Friday, December 01, 2006

The “N” Word, and I Don’t Mean Nazi

The whole Michael Richards brouhaha has pretty much blown over, now.  Abject apologies have been uttered, recorded, shown on teevee, You Tube, and other such media.  Big deal.

I haven’t really followed the story on this, but today, I read that two of the young black men who were offended by Richards’ tirade are in search of compensation from Richards, via their attorney Gloria Allred.

David Yeagley notes this, also, in a post titled Why “nigger” hurts which is well worth a read.  From Dr. Yeagley’s post.

But instead of encouraging them to be men, and to rise above such opposition as inherent in the word “nigger,” Allred is enslaving these young black men in infantile weakness. She is grandstanding in behalf of human frailty, ensuring that the young men will never mature, never grow strong, but always take pride in being nothing, in being “niggers” in fact. Gloria Allred loves “niggers.” Gloria Allred loves to have Negroes remain slaves to the opinion of others. She doesn’t realize what she’s doing, as is the case with most liberals. Give Gloria Allred a Negro, especially a young male, and she will make a “nigger” out of him. She will make him unwanted, repulsive, and disgusting.

Posted by John Venlet on 12/01 at 04:35 PM
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Fairfax County Comes to Their Senses

In a post I titled Let Them Eat Garbage, The Kitchen’s Not Clean, I noted that Fairfax County, Virginia was putting the kibosh on private individuals and local churches serving food to the homeless due to concerns about the cleanliness of kitchens not under the cognizance of the state.

This folly has now been rescinded by the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors whose chairman, Gerald E. Connolly, stated that the original plan to end the largesse of private individuals and local churches was the fault of “overzealous county employees,” per the Washington Post.

You have to watch out for those zealots.

Home-Cooked Food Is Back on the Menu

Posted by John Venlet on 12/01 at 08:53 AM
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Shamu and Pitbulls, A Contrast

Contrast, if you will, the reaction to the recent orca attack on a trainer at SeaWorld Adventure Park in San Diego, and the typical reactions to any pitbull attack on a human across the country.

In the recent “Shamu” attack you hear laments about keeping “wild” orcas in capitivity, or, as a former senior trainer at SeaWorld stated, “She’s an amazing animal. This incident doesn’t make her a bad whale. People need to understand that animals can get upset or frustrated just like people and just like your cat or dog.”

If “Shamu” was a pitbull, in all likelihood you would be hearing calls for putting the dog down, not for understanding that it can get upset or frustrated, or that it’s a “good” dog.

The contrast here is striking.  Though dogs are supposedly man’s best friend, and have been domesticated for thousands of years, society has swallowed, whole, the anthropomorphism of orcas, killer whales, in a matter of decades, and “Shamu” gets a pass.

Posted by John Venlet on 12/01 at 08:01 AM
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