May 21 - Pet Peeve Monday - Discriminating Thoughts
This week’s PET PEEVE MONDAY concerns a new proposed law in Massachusetts.
Massachusetts is set to become the second state to bar discrimination based upon height or weight.
"No matter what you think of fat people, they deserve to be treated like human beings," said Jeanne Toombs, 59, a piano teacher who weighs 300 pounds and is on the board of the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance. Their web site has TONS of information. Here is a picture from their latest convention. I think I once had the middle seat on an airplane between these two.
Come on, what’s next, outlawing disapproving looks, the rolling of your eyes, and sarcasm. If that is the case, lock me up now and throw away the keys.
My PET PEEVE is that WE CAN’T LEGISLATE EVERY DISCRIMINATION. Where do we stop? Baldness, bad body odor, bad breath, bad teeth? Hell, no wonder the French don’t immigrate to the US.
The MA law would in effect make Randy Newman, who wrote the 1978 song, "Short People," guilty of a hate crime. The lyrics are below:
Short People got no reason
Short People got no reason
Short People got no reason
To live
They got little hands
And little eyes
And they walk around
Tellin' great big lies
They got little noses
And tiny little teeth
They wear platform shoes
On their nasty little feet
Well, I don't want no Short People
Don't want no Short People
Don't want no Short People
Round here
However, the good news is that it would also make Al Franken guilty. He penned a book in 1996, “Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot.”
Most states have laws prohibiting discrimination based on race, religion, age, gender and disability. A few offer protection for gays and lesbians.
You never guess what is the other state only other state that includes weight and height in its anti-discrimination law.
Yep, it’s Michigan. I know why ugly and incompetence aren’t on the Michigan list. The opposition is in the majority.
People, stop the insanity with the discrimination talk and political correctness. Grow up (if you can) and get over it.
BTW, what would you call the Snow White’s seven dwarfs if they were prescribed: Paxil, Ritalin, Prozac, Lithium, Provigil, and Benadryl:
Dwarf
Dwarf
Dwarf
Dwarf
Dwarf
Dwarf
And Doc.
Massachusetts is set to become the second state to bar discrimination based upon height or weight.
"No matter what you think of fat people, they deserve to be treated like human beings," said Jeanne Toombs, 59, a piano teacher who weighs 300 pounds and is on the board of the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance. Their web site has TONS of information. Here is a picture from their latest convention. I think I once had the middle seat on an airplane between these two.
Come on, what’s next, outlawing disapproving looks, the rolling of your eyes, and sarcasm. If that is the case, lock me up now and throw away the keys.My PET PEEVE is that WE CAN’T LEGISLATE EVERY DISCRIMINATION. Where do we stop? Baldness, bad body odor, bad breath, bad teeth? Hell, no wonder the French don’t immigrate to the US.
The MA law would in effect make Randy Newman, who wrote the 1978 song, "Short People," guilty of a hate crime. The lyrics are below:
Short People got no reason
Short People got no reason
Short People got no reason
To live
They got little hands
And little eyes
And they walk around
Tellin' great big lies
They got little noses
And tiny little teeth
They wear platform shoes
On their nasty little feet
Well, I don't want no Short People
Don't want no Short People
Don't want no Short People
Round here
However, the good news is that it would also make Al Franken guilty. He penned a book in 1996, “Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot.”
Most states have laws prohibiting discrimination based on race, religion, age, gender and disability. A few offer protection for gays and lesbians.
You never guess what is the other state only other state that includes weight and height in its anti-discrimination law.
Yep, it’s Michigan. I know why ugly and incompetence aren’t on the Michigan list. The opposition is in the majority.
People, stop the insanity with the discrimination talk and political correctness. Grow up (if you can) and get over it.
BTW, what would you call the Snow White’s seven dwarfs if they were prescribed: Paxil, Ritalin, Prozac, Lithium, Provigil, and Benadryl:
Dwarf
Dwarf
Dwarf
Dwarf
Dwarf
Dwarf
And Doc.
Labels: Pet Peeve
posted by J. Jay @ 6:25 PM
2 comments
2 Comments:
Hey I was on the plane with those women as well.
Don't any of the Dwarfs get Oxycotin. It sure would pick things up a bit about the house. Give it to Bashful and then stand back.
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