OK, every now and again I use my blog to 'sound off"... this is one of those posts. Feel free to continue to read or you can choose to ignore it just as your right as a free citizen allows you to do.
A few times this week, at work and in my personal life, the question of ones 'rights' has come up. The one instance that pushed me over the edge was a post by a friend on facebook regarding a parent who was smoking at the playground today. "I don't care if you smoke but not around my kid" was the statement... I have a really big problem with this statement. The kids are at a PUBLIC playground, the parents are in a PUBLIC setting and each can choose to stay and play or leave. Other friends commented in agreement and even went as far as saying they would have approached the parent and pitched a fit... who are we to tell others what habits they can continue in our presence?
I am not a fan of smoking around children however, if parents choose to do so, as mine did, it is their choice. Being that this friend was not required to attend that playground and was free to go whenever she chose, wouldn't just leaving be the more tolerable, socially responsible thing to do.
I have a really hard time hearing people talk about what others should say or do, or how others should act based on their person preferences. Before we know it we will wake up in a country where we are required to wear the government approved wardrobe, because some people find the sight of fat people in spandex offensive, and the wardrobe will be in government approved colors because some people find the color purple offensive. We will have to drive the government approved cars, and will only be allowed to say the words in the government approved dictionary because GOD FORBID we say something that offends someone. We have become an ultra sensitive society with entitlement issues. (Everyone gets a trophy society, that issue is another blog waiting to happen)
The President is called on the carpet because of some comment he made about his bowling ability being worthy of the special olympics. Do I agree with his comments no, but is the man human? GOD YES!!! Why do we expect this man to be perfect all the time!? Talk about an expectation he will never live up to. I give the man credit, hopefully he wont loss himself in this job.
I think I am done, but who knows. I am going out to dinner so who knows what i will observe.
