The following debate originally took place here, upon the Facebook page, “Sustainable Human“…
(replies from all third parties have been omitted for clarity)
Sustainable Human: While not permanent, it is still a great idea.
“Paris bans cars, offers free public transport as smog reaches record levels
Share if you want the rest of the world to follow suit”
Rayn: The use of force as a solution… What a fresh and innovative idea!
The following debate originally took place on my Facebook wall, upon my post, “Zero Tolerance? Try Zero Intelligence! Brain-Dead Bureaucracy in Action!“…
Amy Parham sits with her son, Rhett, who displays the cartoon Bomberman64 picture he drew and brought to school, which resulted in his suspension
Rayn: Autistic Student Suspended for Bringing Drawing of Cartoon Bomb to School:
http://www.wyff4.com/upstate-mom-special-needs-son-suspended-for-drawing-bomb/-/9324882/22444084/-/jkpxttz/-/index.html
And, THIS is brain-dead bureaucracy in action, my friends!
“Zero tolerance”? Ha! Try: ZERO INTELLIGENCE!Besides, No Victim, No Crime, control-freaks!
Get a grip on yourselves, already!
Adam G.: I think it’s more ableist, victim blaming structures in action that support bullying. Rather than being concerned that there are things pushing students to mass violence, they just want to focus on the mass violence, so they have these asinine no tolerance policies against anyone who makes reference to violence instead of bring the (sometimes metaphorical) actual bullies down to the office for torturing students so badly that they try to kill themselves or others.
Adam G.: Also, can’t help but nitpick, but “brain dead” and “zero intelligence” are kind of ableist.
Genaire: I don’t disagree with your first comment, Adam, but how are Rayn’s words ableist? It does seem pretty brain dead to suspend a student for a harmless picture. I’ve drawn several pictures of guns, bombs and other weapons while in class never would I have imagined getting suspended for it.
Rayn: I understand where you are coming from with your first comment, Adam, although I’m not so sure this has to do with student bullying. In order to punish the student mentioned in the article, the school utilized their “zero tolerance” for weapons on school grounds policy. And, apparently, according to this mindless set of rules, a drawing of a weapon is virtually indistinguishable from the real thing…
As a matter of fact, the “zero tolerance” for weapons on campus policy is so cold and thoughtless, it has even been used by school officials to demand that a deaf child modify the way he signs his name, since one of the letters involved apparently “resembles a shooting gun” to these bureaucratic robots…
Hunter Spanjer, 3-Year-Old Deaf Boy, Told By Preschool To Change Way He Signs His Name:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/28/hunter-spanjer-3-year-old_n_1836159.html
Also, to clarify my words, since their meaning appears to be completely lost on you: bureaucracy isn’t actually alive, so it doesn’t really have brain function, while a policy isn’t actually capable of intelligence, so it registers as “zero.” With this in mind, understand that I very purposely labeled these two non-corporeal entities with the thinking and reasoning level of THE DEAD – utterly and completely non-existent! And, I spent a while tweaking my comment, in order to get the results you see, trying out multiple terms in the process – including “zombie,” “mindless,” “brainless,” and so on. However, none of them did my sentiment any justice, and so, were rejected in favor of my final two choices. I fail to see how they could be viewed as “kinda ableist,” since I have never before seen or heard either of these two terms being used to describe the disabled. (Click Here to Continue Reading This Post)
The following debate originally took place upon my Facebook wall…
Picture of irony: a smug, humorless Paul Krugman fails to grasp the subtle nuances of satire, even while being well-versed in sarcasm
Rayn: Paul Krugman Declares Personal Bankruptcy:
http://dailycurrant.com/2013/03/06/paul-krugman-declares-personal-bankruptcy/
Economist and columnist Paul Krugman declared personal bankruptcy today following a failed attempt to spend his way out of debt.
In a Chapter 13 filing to the United States Bankruptcy Court in the Southern District of New York, lawyers for Krugman listed $7,346,000 in debts versus $33,000 in assets.
Kevin B.: Breitbarted, (fake bankruptcy article) by Paul Krugman:
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/11/breitbarted/
Rayn: Wait… I’m confused, now. I thought this article was supposed to be a parody, not a real news story!
I mean, just look at these two paragraphs:
“The filing says that Krugman got into credit card trouble in 2004 after racking up $84,000 in a single month on his American Express black card in pursuit of rare Portuguese wines and 19th century English cloth
Rather than tighten his belt and pay the sums back, the pseudo-Keynesian economist decided to ‘stimulate’ his way to a personal recovery by investing in expenses he hoped would one day boost his income.”
I laughed my ass off while reading it!
Rayn: *whew* Okay. I’m not bugging out!
http://dailycurrant.com/about/
According to the “about” section:
“The Daily Currant is an English language online satirical newspaper that covers global politics, business, technology, entertainment, science, health and media. It is accessible from over 190 countries worldwide – now including South Sudan.
Our mission is to ridicule the timid ignorance which obstructs our progress, and promote intelligence – which presses forward.”
The following debate originally took place upon the Facebook wall of an ex-acquaintance, after he shared a photo from here…
Thomas Pa.:
“This is not a chicken. This is not a tree. This is not a dress. This is not a person. This is not a difficult concept.”
Rayn: Since the first two eggs shown in this graphic are unfertilized, wouldn’t it be more consistent to show a picture of a bloody sanitary napkin in the last box, instead of a sperm latching onto an ovum?
Thomas Pa.: before everyone has had breakfast?
Rayn: Ha! 🙂 My sense of humor becomes even more crude than usual when I’ve stayed up all night. 🙂
The following debate originally took place upon the Facebook wall of an ex-acquaintance…
Brian K.: The Anti-Vaccine Movement: A Terrible Track Record:
http://jdc325.wordpress.com/2013/04/26/the-anti-vaccine-movement-a-terrible-track-record/
“As it turns out, the anti-vaccinationists are remarkably consistent. Time and time again, they are shown to be wrong. I’m not sure how many times a group needs to be wrong before people stop seeing them as credible. Perhaps people need to be reminded of how many times this group has been wrong?”
Genaire: I can’t say for certain how wrong or right they are, I can say for certain that most medicine’s side effects are far worse then the illness they have been created to treat. I would think the same would apply to vaccinations. I would also ask myself why would I want to get vaccinated when my body’s own immune system can do the same thing in most cases without the side effects.
