Just because you CAN

Just because you CAN do something, doesn't mean you should.  I probably just got myself into a Facebook flame war over the stupid movie controversy going on right now. {And I should know better than to enter into a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent, but sometimes I just can't let stupidity lie.]

Here's the sitch in a nutshell. A stupid group of actors and writers and directors made a stupid movie about the assassination attempt of a stupid [but still living] Asian dictator. Said Asian dictator found out about the stupid movie and got mad. [Not defending him, because he's an asshole, but really, who wouldn't get mad?] Cyber terrorists apparently strong-armed the movie company [Sony?] and threatened horrible things if the movie wasn't pulled. The stupid people pulled the movie.

Now the Internet is broken over whether or not they should have backed down and how they were just exercising their right to be assholes to free speech.

I gotta be honest - I hate asshole dictators as much as the next person. HOWEVER, I can see the merit in NOT making comedy movies about assassinating living political figures. It looks bad. It makes asshole dictators mad and while asshole dictators deserve to be mad, when they get mad, they can make things unpleasant for innocent people in ways the stupid movie makers never even imagined.

So crying that we have the right to free speech and we should be allowed to say whatever we want may sound like the rallying call of 'patriotic 'mericans' but really, it's the whine of the rampant moron. BECAUSE, just because you have the right to say whatever you want to say, DOESN'T MEAN YOU SHOULD. It's not always wise to run off at the mouth.

So while 'patriotic 'mericans' think that American filmmakers made a funny movie and some asshole dictator got mad and some cyber terrorists got involved and made the filmmakers pull the movie and that's so wrong -- what REALLY happened was, some brain dead American filmmakers made a stupid movie that made them look like a bunch of idiots and an asshole dictator got mad and some cyber terrorists strong-armed them into pulling the movie which they did, telling the world that these strong arm tactics may be used freely the next time some asshole dictator gets mad about something.

They made the US look bad and added fuel to the fire burning under a volatile political situation.

I call that treason. Other people - let's say...stupid people... call that 'freedom of speech.'

'nuff said.

On to more interesting things like my latest plant rescue.

Meet...Fiona. She's a Norfolk pine tree.

I found Fiona dressed in Christmas finery and languishing in the lobby of the local CVS pharmacy. She couldn't stand on her own. Her root ball was dry as a bone and falling out of the pot. They had spray painted glitter on her needles and hung some cheap ornaments on her branches and were selling her for $6.99.

I could not leave her there to die, so with a $4.00 coupon, I rescued her and took her home. She has a new pot and a spot of honor in my indoor garden where she should be able to soak up some much needed sunlight and enjoy the company of my other indoor plants. Wish her luck!