I know there are plenty of Jane’s Addiction fans out there – just like there are plenty of fans of Kraftwerk and Soul Asylum fans. I’ve only ever heard maybe three Jane’s addiction songs, and the only one I can remember is “Jane Says”, mostly because it bugs me when bands use their own name in titles and lyrics to their songs.
Anyway, Rock Band DLC for April 28th is Jane’s Addiction album Nothing’s Shocking.
It’s a foreign commercial (notice the ‘little’ gesture at the end), reminding us that we’re only as safe as the worst driver on the road. Pay attention.
Oh, and here’s one of my own, just for fun. Matthew 7:2 – “For in the way you judge, you will be judged; and by your standard of measure, it will be measured to you.”
I just don’t get it. I know I’ve rallied and railed against the sheer idiocy and obtuse (not to mention wholly incorrect , unsubstantiated and unprovable) nature of the viewpoint that “marriage is sacred” and “marriage is traditionally between a man and a woman” and whatever else the right-wing nut jobs are saying about it. a little research online, even by the most inept of conservatives, will yield enough ammo to decimate any of those arguments like a howitzer being leveled at a mosquito.
It’s hard to argue that the sentiment that gay marriage is not a right and that it somehow diminishes the meaning of so-called “traditional” marriage is anything other than absurd. Again, I’ve posted several times on this, so I’m not going to go into it any further.
Cue Miss California, Carrie Prejean. During the Miss USA pageant she was asked by openly-gay blogger Perez Hilton (who was a judge – now THAT’s funny, right there) if she believed in gay marriage. Her answer?
“We live in a land where you can choose same-sex marriage or opposite. And you know what, I think in my country, in my family, I think that I believe that a marriage should be between a man and a woman. No offense to anybody out there, but that’s how I was raised.”
Wow. This one soundbite is an incredibly revealing insight into why people continue to oppose gay marriage and the absolute self-imposed blindness to reason that plagues these right-wingers.
Let’s break it down.
“We live n a land where you can choose same-sex marriage or opposite. “
If that were true, this wouldn’t really be an issue, now would it. The fact is that in almost every state, choosing same-sex marriage is NOT an option.
“I think in my country, in my family, I think that I believe that a marriage should be between a man and a woman.”
The arrogance is astounding. In my country ?!? Sweetheart, it’s not just yours. Guess what? this country is full of gays and lesbians! And you know what? They’re just people. Just like you’re a person. Just like I’m a person. They fall in love, just like you or I. And much like you or I, they don’t choose who they fall in love with. Do you choose to be heterosexual? These people that you discriminate and marginalize no more ‘chose’ to be gay than you consciously ‘choose’ to be heterosexual. Stupidity and resistance to logic and reason (on either side of the fence) is another issue entirely…
“No offense to anybody out there, but that’s how I was raised.”
Again, I’m just flabbergasted. No offense? Really? You’re less of a person than I am, and you don’t deserve the same rights. Sorry, no offense, that’s just how it is. Pretty sure Hitler had the same basic point of view. I’m sorry you’re a Jew. It means you’re less of a person. In fact, it means you’re just an animal, and really have no feelings or rights. No offense.
And the coup de grâce, “that’s how I was raised.” Yes, and if we had all adhered to how we were raised from the beginning of time, we’d still be drawing on cave walls with our own feces. This is how stupidity is perpetuated – an unwillingness to accept or even entertain any new idea that does not fit within the context of our ‘beliefs’ as imparted to us by our parents.
Neil Peart, drummer for Rush, put it very eloquently in simple terms. “People who actively choose their faith are vanishingly few.”
Please. Make a choice. One that is based in reason, sensibility, love and logic.
And the truth is, the battle has already been won. The Right just doesn’t know it yet. Check out the video of conservative Iowa Senate Leader Mike Gronstal relating why he has chosen to oppose an amendment effectively banning gay marriage in his state.
I just wonder if the conservatives who are opposing gay marriage realize that history will view them in the same light as those who opposed the abolition of slavery and women’s suffrage.
This is what things look like when shot with a camera at 1,000 fps, and then played back at regular speed – things slow down to little more than a crawl, and the smallest of details that are missed at normal “living” speeds. I especially liked the Jell-O near the end, mostly because it looks like it just hovers there longer than it reasonably should have.
It’s worth watching in HD (and full-screen for that matter), which you can do over at Vimeo by clicking here.
I just don’t get it. I know I’ve rallied and railed against the sheer idiocy and obtuse (not to mention wholly incorrect , unsubstantiated and unprovable) nature of the viewpoint that “marriage is sacred” and “marriage is traditionally between a man and a woman” and whatever else the right-wing nut jobs are saying about it. a little research online, even by the most inept of conservatives, will yield enough ammo to decimate any of those arguments like a howitzer being leveled at a mosquito.
