stupid brother a reality check about what's really important in this world.