The Black List: A Parable
stolen from “IAmAnAtheist“
*Debbienote: I realize I’ve had an unusual amount of stolen thoughts this week, and for that I apologize. I’ve actually been reading what’s been showing up on Google Reader as of late, and it’s done me good. In any case, this story is rather interesting, and I highly recommend it.
Note: I haven’t even been remembering my dreams lately. When I do, they most certainly have not been about my ex, and I certainly have not been thinking about her in this light. However, as dreams have the tendency to do, I’ve been put in the strangest of moods over the dream I had last night. I bet the melatonin had something to do with. Oh well. I did get all Freudian on this dream, but that’s an explanation that’s neither here nor there. So, while my blog posts have been exponentially less severe with respect to my slowly mending heart as time goes on, I’ll have to post with some severity today for the sake of this blog post that is too good of a writing opportunity to pass up. The dream had so many underlying meanings, that I simply could not pass up the opportunity to write about it.
Also, I’m cheating and making this part of Free Write Wednesday, even though that day has already happened this week. Sorry.
“King murder trial resumes – defense claims accused was sexually harassed.”
Can we talk about this for a minute? Read the article. It’s really short. Two minutes of your life.
Let’s just talk about this.
If King was flirting with McInerny, and McInerny didn’t like it, should he have shot King? Shit is ridiculous. If it was a girl flirting with McInerny (i.e. it was “straight” flirting), then this shit wouldn’t be a big deal. McInerny would be spending the rest of his life in jail.
“Sexual harassment…” that’s bullshit. Real sexual harassment is an entirely different story, and when real sexual harassment happens, women are not entitled to go shoot their harassers in the back of the head, execution-style. In fact, real criminals usually get off easy (15 in 16 rapists walk free, did you know that?).
Why is it different when the situation involves a different sexual orientation?
What a sad, sad world we live in.
Sorry I didn’t post this on time, you guys. Things have been a little bit crazy, but that’s a story for another blog post.
So, without further ado…