oh that is just the sound of my nerves fraying, no worries, although you may want to go sit over there
*-*-*-*News Flash*-*-*-*
I've been saying "news flash" a lot. Mostly to myself, quietly. Today at the grocery store, I thought to myself "News flash! Other people exist!" because that's what I wanted to say to this lady who wasn't aware. Okay, now "news flash!" has gotten so that the sound is absurd, divorced from its meaning. News flash.
*-*-*-*News Flash*-*-*-*: I have finally figured out why I hate those anti-drug commercials!
The view of reality underpinning the anti-drug commercials is completely whack. If anti-drug is the alternative, then drug is the baseline, the default. Immediate measures need to be taken, these ads say, so that you avoid taking drugs. They assume you want to take drugs.
This is exactly the same logical problem as the arguments about gay marriage, and more generally, homosexuality. If it's okay to be gay, they seem to think, then EVERYONE WILL BE GAY! AAAAHHHHH!*
Quick, do something! Otherwise, you might go score some pot and smoke it!
Perhaps it's my status as a huge square that makes these assumptions offensive to me -- I didn't drink until well after my 21st birthday, and don't like it very much. Drugs hold no appeal for me. In my limited experience, I've generally observed that people take drugs because they are a) curious, or b) sad. And I don't see curiosity leading to experimentation as a huge crisis in America. It happens.
Here's a suggestion, though: Not telling your kids they're worthless and stupid and will never amount to anything: America's Anti-Drug.
No, though, we have to place it all on the kids. They should all take up tatting, because it's either that or smack.
*Speaking of the debate around homosexuality, I've long subscribed to the idea that homosexuality isn't a choice, so it can't really be immoral. But it occurred to me yesterday that even if homosexuality *were* a choice, I would still have absolutely nothing against it.
I've been saying "news flash" a lot. Mostly to myself, quietly. Today at the grocery store, I thought to myself "News flash! Other people exist!" because that's what I wanted to say to this lady who wasn't aware. Okay, now "news flash!" has gotten so that the sound is absurd, divorced from its meaning. News flash.
*-*-*-*News Flash*-*-*-*: I have finally figured out why I hate those anti-drug commercials!
The view of reality underpinning the anti-drug commercials is completely whack. If anti-drug is the alternative, then drug is the baseline, the default. Immediate measures need to be taken, these ads say, so that you avoid taking drugs. They assume you want to take drugs.
This is exactly the same logical problem as the arguments about gay marriage, and more generally, homosexuality. If it's okay to be gay, they seem to think, then EVERYONE WILL BE GAY! AAAAHHHHH!*
Quick, do something! Otherwise, you might go score some pot and smoke it!
Perhaps it's my status as a huge square that makes these assumptions offensive to me -- I didn't drink until well after my 21st birthday, and don't like it very much. Drugs hold no appeal for me. In my limited experience, I've generally observed that people take drugs because they are a) curious, or b) sad. And I don't see curiosity leading to experimentation as a huge crisis in America. It happens.
Here's a suggestion, though: Not telling your kids they're worthless and stupid and will never amount to anything: America's Anti-Drug.
No, though, we have to place it all on the kids. They should all take up tatting, because it's either that or smack.
*Speaking of the debate around homosexuality, I've long subscribed to the idea that homosexuality isn't a choice, so it can't really be immoral. But it occurred to me yesterday that even if homosexuality *were* a choice, I would still have absolutely nothing against it.
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