Back from a wonderful week on Mission Bay in San Diego with family and friends, and almost no news contact. But now it’s back to work.
We live in a seriously Kafkaesque world where reasonable and rational expectations are dashed by dissonant realities. A few cases in point.
The Islamist pigs we are fighting in Afghanistan abduct and threaten to kill (or already have killed) civilians unless and until troops are pulled out of the country but, when captured, we’re supposed to provide them with prayer books and religiously appropriate meals among other creature comforts. Otherwise, segments of our society become unhinged over the “evil” of it all.
Barack Obama is for “age appropriate” sex education for kindergartners.
The spin on this is that Obama was talking about teaching these children about how to recognize sexual predators, etc and that parents can opt their kids out from the instruction. Thank you, but I think it’s best to leave discussions with 5 and 6 year olds about what is “inappropriate touching” to their parents, and it’s a sad reflection on our times when there are things being taught in kindergarten classes that parents might rightfully want to exclude their children from.
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Walt Disney Co. has announced it will no longer allow cigarette smoking to be depicted in its films on the basis that it encourages kids to try lighting up. Anti-smoking zealots advocates are hailing this move and urging that other moviemakers do the same.