Hazing, harassment and bullying - time honored social institutions for weeding out the weak, sick and socially unviable. I do not really see why people are so shocked at what Dharun Ravi and Molly Wei did. University freshmen are not really famous for their grasp of reality. Such things happen at university, afterall isn't that what pledge week is all about?
A student died, rather killed himself, because he was a victim of such airheads who thought, if you could call it thought, it would be fun to screw the roommate socially as he was being screwed physically. Sad for the family of the student who killed himself - pretty stupid act on the part of the idiot doing the filming and he will no doubt pay for that stupidity.
I certainly would not want my sex acts with my girlfriend or wife broadcast on the internet for all the world, friends and family to comment on for years afterward. That, however has always been what our society is about; whether the person is involved in a 'normal' act or socially unacceptable act, people do notice and some react in ways you may not appreciate. You had better be able to buck up and move ahead or you are going to get crushed.
A hard lesson to learn and one to which many do indeed fall victim. It happens in the family: parents beat up on children and between brothers and sisters; in society between groups: the 'ins' and 'outs', the 'haves' and 'have nots', the 'jocks' and the 'geeks' and even between nations - like China bullying its neighbors. The weak are victimized by the strong. This is no shock. If you want shock, just wait til they start accepting openly gay guys into the barracks of the US military - it could be mass murder.
Do you want to change it? Stop it? Start with your own callous behavior towards others.
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Thursday, September 30, 2010
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
I don't 'feel' your pain, Todd.
"Todd Henderson, a corporate law professor at the University of Chicago, prominent college law professor's posting of his family's finances on the Web to make the case that they're struggling to make ends meet -- despite their more-than-$250,000 income."
Oh, the poor baby doesn't 'feel' rich. Tsk, tsk.
Oh, the poor baby doesn't 'feel' rich. Tsk, tsk.
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Friday, September 3, 2010
President Barak "vacation" Obama
This guy has more vacation days than work days.
The man says he's working 24/7 on jobs for the American people.
The man says he's working 24/7 on jobs for the American people.
Excuse me, he ain't workin' 24 nothin.
Thursday, September 2, 2010
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And perhaps more importantly: How do they live - with each other?
不知彼,不知己,每戰必殆 (孫子)
(If you don't know yourself and if you don't know your enemy,
then you are in for a world of hurt!)
γνῶθι σεαυτόν (Δελφοί)
Hell is so big and dark and heaven is so small." HJM
and a little more manifest destiny over there..."
How About a Bill of Responsibilities Rather Than A Bill of Rights