Can we stop missing the point in order to have a laugh, however painful?
Our corporate-sponsored, sort-of elected officials don't mention this and other issues because it's political suicide to do so. Condemn the murder of civilians, and you're "Not supporting our brave boys and girls overseas!" Condone it, and you're a genocidal monster. Mention it but fail to take a clear position, and the media will still eat you alive.
We pay our politicians to lie to us so that we can go on lying to ourselves, to deny issues so that we can ignore them, and to be moral scapegoats for the evils we commit as a society. If they deviate from their assigned jobs, we feed them into the meat grinder and jump up and down on the resultant bloody mess, all the while screaming about how we deserve better.
Of course, snarking about what slimy bastards they've all become while doing exactly what we demand they do is the best part of the game.
rbryanh: Can we stop missing the point in order to have
You are entitled to your opinion. However, your comment displays a noted lack of scatological references, which the rest of us have taken the time to concoct. The gauntlet is hereby thrown down.
mrpaulmaul: You are entitled to your opinion. However, your comment displays
Funny you should mention this. In honor of Earth Day, I think Congress should require that we all recycle the food we eat into human waste. If this idea catches on, it could start a movement.
mrpaulmaul: Funny you should mention this. In honor of Earth Day,
Our corporate-sponsored, sort-of elected officials don't mention this and other issues because it's political suicide to do so. Condemn the murder of civilians, and you're "Not supporting our brave boys and girls overseas!" Condone it, and you're a genocidal monster. Mention it but fail to take a clear position, and the media will still eat you alive.
We pay our politicians to lie to us so that we can go on lying to ourselves, to deny issues so that we can ignore them, and to be moral scapegoats for the evils we commit as a society. If they deviate from their assigned jobs, we feed them into the meat grinder and jump up and down on the resultant bloody mess, all the while screaming about how we deserve better.
Of course, snarking about what slimy bastards they've all become while doing exactly what we demand they do is the best part of the game.
But, funny.