I have this awesome Bill Hicks documentary that I recommend everyone should watch. In fact anything with Hicks on it is worth owning. At one point in the documentary it's mentioned that Bill's research for comedy material consisted of following the media and making fun of stuff that pissed him off. I kind of thought I might do the same for the occasional blog entry, but not too often as the blog could end up too ranty and I don't want to spend all my time pissed off. But pissed off I am so here's some of the stuff I read that increased my hate for humanity just that bit more.
A mate posted this article on Faecesbook recently and I had to laugh. It's about people drinking cocktails with liquid nitrogen in it. If the author was trying to elicit sympathy for the girl they totally failed. When someone does something stupid and they get hurt you don't feel sorry for them, you laugh because they fucking deserved it! But that wasn't what pissed me off. Here's the quote that pissed me off...'Local director of public health Dr John Aston said Ms Scanlon was the
victim of an "irresponsible alcohol industry that's now competing on
gimmicks."' Sorry, what? She bought a drink knowing it had liquid nitrogen in it and she's a victim? Why is the girl not responsible for her own fucking actions? It's potentially dangerous, slap a warning label on the fucker and if people still buy it then it's their own fucking problem. I'm fucking sick of people blaming everyone else but the perpetrator for shitty fucking mistakes. You'd expect a doctor to be an educated man but it seems like he lost his logic somewhere. Or perhaps he likes getting his name in the newspaper.
And while we're on the topic of babying the fucking world, the debate about an R18+ rating for computer games in Australia is unfortunately not done and dusted, with the WA government deciding they're gonna fuck us around just a bit longer and stand up a committee to discuss the supposed issue. This disturbs me on so many levels. One official said
that an R18+ rating would “introduce a level of violence that children
and young people weren’t exposed to before.” OK, right there she's made a mistake in that she doesn't understand what an R18+ classification is. An R18+ classification restricts the sale of the game to a minor. It's a simple concept that only a moron could confuse. But it seems morons are everywhere. Here's what a guy from Attorney General's Office had to say, "The consequences are that R18+ computer games that are suitable for
adults only would be able to be purchased by children. Retailers would be able to sell them to children with impunity." Again, complete misunderstanding of what an R18+ classification is about. These blockheads seem to think that introducing laws against supplying these games to minors is somehow magically going to put the games in kids Xmas stockings! It's about preventing minors from buying a game and advising responsible adults that children should not be exposed to its content. Having an R18+ classification is the OPPOSITE of what these guys are claiming it is. How do these dipshits get jobs? The other side of the coin is that these fuckers are claiming that we're so bad at raising our children that they have to protect them from our shitty parenting. How fucking insulting! If someone running for office think you can't raise a kid, vote for someone else. If a public official doesn't understand basic concepts, call for their resignation. People shouldn't have to stand for this shit!
We now resume our normal transmission...
I considered deleting this post as I found out later that the news article that formed the basis of my R18+ rant was a little misleading. The commission being set up by the WA government is only for their own state and won't block other states from creating their own R18 classifications. Also the legislation is apparently not quite clear so there is a legitimate concern that retailers may not be suitably prosecuted. But its still a fun rant and while it may not be 100% applicable to the current situation, just pretend I posted it 2 years when the Attorney Generals Office was review the laws or a few years earlier when that South Australian politician blocked us from having R18+ in the first place ;)
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