Wednesday, December 16, 2009
It's good to Know Someone
You don't even have to be a cop to be above the law anymore. You just have to be related to them.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Jesus Christ (for reals)
Ok, personally, I'm not a fan of Christianity. If that pisses you off, tough, that isn't the problem here (and actually, I'm defending Godboys on this one). I haven't spent a whole lot of time thinking about this article yet, but here's a start:
- Christmas is, technically and officially, about Jesus (if not specifically about his death). That being said, I fail to understand why anyone even looked twice at this. If anything I would expect this kid to be getting applause for not drawing Santa or Rudolph or whatever, but sticking to the non-commercial, traditional meaning of Christmas. While I suppose it's possible that his intent was missed, that's only to be expected from a 2nd grader who has to pack his intent in to a single image.
- While there is certainly a level of implied violence, it amazes me that THIS image caused such a stir in a society which includes things like GTA, early age neo-nazi propganda, etc. etc. ad nauseum. I don't see any red in this picture. I don't see any wounds. At most I see an attempt to copy one of the most hallowed images of the Christian faith.
- The response level to this seems strange. Suspension? Really? Psychological evaluation? I suppose that would be justifiable if the kid had previously exhibited some kind of violent or otherwise unstable personality traits, but there is no mention of such.
Umm . . . I may have more later.
Update: The school is claiming that not only was the child not suspended, but that no children at all were ever asked to do a drawing reminding them of Christmas or any other holiday.
- Christmas is, technically and officially, about Jesus (if not specifically about his death). That being said, I fail to understand why anyone even looked twice at this. If anything I would expect this kid to be getting applause for not drawing Santa or Rudolph or whatever, but sticking to the non-commercial, traditional meaning of Christmas. While I suppose it's possible that his intent was missed, that's only to be expected from a 2nd grader who has to pack his intent in to a single image.
- While there is certainly a level of implied violence, it amazes me that THIS image caused such a stir in a society which includes things like GTA, early age neo-nazi propganda, etc. etc. ad nauseum. I don't see any red in this picture. I don't see any wounds. At most I see an attempt to copy one of the most hallowed images of the Christian faith.
- The response level to this seems strange. Suspension? Really? Psychological evaluation? I suppose that would be justifiable if the kid had previously exhibited some kind of violent or otherwise unstable personality traits, but there is no mention of such.
Umm . . . I may have more later.
Update: The school is claiming that not only was the child not suspended, but that no children at all were ever asked to do a drawing reminding them of Christmas or any other holiday.
Monday, December 7, 2009
Thursday, November 12, 2009
All children are criminals
As a member of Generation X, I find this particularly disturbing. If a food fight can get you arrested, I wonder what some of my exploits would get a kid today.
The Catholic Church can suck a dick
In a show of childlike petulance, the The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington has essentially threatened to discontinue social service work in the D.C. area if the same-sex marriage laws currently under consideration are passed.
Stay classy, fuckwads.
Stay classy, fuckwads.
Saturday, November 7, 2009
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