Am I going crazy or what????
This whole thing about the Teddy Bear, the teacher and the name the children chose for the Teddy Bear is making me crazy.
We cannot all live at this same time on this same planet and have some of us willing to kill over a Teddy Bear's name. We are all going to die at the same time when the planet explodes from stupidity whether it's global warming or Teddy Bear names.
Sometimes I hear things like this and think: Oh 700 years ago, in the dark ages, people wanted to kill a woman because of what her students named a stuffed animal. Then I remember I just read this in the newspaper.
We cannot survive in one small planet where some people live in the now and others live hundreds of years ago. Let's all live in the now, ok? Religion or no religion -- we live now -- all of us -- and have real problems right now to deal with that need the support and brains and commitment from everyone on this planet.
For those of you who are so obsessed with heaven, wanting to go there and worried about offending "god" -- then off yourselves right now before you offend god, and leave the rest of us to attempt to live in the here and now. No worries, if we find the cure to cancer we'll share it with your orphaned children.
Also, enough with the "state" supported punishments of 40 lashes or 300 lashes, this is insane! We do not "lash" anymore. We just don't invite the offending person to our next cocktail party for crissakes.
Lashes are the things around your eyes and some women (me!) put mascara on them but that's about it.
I am always amazed at man's inhumanity to man. Especially when "man" blames god for doing the rotten, crap that's been done in the past or in the now - by human beings.
My point of view, not that you asked: If there were a god, he, she or it would have smote you down or smited you or have done something with "smite" as the root word for the freaking nasty stuff people do to other people.
You know what? I don't want a group hug with people in this world, only those with brains that have been activated, jump-started, exercised, used in some form.
A lump of wrinkled gray matter in a skull does not mean one is human. My animals show more compassion than most of the people living in this world.
I feel better now.
I think.
Yes I do.
This whole thing about the Teddy Bear, the teacher and the name the children chose for the Teddy Bear is making me crazy.
We cannot all live at this same time on this same planet and have some of us willing to kill over a Teddy Bear's name. We are all going to die at the same time when the planet explodes from stupidity whether it's global warming or Teddy Bear names.
Sometimes I hear things like this and think: Oh 700 years ago, in the dark ages, people wanted to kill a woman because of what her students named a stuffed animal. Then I remember I just read this in the newspaper.
We cannot survive in one small planet where some people live in the now and others live hundreds of years ago. Let's all live in the now, ok? Religion or no religion -- we live now -- all of us -- and have real problems right now to deal with that need the support and brains and commitment from everyone on this planet.
For those of you who are so obsessed with heaven, wanting to go there and worried about offending "god" -- then off yourselves right now before you offend god, and leave the rest of us to attempt to live in the here and now. No worries, if we find the cure to cancer we'll share it with your orphaned children.
Also, enough with the "state" supported punishments of 40 lashes or 300 lashes, this is insane! We do not "lash" anymore. We just don't invite the offending person to our next cocktail party for crissakes.
Lashes are the things around your eyes and some women (me!) put mascara on them but that's about it.
I am always amazed at man's inhumanity to man. Especially when "man" blames god for doing the rotten, crap that's been done in the past or in the now - by human beings.
My point of view, not that you asked: If there were a god, he, she or it would have smote you down or smited you or have done something with "smite" as the root word for the freaking nasty stuff people do to other people.
You know what? I don't want a group hug with people in this world, only those with brains that have been activated, jump-started, exercised, used in some form.
A lump of wrinkled gray matter in a skull does not mean one is human. My animals show more compassion than most of the people living in this world.
I feel better now.
I think.
Yes I do.
posted by mary bishop | 12:21 AM
7 Comments:
I agree with you completely. I think you said it all well and succinctly.
It is ridiculous - especially as it was the CHILDREN who named the bear, not the teacher.
But then this is also a world, where a woman is raped for multiple men, and then men get a couple years in prison, but the woman is sentenced to 200 lashes. (and yes, i know it is because she also broke their law about being with a non relatively male but even so . . .)
Yes, how insane is it to blame a rape victim -- I sometimes wonder if we're all living in the Bible and don't know it.
Now THIS is a post from the MB I know and love!!
You have such a way with words......I love how you say exactly what I think, but don't know how to say!!
Love ya!!
Linda
Hi Linda, boy I was on a rant, wasn't I? It's just sometimes I want to scream at the inane actions of humans and cry too at the same time. Lately I've tried to ignore the news, but this whole Teddy Bear thing was nuts, plain and simple! xoxoxoox
Listen up people. Anyone who names their child Jesus is offending me. Mary was the mother of Jesus and it is an insult to name anything after the virgin. Joseph was the unwilling stepfather of our Lord jesus (who happens to be a close personal friend of George W Bush.) and Joe deserves some respect too. Dont name anything Joe!
Sloppy Joe? Death to you and all who eat you!
Jesus? How dare you try to sell me pillows for 5.00! (I once bought throw pillows from a guy named Jesus and I wrote him a check. I just put Jesus 5.00 and it got cashed! I should have framed it) Death to you kind pillow salesman!
Mary? How dare you have a wonderful and wildly entertaining sense of humor. A pox I say!
But then again if we let children name everything we would be surrounded by animals stuffed or otherwise, named bugger and/or fartbag.
Gavin, Huckabbeeeee offends me so off with his head, pick one, I don't care. I am offended every fucking day of my life. I'm offended by rudeness, intolerance, wide-stances and nastiness and greed and just about all the 7 deadly sins, but I like lust...lust is okay.
I'm offended by cloth napkins and plastic wine glasses, by cold coffee and piano legs in short skirts, I'm offended by garlic salt...by iceberg lettuce and Wonderbread, I'm offended by wrinkled clothing and dirty cars, by parents who call their kids stupid, by fools of any sort.
I am going to be the very most thin skinned person in the universe. I am going to piss in the woods and be offended if anyone's offended.
I am really offended by women who must wear tents over their heads when the camels don't have to.
Geesh, I think I'm over the teddy bear thing and then I realize I'm not!
I had no idea that his comments had resurfaced to hit him in the face. I'm amazed Huckabee actually stands by quarrentine of people with hiv/aids. He and Mitt Romny should get a comedy act going. I am disgusted by both men.
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