Posted by
Crazy Eddie on Friday, May 11, 2007 12:38:56 PM
Lets say you are with a friend, and she happens to be a vegetarian.
And you guys want to go out to eat lunch and catch up on old times.
You ask her to suggest a restaruant because you don't know what she likes and what's part of her diet.
When she suggests Outback steak house, you are kind of puzzled.. but she keeps going on and on about the blooming onion so you say fine.
Meet up
order a blooming onion.. and you have to run to the bathroom so you tell the waitress on the way what you want, but miss what she orders.
you come back and chat a bit, then the waitress brings out your order
You got the rare t bone you wanted.. and you are a little surprised when the waitress drops down a NY strip steak in front of your friend.
its evident the HORROR on her face that they must have gotten her order wrong so quickly you tell the waitress but the waitress replys that that is exactly what was ordered.
your friend starts screaming and yelling at everyone in the restarant demanding a public apology
well the manager comes out and explains how sorry he is that they got her order wrong and how they would gladly replace her order.
THATS NOT GOOD enough she says, calling corporate headquarters screaming how she was descriminated against with the NY strip steak that she ordered
After protests out in front of the building and corporate pressure, the Outback steakhouse closes and they all go home without jobs.
Welcome to the all new America
Where you have the power to ruin my ability to pay for legal things that I want.
Where your inability to cope with words that people say is affecting my right to free speech.
Where if things aren't going the way you want, you can pull out the discrimination card no matter how ridiculous it may be.
Thats the way we're heading.
Here we are at war with a population whos fanatical devotion to religion is thier greates weapon. It allows them to strap bombs to their chests and sacrifice their lives for the cause they are trying to advance.
And our people, young and old, can't handle being called a name. Can't handle the satire of radio hosts or the games that they play.
How can our people stand up to this when simple commonly said phrases invoke such rapid and extreme response?
I just think the American people, who used to be willing to fight for who they were, are now rolling over and tattling like schoolchildren. Calling for more government control and less freedom of speech.
If you don't like my freedom of speech, my freedom to buy the music and cds that I want or subscribe to the services I want, then you can move somewhere else.
We ALL have the right to free speech. If that means you want to post a comment in here telling me how much of a moron I am, so be it. I was a US Marine for 4 years and although I may not like what you say, i support your right to say it.
WHo do you think you are to suggest that because you are offended, you have the right to decide what is said on a service that other people pay for?
You do not have the right to never be offended. Grow up, get a spine, and change the channel if you don't like it. You are an adult and you have the ability to browse to another page, change the radio station, change the channel or turn the page of the book you're reading.
I am an American adult. I have a wife and a daughter. I have served in military service and placed my life on the line.
You are not my moral police and your personal preferance on how you live your life is your business, just stay the hell out of mine.
Eddie