Flippy - I Rant, You Read

Tuesday, February 01, 2005

late evening

Idiot of the Day - High School Students

Don’t even tell me that this isn’t frightening:  “Yet, when told of the exact text of the First Amendment, more than one in three high-school students said it goes “too far” in the rights it guarantees. Only half of the students said newspapers should be allowed to publish freely without government approval of stories.” —from an article in the Seattle Times

I don’t even know where to begin.  Is it because these kids think that everyone is going to believe exactly as they do, so they’ll only be censoring the “wackos”?  Or maybe they don’t even bother to think that deeply about the question, figuring that it won’t matter in their lives.  Well, kids, listen up!  Unless you want to be living in Nazi Germany where everything was censored and “cleansed” (euphemism for genocide), you’d better start believing in the First Amendment.  And really, unless the government is sanctioning murder & mayhem, how on earth can anyone go “too far” in guaranteeing people rights?

the wee hours

New title image, oh yeah, yeah, yeah

In my head, I hear, “I made this!”

You probably just think, “Ow, my eyes, my eyes, I’m blinded by the color and the patterns.”  Well, nyah, nyah, nyah, nyah.  I mostly like it.  It was only a second draft and I don’t hate it, so that’s something.  Oh, and I’m really not all that ready for questions or advice right now, as the Ask Flippy page hasn’t been set up yet.  But, if you can’t wait, you can write to me at AskFlippy AT this domain dot com.  I promise to try to help and you promise that you take this as entertainment value only.  I will not be responsible for you getting your tongue stuck on poles, your bf/gf breaking up with you, the meth you bought in the alley from the dealer.  Got it?  Your life is your responsibility, I’m just here to help, whether I do so or not.  Oh, and I promise not to use your name/email address, unless you’re an abusive jerk.  Then, all bets are off.