Saturday, May 7, 2005
We're all equal but . . .
A few people have pointed out something disquieting. Jennifer Wilbanks is my and your equal in terms of having the right to vote and make really important decisions. That led me to thinking about equality and democracy and all that. I so firmly believe that we are all one hundred percent equal, from the so-called least to the so-called greatest of us. That each of our souls (whatever they may actually be) is equally deserving of life, liberty and happiness. That each of us has beliefs, preferences and values which are equally valid. (Well, most of the time anyway. LOL, as they say.) But then major doofuses jump in front of us for their quarter- and half-hours of fame and it scares the heck out of me. Suppose we lived in a small town and the mayoral election was determined by one vote and Wilbanks or Michael Jackson lived there too. Whew. Hey, I totally claim for every one of us the right to have loony ideas and points of view. I guess I'm just a little concerned what with all the pedophiles, priestly and otherwise, murders, tv judges, and fairly trivial people without much judgment, not to mention politicians and, well, you know. They're running around all over. Maybe they always have. Maybe it's cable tv's 24/7 ubiquitousness that makes it so vivid and scary. Whatever it is, I wish Beaver's mother or Donna Reed or Margaret Anderson or Marion Cunningham were the only mothers we had cuz they're the only ones who always know the right thing to say and do.
Oh, by the way: happy mother's day.
Oh, by the way: happy mother's day.
Labels: headlines, modern culture, reflections
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