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Substitute Teacher Facing Sex Charge [W. Post]

A 24-year-old woman who worked as a substitute teacher in Fairfax County public schools has been accused of having a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old student, police said yesterday.

Ok, I just want to get one thing straight here. A 24-year-old woman having sex with a 14-year-old boy is not sexual abuse—it’s his ultimate fantasy. It may be illegal, and it may be kinda creepy (or perhaps a little pathetic?), but there’s nothing evil or bad about it.

Unless this kid is mentally retarded, he knew full well what was going on, and I’m sure enjoyed all 2 minutes of it. I’ll spare you the gruesome details, but let’s just say that when I was 14, I couldn’t keep my hands off my junk. And I’m sure, with hormones raging, I would’ve almost killed for the opportunity this kid has had. So let’s not demonize this poor woman. Let’s get her a date with a dude who can drink.

And yes, I would feel differently about this if it was the other way around. It’s a lot different.

End of fucking story.

April 12, 2005 | Filed Under News & Politics | Leave a Comment

Terri

Terri Schiavo dies [Guardian, W. Post]

I guess the Bible nuts will have to save their sanctity of life bullshit for some other ridiculous battle. I hope it’s over, anyway, if only for now. I’m tired of reading about it.

I’m not sure why this kind of thing gets to me so much. I guess what bothers me most of all is the spectacle of public and government involvement in such a private issue. I can’t imagine what it must be like to have to make such a decision, to have to decide that your wife—or at least someone who was once your wife—should pass away, to finally let go. And then to have the government and a bunch of weak-minded fools try to tell you that you’re wrong, that she must live! For what? For God and Jesus and because we’re humans and we’re so fucking great that we can’t bear to see the lives of other humans come to an end? Not through some horrible act of violence, not through some great tragedy, but from nature. No, they’d rather hold on as long as possible, even to lives devoid of what makes life worth anything at all.

Oh, her poor parents. They didn’t want to lose their little girl. I can understand that and I don’t blame them. They could still talk to her and look at her and pretend that she was still Terri from before. It’s sad to think about and I feel for them, but it also kind of shows you how selfish people can be. They weren’t keeping Terri alive for Terri’s sake, fighting for her “right to life” as they say; they were keeping her alive because they weren’t ready or able to let her go.

And so what if she looked like she was smiling? Maybe she was showing you how unafraid she was to move on. Maybe she was trying to tell you that it’s ok to let go sometimes.

March 31, 2005 | Filed Under News & Politics | Leave a Comment

Back to Grinding

Last week was the flu, this week it’s a cold. Next week, I hope to have only a headache.

Anyway, I tried posting this earlier but Blogger was being shitty today. Item!

Surprise!—Tom DeLay is an opportunistic hypocrite:
DeLay and Schiavo’s Dad Supported Their Own Parent’s Right to Die [DN!]

I’ll still take him over Michael:
Ex-US Diplomats Ask Congress to Block John Bolton [BBC]

Give it up, assholes:
Protesters at Capitol Hill as Schiavo has last rites [Guardian]

Because it still looks cool:
Why Are People Still Smoking? [W. Post]

All the Herb Alpert you could ever want:
Thrift Store Album Covers [via WMMNA]

Why such a large bitrate?:
David Byrne’s Internet Radio Station [via Boing Boing]

Outfox Right-wing Propaganda:
Block Fox News Channel [via Gizmodo]

March 29, 2005 | Filed Under News & Politics | Leave a Comment

Ministry of Information

I had an excellent birthday-related dinner yesterday, thanks to my brother and sister-in-law. Brian made us five courses, if you include dessert. It was insane. We ate from about 7:30 until 11, all told. I took many pictures and will post some of the best ones this week on flickr.

Oh, but it’s back to the real world today (where I eat cereal for dinner). Today’s highlight will certainly be a trip to the dentist after not going for oh…ten years. Yikes. And then there’s all this:

Democracy Now! has a few items today on the sorry state of the propaganda-infested, corporate-run media in this country. The most 1984 of them — State Propaganda: How Government Agencies Produce Hundreds of Pre-Packaged TV Segments the Media Runs as News

Global Warming is a lie. Or not:
The peak of Mt Kilimanjaro as it has not been seen for 11,000 years [Guardian]

Filesharing 4ever:
BitTorrent May Prove Too Good to Quash [W. Post]

X-Ray Specs?
How to Spot a Terrorist [Wired]