Kids- Dead and Alive

This week has been a trying one for me. I have talked back to the television- stop pretending you cannot hear me Brian Williams! And the radio both to work in the morning and on my return home in the evening. All of you that know me personally may not be too shocked. After all I have been talking to inanimate objects my entire life. Although I generally am quite an enthusiatic person two things have fired me up this week.

First off that poor little shaver Treyvon Martin who was shot in Florida by the overly enthusiatic neighborhood watch bully "wanna-be vigiliante." This happened nearly one month ago and he was not arrested? Please, they brought down two people in Shamokin who threw a puppy over a cliff and gave them their day in court in less time. George Zimmerman should have been arrested just for the fact that he DISOBEYED the police during his 911 call. Any citizen with permission to carry a concealed weapon who is told to stay in his car; the police can handle the situation should be arrested for not listening. Like a three year old who has time out. Except George killed a teenager who "looked suspicious," which translated into something like: "According to me no one, and I mean no one, should be allowed to walk through MY neighborhood for any reason."

Yes, yes, I know I only am rehashing what I have heard on the news all week. Two sides to every story and that stuff. And last night Lester Holt, he gets my weekend conversations when Brian is spending quality time with the fam, reported that according to sources Zimmerman had suffered a blow to the head requiring stitches or some other shit, which is not quite as bad as suffering a gunshot wound that kills you. Poor big, burly, self-appointed boss of that neighborhood who could not listen to directions from a higher, more knowledgeable authority than himself. Because his concealed weapon increased his brain firing power.

Next up my conversation with the radio about the movie The Hunger Games. Let me sum this all up like this: if I hear one more person say the movie is about "kids killing kids" I may lose it. That is NOT what the book or the movie is about. Get it RIGHT before you go on to making judgements about it. Yes, there is killing in this trilogy and yes indeedy it is teens inflicting violence on other teens. But these people who are yapping about that part of it, and only that part of it, are missing the entire premise. The underlying story about how the society/government encourages it for a variety of reasons is what this series is actually about, "haves and have-nots," and exercising control over others. Not to mention the warning it gives to what is possible in the future and the dangers of creating celebrities at whim who have done nothing to earn their status.

 People are missing the fact that the teens/tributes who survive (Katniss and Peta) teach a lesson about herosim, courage, and how mankind should trust one another. Without that trust we end up with stories about how unchecked bullies like George Zimmerman can make his own neighborhood into an Arena. Exceot poor Treyvon had no idea his number was up.