TheBanyanTree: Not Politically Correct

[Spoonoid at cs.com]

Spoonoids:

    We have had some weighty subjects discussed in the Tree over the last 
week, with opinions 
expressed on both sides of the issues. Good for us.  We should be thankful 
that our First Amendment rights 
may be exercised in this forum.

    Here is a collection of short musings that resulted from reading Tree 
mail over the last few days.
  
    It could be argued that poisonous stink frogs are entitled to advance 
their cause as much as any 
other creature; say, ground dwelling birds, field mice or Russell terriers.  
All of them being God’s 

creatures, who is to say that frogs should be discriminated against, merely 
because they offend a human’s 

sense of fairness, or bias in favor of warm fuzzy bunnies. 



    As far as parents being responsible for the crimes of their children, 
this is another example of 

trying to blame one person’s misbehavior on another. An individual is 
responsible for his own behavior and 

should be held accountable for it. However, the lawyers have created quite a 
successful industry in holding 

somebody else responsible for something bad that you do. You  see, we need to 
find anybody nearby with 

Deep Pockets who may become a source of remuneration for the injured party. 
And, of course, the majority 

of the dollars thus extorted end up in the lawyer’s pocket.  
    
    I find it instructive to surmise that if the child had chosen not to kill 
himself, but to go to school 
and kill one of the bullies, his mother would not have been convicted of 
failure to provide an adequate 
home environment.  

    Every citizen in the United States is provided by the taxpayers with free 
education from grade 1 
through 12, which is adequate to provide him with the skills necessary to 
function in society.  The citizen 
may make the best of this gift, or he may ignore it totally for 12 years. He 
is free to choose. If the citizen 
fails to take advantage of this gift and thus becomes a further burden on 
society, he will reproduce a new 
generation of children who are also unable to take advantage of their free 
education.  Luckily, there is 
another taxpayer supported government agency called the Department of Social 
Services. Sometimes the 
DSS will place a disadvantaged child with  another citizen, called a foster 
parent, also known in some 
circles as a Saint, and this selfless individual will guide the child back on 
the track to becoming a self 
supporting citizen.  Unfortunately, the failures of the educational system 
have overwhelmed the capacity of 
the Saint system. 

    My Uncle Luis has a favorite saying:    "Life is hard. Life is harder 
when you’re stupid."



Later, John.