Why Kids Grow Up Screwed Up

The disciplining of a local school teacher has highlighted a perverse problem in our society that affects the minds of virtually every child in America. Do you know why people have such demented attitudes about sex and nudity? It's because they are conditioned to be that way by adults throughout their formative childhood years.

Our local NBC affiliate has been covering the story about a Frisco elementary school teacher who apparently got in trouble with her school board officials for taking her students to the Dallas Museum of Art last April where they saw a nude statue. I say "apparently" because the school board has indicated that their decision to suspend the teacher (with pay) is based on performance issues that they are not allowed to reveal to the public - not just a field trip to the museum. You can read about it here, here, and here.

It is, however, the parents' complaints about the nude statue that their little darlings saw at the museum that gets most of the news coverage (sensationalising the news yields better ratings). Just what the parents were complaining about isn't really clear to me, but I assume (dangerous, I know) that it is our infernal prudishness that has caused all the wailing and knashing of teeth.

I'll let the school board decide personnel issues, but someone should tell those parents who were complaining about the nude statue to just STFU and stop corrupting their childrens' minds.

"Gun-Free" School Zones

The Star-Telegram ran an opinion column on Friday by Alan Gottlieb and Dave Workman that claims that so-called "gun-free" school zones are a sad joke and do nothing to protect children.

Their's is not a novel argument. Ever since the beginning of the anti-gun hysteria in this country, it has been argued that criminals are encouraged in their activities when they think that there's little chance that their intended victims will be able to fight back with a firearm.

I've read several reports of increased firearm-related crime wherever the legal possession of guns is prohibited, and a corresponding decrease after the passage of concealed-carry laws. I cannot vouch for the validity of those claims, but it does seem reasonable.

Think of any of the instances in which some lunatic rather casually, and with impunity, walked about shooting people in a school or a Luby's cafeteria. If only one responsible person had been there with a gun, the incident could possibly have been terminated early with a happy ending.
There's no guarantee of that outcome, but at least the victims would have had a reasonable chance of survival.

If you have a gun, do yourself a favor and attend a firearms safety class. Just don't attend a class conducted by this guy, or this guy, and especially not this guy.