I'm writing this while 'enjoying' a four hour layover at the Denver airport. As airports go it's not bad, but spending four hours in any airport is a giant PITA. Anyway...
One of the nice things about being up in the mountains is the lack of contact with the real world. I should say lack of easy contact, because I could check in - it just was a lot of trouble to do so.
While I was there I heard a little bit about the kid who fell into the gorilla enclosure, and the subsequent shooting of the ape. A tragedy, we all agreed, with some questions about the parenting skills of the kid's mom and dad.
Then I got to the Denver airport, with high speed wi-fi, and started catching up on the news. All was well until I ran across this.
Protesters Say Gorilla Was Shot Because of “White Privilege”.
I'm having trouble copying content from the link, but go there and read the whole thing. Un-frigging-believable.
Here's one short example.
Killing an endangered gorilla at a zoo for a white boy's safety is white privilege. If the boy was black they would've found a tranquilizer.
As it turns out, the child is black, which makes those racist idiots look even stupider. But somehow, I doubt if they have enough self-awareness to be appropriately ashamed and embarrassed.
It's enough to make a guy want to turn around and head back up into the mountains.
One of the nice things about being up in the mountains is the lack of contact with the real world. I should say lack of easy contact, because I could check in - it just was a lot of trouble to do so.
While I was there I heard a little bit about the kid who fell into the gorilla enclosure, and the subsequent shooting of the ape. A tragedy, we all agreed, with some questions about the parenting skills of the kid's mom and dad.
Then I got to the Denver airport, with high speed wi-fi, and started catching up on the news. All was well until I ran across this.
Protesters Say Gorilla Was Shot Because of “White Privilege”.
I'm having trouble copying content from the link, but go there and read the whole thing. Un-frigging-believable.
Here's one short example.
Killing an endangered gorilla at a zoo for a white boy's safety is white privilege. If the boy was black they would've found a tranquilizer.
As it turns out, the child is black, which makes those racist idiots look even stupider. But somehow, I doubt if they have enough self-awareness to be appropriately ashamed and embarrassed.
It's enough to make a guy want to turn around and head back up into the mountains.
2 comments:
Yep, NOT being connected isn't necessarily a bad thing for the old BP... sigh
It makes you realize how many really stupid people there are in this world...
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