Hoping to have a lengthy essay about SCIENCE up tomorrow. In the meantime, that whole Two Minutes Hate thing sometimes seems like a rather fun idea. Especially when people are using a “dirty bomb” as an entirely unironic metaphor for legal rulings in favour of gay marriage. I’m still yet to hear a single reason why “every other state in the union” is going to be “devastated” if some more people are allowed to get married. We’re urged to “think of all the unintended consequences”, without being told what a single one of them will be. Apparently it involves a lot of scary stuff to do with “your children, your grandchildren, their beliefs, your beliefs, your money, and your liberties” somehow. Oh no! I like my liberties! Something must be done!
Also, that creepy evangelist guy, who was in the news recently for claiming Biblical precedent that puberty effectively estabishes the age of consent for girls, has had his “compound” raided by the FBI, and six girls aged 10-17 were removed. Apparently all these allegations about him have been propagated by the “anti-Christ government”. Yeah, that’s definitely among the predominant failings in US politics at the moment – nobody’s that keen on Jesus.
Apologies for the appalling titular pun, by the way. It could have been worse. (The fabulous stereotype I can abide, but “ass destruction”? No, I’m above that.) Straight-forward essay about science tomorrow, I promise.
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