I thought I’d wind down my Week of Positivity with another cartoon. Just for fun. (Thank you, Chris Basanese, for this chuckle.)
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In Defense of Sexual Predators
I hate to say it, but these guys being accused of sexual assault and misconduct MAY have a defense strategy, saying it was acceptable behavior “back then.” I’m talking about accusations of events happening decades ago, not ones in the relatively recent past (but someone would have to define that). It definitely isn’t right or moral, but that could very well be set aside.
It happened to me—the butt pats, uncomfortable arm around me, “accidental” breast-brushing, off-color comments about my appearance. But who could I complain to? Our male boss or his male boss? The men who observed and laughed about it? It wasn’t illegal, so the police would tell me it was just boys being boys, that they were showing their affection for and acceptance of me as a colleague, and I should be a good sport. Problem is, the attitude I attribute to the police was, in general, society’s attitude at that time.
I’m not trivializing what any woman has gone through. As I said, I’ve been there and know how it feels and the awkward, even professionally precarious position it puts a woman in. But I foresee lawyers arguing their clients’ cases, with the spin they’ll likely put on it. And the greater the number of older men who are accused, the easier the spin.
Let this be a warning to all “good old boys,” which, thankfully, are no longer the majority of men: times have changed, so be a good sport about it and change your ways.
Malia Obama’s Hand in Marriage
How much would President Obama’s daughter Malia fetch in a marriage contract? Hey, she’s 16, practically an old maid.
A Kenyan lawyer has offered her dad a tidy sum: 50 cows, 70 sheep, and 30 goats to gain Malia as his bride.
This isn’t a hasty decision on the part of Felix Kiprono, who has been interested in her since she was 10 years old, at which time he decided to be faithful to her and wait for her. Consequently, he hasn’t dated in all that time.
It’s coming out now because Kiprono intends to put his proposal before President Obama when he visits Kenya this July. He is writing a letter to ask that Malia come with the President on his Kenyan trip.
He wants to live the simple life with his bride, teaching her how to milk a cow and cook ugali (maize porridge) and other traditional Kenyan dishes.
Why do I pass on this story to you? Because I thought I’d break up your week with a deeply romantic, heart-felt story. That’s the kind of thing I do for my faithful readers.
Follow-Up on “Is there Something I’m Missing?”
I MUST add one more bit of questionable logic to Monday’s (10/20/14) posting on situations in our daily lives that make little sense. Yesterday I saw that TV commercial yet again. It’s for an ambulance-chaser–er, I mean, law firm–in which anyone who has been in an auto accident and has been either seriously injured or killed is urged to call their office. Now, I know that long-distance companies have improved greatly over the years, but does the land-of-the-afterlife have phone service?
Jury Duty–Duck it?
People keep telling me I’m crazy because I’m sticking by my phone this week, on-call for jury duty. They joke about the excuses they’ve gotten away with to get out of serving and point out that I actually have several very valid reasons. So why don’t I duck the duty?
I’m willing to sit through long, draw-out lawyers’ talks and questionable evidence because that’s what I’d want other rational people to do if I or one of my loved ones were on trial. I fancy myself a caring, reasonable, thoughtful, logical person. That’s who I’d want judging me or mine. If everyone who has those characteristics were to duck jury duty, where does that leave our already-infirm judicial system and the accused people caught up in it?
To me, jury duty is my obligation, both to my society and to those on trial.