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The sanitized, sanctimonious States of America
July 12, 2008 - 5:47pm.
PHIL HOSKINS
We are a nation that loudly proclaims liberty and freedom yet we are
among the least free people on earth when it comes to simply being a
human being. You know, one of ?whiney?, ?illegal? and most certainly
?improper? animals that are ravaging our planet. And most certainly do
not make any mistakes or misstatements if you run for public office. The
intolerance of America is stifling us.
Oh I know what I am saying is way out of bounds, wrong, unpopular and
most certainly subversive. At least I hope so.
You know we are headed into a dark place when New Orleans bans bare
breasts during Mardi Gras and weenie wagging at Southern Decadence. When
you can?t take that critical whiz behind the bushes after drinking way
too much and then get arrested as a sex offender life has just gotten
too neat and clean for human beings. When some cry for banning nudity at
Gay Pride parades and complain about breast feeding in airports we are
showing that it is more important to pretend we aren?t animals anymore.
When politicians try to -- heaven forbid ? win elections rather than say
what you want to hear; when preachers can?t make ridiculous
pronouncements about life and the world here and hereafter without being
excoriated by right or left pundits of purity; when we pour over every
scintilla of a candidates past as though reading tea leaves ? then you
know we are flirting with insanity as a species.
Some cultures have built into them a certain wiggle room. The French
practically expect infidelity. Muslims look the other way when men take
on a boy as a ?friend.? But Americans have no latitude for anything,
except, of course, their own bullshit.
Well, you can try to be pure of mind and deed if you want. Just give the
rest of us a little room to be real live, fallible, error prone human
beings will you? We might just enjoy life if it had more room to just
screw up, to make mistakes and yes, pick up the pieces afterwards, but
sometimes you just have to take a piss when there isn?t any bathroom around.
The sanitized, sanctimonious States of America
July 12, 2008 - 5:47pm.
PHIL HOSKINS
We are a nation that loudly proclaims liberty and freedom yet we are
among the least free people on earth when it comes to simply being a
human being. You know, one of ?whiney?, ?illegal? and most certainly
?improper? animals that are ravaging our planet. And most certainly do
not make any mistakes or misstatements if you run for public office. The
intolerance of America is stifling us.
Oh I know what I am saying is way out of bounds, wrong, unpopular and
most certainly subversive. At least I hope so.
You know we are headed into a dark place when New Orleans bans bare
breasts during Mardi Gras and weenie wagging at Southern Decadence. When
you can?t take that critical whiz behind the bushes after drinking way
too much and then get arrested as a sex offender life has just gotten
too neat and clean for human beings. When some cry for banning nudity at
Gay Pride parades and complain about breast feeding in airports we are
showing that it is more important to pretend we aren?t animals anymore.
When politicians try to -- heaven forbid ? win elections rather than say
what you want to hear; when preachers can?t make ridiculous
pronouncements about life and the world here and hereafter without being
excoriated by right or left pundits of purity; when we pour over every
scintilla of a candidates past as though reading tea leaves ? then you
know we are flirting with insanity as a species.
Some cultures have built into them a certain wiggle room. The French
practically expect infidelity. Muslims look the other way when men take
on a boy as a ?friend.? But Americans have no latitude for anything,
except, of course, their own bullshit.
Well, you can try to be pure of mind and deed if you want. Just give the
rest of us a little room to be real live, fallible, error prone human
beings will you? We might just enjoy life if it had more room to just
screw up, to make mistakes and yes, pick up the pieces afterwards, but
sometimes you just have to take a piss when there isn?t any bathroom around.
