Taking the Free Out of Free Will
Ok, so, as is my habit in the AM, I'm watching WGN news. I've just witnessed two things that really bugged the shit out of me.
1. A report that in Texas as of Jan 1, a new law goes into effect that makes Smoking in cars while children are present illegal. Yeah. Someone go actually read the studies done on second hand smoke and tell me how much of it is actually 100% incontravertable truth, and then I'll agree with facist laws like this one. Thank God it's a state law. Although, in some states, it's illegal to smoke and be a foster parent. Yup.
2. There was a list presented of the top video games "appropriate for children under 17." Awesome. Thank you for that list. That gives me some shopping ideas! Aha! However, in the next breath, they reported the top video games "inappropriate for children under 17." OK, way to let parents make their own decisions about what they're gonna let and not let their kids play with. I had a flash of 196something and a Walter Kronkite type personality giving me a list of books that are "not suitable for our country's youngsters."
Ok, look, I am ALL for seeing to the safety of children. Absofuckinglutely. I do not, however, appreciate the government OR the media mandating how I see to it. I'm a sentient being. I can handle. Freedom can handle it.
AND THANK YOU WGN for showing me photos of a soldier's 3rd degree burns at 8 goddamned 30 in the morning.
I've just done the unthinkable and switched to ABC.
1. A report that in Texas as of Jan 1, a new law goes into effect that makes Smoking in cars while children are present illegal. Yeah. Someone go actually read the studies done on second hand smoke and tell me how much of it is actually 100% incontravertable truth, and then I'll agree with facist laws like this one. Thank God it's a state law. Although, in some states, it's illegal to smoke and be a foster parent. Yup.
2. There was a list presented of the top video games "appropriate for children under 17." Awesome. Thank you for that list. That gives me some shopping ideas! Aha! However, in the next breath, they reported the top video games "inappropriate for children under 17." OK, way to let parents make their own decisions about what they're gonna let and not let their kids play with. I had a flash of 196something and a Walter Kronkite type personality giving me a list of books that are "not suitable for our country's youngsters."
Ok, look, I am ALL for seeing to the safety of children. Absofuckinglutely. I do not, however, appreciate the government OR the media mandating how I see to it. I'm a sentient being. I can handle. Freedom can handle it.
AND THANK YOU WGN for showing me photos of a soldier's 3rd degree burns at 8 goddamned 30 in the morning.
I've just done the unthinkable and switched to ABC.
posted by LC Greenwood at 8:26 AM
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