The most recent headlines online and on the news are about the rape of a 16 year old girl. They aren't sympathetic towards the girl because after all she was drunk and prone to lying, they were sad for the convicted rapists who had such promising football careers. They were good students just having a good time posting pics to social media and having people cheer them on or just watch. How could it be that they got arrested?
At school today, a 10 year old felt perfectly justified in punching a kid who said the wrong thing to him. He did this in front of the kid's father and surrounded by other adults. He probably learned this form the moms who were encouraging their kids to fight on you tube or perhaps the various war related videos he was discussing through the course of the day. You know the videos with the age appropriate label on them. The one he was not appropriately aged for.
That Lindsey has managed to escape jail yet again. I believe this is time number five. Had any of us mere mortals done just a fraction of what she has done we would be behind bars and the key would have disappeared. Last I checked all law-abiding citizens who violate probation go to jail. If we take property from a store without paying we might get probation but at the level of cash that the jewelry was at that would definitely be jail time. Lying to an officer hmm perjury is about a 30 day jail sentence. Ah the power of celebrity.
Marriage is still a major debate. I am still not certain how it works that my happiness is directly linked to whether or not the same sex couples can be married. Apparently if they can enjoy a long and lovely life with the one they love, then any relationship I have is null and void. I wonder what the geniuses behind that argument would think if they check the history books to discover that their sacred marriage was never about love in the beginning. It was about claiming hers, collecting properties and forging alliances. It is only in recent times that it's all about love. IF you are fortunate enough to find it, then you should be fortunate enough to be together happily ever after. If marriage is your goal then it should be a right for all.
When last I checked a calendar, it was 2013 yet day be day I feel time is not slipping into the future, but sliding fast back to the past. I am not pleased. I am quite frightened actually. The cavalier attitude which seems to encompass the youth's mentality is very worrisome. Nothing seems to be taboo. Nothing seems to contain true consequences. The old guard of negativity, bigotry and extreme conservatism seem to be taking hold of the world once more. The land of the free feels rather oppressed to me. Women's rights are silently being revoked. It still requires a signature from on high for blacks to have the right to vote. The new witch hunt is for your local teacher. Our food is killing us. Our water is polluted. The air is dirty and the red tape is even more convoluted.
IF there was ever a time for true and significant change, that time is most definitely now.
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