iDisk is slow as fuck and it pisses me off that I paid $100 to be frustrated.
Speaking of frustration: humans. They are stupid. It bothers me. Today in PSCI 1040 (aka, American Government, aka, Texas Government, aka, Shit), the majority of the class was arguing in favor of a criminal in an upcoming (I say upcoming, but it’s the SC, so what I really mean is: whenever they get around to it, aka ten years in the future) Supreme Court case.
Apparently, some douche bag (aka, The Criminal) was arrested and/or fined (I’m never clear on the specifics–it’s what makes my anectdotes so amazing) for possessing and/or distributing (again, specifics) video of a dog fight.
My professor, as he does, asked the class their opinions (stupidstupidstupid). They (being the majority) all said, no, he shouldn’t have been arrested–freedom of speech/media/blah blah blah and all that. They at least understood that dog fighting is illegal, but didn’t see why distributing/possessing videos of the subject was considered a crime. They conceeded, yeah, sex with a minor and thusly child pornography is illegal, but then “there’s robbery videos on Spike all the time” (should have said, “The news,” stupid, now I’m just going to make assumptions about your person for thinking that Spike is the best reference for a political argument) and apparently, since robbery is illegal but videos of such an action is legal, it should prove the same for dog fighting videos.
This is the point when, if I felt like getting on the wrong side of my entire class (which, since I go to a night class, is mostly filled with prior college dropouts performing a comeback tour who only talk about their kids and their labor unions and HOW MUCH OBAMA SUCKS–just fyi), I would clear my throat, raise a haughty blond eyebrow, and beg, “What the fuck?”
There’s a reason that child pornography and videos of murder are illegal, and videos of robery and stupid people being stupid and criminal are legal: Because seeing a child get raped or someone’s head blown off is fucking distressful. Fuck, I’d never like to see that shit, and I have to say, I’m happy for those laws.
In the same vein, for most of the population, a video of dog fighting would be distressing, as well (those who don’t feel so are probably the same people getting busted for child pornography or murder vids). Honestly, I’ll be up front–if I had the resources, I’d start my own investigative service. It’s be like the ASPCA, but more violent and outside of the law.
I don’t like people who abuse animals. I mean, I REALLY don’t like them. People who abuse animals should tremble in fear and hope I never get wind of what they’re doing, because I have the internet and can find many ways to hurt while getting away with it. There are non-fatal poisons that cause extreme pain which cannot be identified in the blood stream. Fear me.
Well, and I have a killer right hook. And a weird addiction to adrenaline. It’s just an all around bad idea to piss me off.
Back to the point, there’s also the fact that dog fights may actually be put on solely for the purpose of being recorded. The fact is, robbery isn’t a game. People don’t bet on robberies like they bet on poker, cock and dog fights. (Haha, I said cock…)
Then there’s the whole bit about MONEY BEING MADE on said videos.
If the SC decides that possessing/distributing/making a video of a dog fight is legal, I’ll–well, no, I won’t be surprised. This is the country where gay marriage is considered an offense likened to murder and rape.
Sometimes, I think the Daleks have the right idea. We’re the stupidest species ever–maybe we’re asking for it.
Meg grew up on an Amish farm in Iowa. She raised cows and horses and chickens until one day during Rumschpringe she discovered the internet. Now she spends most of her time wasting away on the web. Her favourite element is Bismuth, because its half-life is six times longer than the estimated age of the universe and it's pretty.