I contemplated not naming this entry what I ended up naming it because I was afraid it would be misleading but I figure why not...It's Thursday...I'm gonna be a little crazy!
I want to ask a very simple question.
Why is it that it is perfectly acceptable for people to toss their cigarette butts out the car window but if I were to throw my trash out the window it would be frowned upon by society? I was sitting at a stoplight the other day and there were hundreds of "butts", thousands even, it was crazy. If it is so offensive to you to have a stinky cigarette butt smoking up your car and making it smell like cigarette smoke then here is a crazy idea...STOP SMOKING!
Let's say all the over eaters are sitting at the same stop light and they start throwing their value meal waste out the window or alcoholics start throwing their glass bottles out the window? I know I know alcoholics wouldn't be drinking and driving that's against the law....sure that never happens. Just a minute I have to go feed my unicorn.
Okay, I'm back, my point is that trash of any form should be in the trash can.
On to the gun portion of my rant.
Do you know the first rule of retail? Make the consumer feel that they NEED an item. All this talk about gun control and taking our right to bear arms and what not is completely getting blown out of proportion. All that is really happening is that people who would never even think about buying a gun are buying guns "just in case" the government decides to take them away. It's kind of like how the grocery stores are in cahoots with the weather men and whenever they have too much milk and bread and need to get rid of it the grocery store people have the weathermen threaten snow...problem solved!
I don't typically weigh in on politics but this one is starting to annoy me.
Bad guys are always going to find ways to buy bad guns. So, any law that you put into place is not going to protect the innocent it is going to help out the bad guys. This issue can not be solved by the government it has to be solved in the home.
Why are 6 year olds being allowed to play video games where they kill people only to be taught that they can hit restart and the player comes back to life? Why are things more important than the time you spend with your child? Why is it so acceptable to throw an electronic device at a child so that they don't bother you or others around you? They are kids...it's what they do. They have to be taught to behave and how to act in public otherwise they will never learn.
If you decide to have children it is not just a box you get to check off. It is a decision that there is no way out for the next 20 plus years. It is hard. It is crazy. It will take you past your comfort zone, but if you commit to it it is your responsibility to raise a human being that you are proud to send out into the world. Not a selfish self centered person. Not a mean spirited evil person. A well rounded kind person that realizes we are all on this planet together and we have to take care of it.
So, today, in your actions remember that when you fling that little cigarette out the window we all have to look at your butt. Is that really how you want to be viewed?
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