I'll comment more later, but here's some disturbing state lawmaking news.
Arizona Lawmaker Tries To Ban Naked Lady Mudflaps
No Bull: Lawmaker Wants Testicles Tossed
UPDATE: OK, both of these should be filed in the "all-other-more-important-problems-solved" department.
Rep. Ed Ableser in Arizona is the worst kind of politician - a busy-body who wants all of America to be as clean and sanitized as the Hallmark channel. One of his supporters, Rep. Theresa Ulmer, obviously needs to take her son to a doctor, as he's either mentally retarded or partially deaf if she continually needs to explain the difference between idealized art and reality. Has her son never seen a Barbie doll? Why doesn't that idealized depiction of female anatomy confuse him. And if it does confuse him, shall we try to pass a law banning them too, or just force stores to put them behind the counter next to the lighter fluid and cold medicine?
As for the bull balls story, Maryland State Delegate LeRoy Myers is a coward, hiding behind the standard statist shield of "we're protecting hte children". How does Delegate Myers propose to keep children from seeing real animal testicles, say, on an un-neutered dog walking down the street? There's an age at which kids don't need a full and complete explanation - a simple "they're decoration" should work on most any kid under 10. I'll leave the explanation for kids over 10 as an exercise to the parent.
For both of these stories, take one lesson - life cannot be sanitized to protect anyone, especially your children. You can either lock your kids in a Skinner box to keep them safe, or prepare them for life in the real world. The loss of innocence is tragic, true, but necessary, and you as the parent have to be in control. In other words: grow up, so your kids can too.
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