Sean Penn has revealed that he is having difficulty quitting smoking while dealing with the stress of living under the Bush administration.Now don't scoff - it actually makes sense. You wouldn't ask a soldier to quit smoking while he was on a combat tour, would you? Then how could you ask Sean Penn to quit smoking now while he's constantly surrounded by peace-hating Americans? Why Bush's goons are probably hot on his trail as I write this.
Sure, he could play it safe, escape from this imperialist prison we call America, and go live with one of his third world dictator buddies (well not Saddam anymore). But no, he continues to tough it out, fighting the stress, dodging the slobbering Americans, and invoking his moral superiority over us at every possible moment, even at the personal expense of not being able to quit smoking. Indeed, he is putting his life on the line for his principles.
I think I am going to tear up. I mean we haven't seen this sort of bravery and self sacrifice in the face of oppression since Dietrich Bohnhoeffer, or maybe Ann Frank. We can only hope that Penn, faced with this horrible stress, and having only the consolations of his large fortune, freedom of speech, and safety and security, can survive long enough to teach us all what a horrible country we live in.