In a column in the November 6, 2012 edition of the London Times, Joan Smith writes about masogonistic lyrics in classic rock songs such as "Stray Cat Blues" and "Midnight Rambler" by the Rolling Stones. While I am not necissarily comfortable with the lyrics of some of these songs, Smith is employing a double standard by not talking about all these current female pop singers who dress like tarts.
In last week's issue of the online Matilda Ziegler Magazine for the Blind there was an article about a woman who imprisoned five mentally retarded people in a home and took their Social Security cheques. The author says "hate crimes" must cease. If you kidnap someone and steal their money, it is kidnapping and theft. The motive does not matter. This is one reason why I am totally against the label hate crime. Murder is murder. Whether you didn't like the person because of their ethnic background or you were drunk or jealous of their lover or wanted their money, it is still wrong.
In this week's issue of the same magazine, there is an article about Chelsea Cooke, a blind girl who is in university hoping to get into the field of space sciences. This article was very inspiring. However, I do have one question. Getting into the programs Cooke is taking at university involved taking calculous in high school. Cooke is a braille user. How do you do calculous in braille, as it involves writing marginal notes a lot of the time? I think their might have been students who took calculous at the school for the blind. How did they do it?
No comments:
Post a Comment