Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Leave us the hell alone
The Arkansas State House of Representatives has voted to do away with the requirement that local school districts measure and report each student’s Body Mass Index on a yearly basis. Of course, I approve wholeheartedly.
All this nonsense about promoting good self-image is, well, just nonsense. However, it really does not make much sense to deliberately make sport of overweight children. Kids have enough trouble getting through school, especially from the bullies and they have moved on to the internet. Back in the day, our bullies would generally take somebody on face to face, so long as they were smaller and weaker.
It is a fine thing to teach good eating habits. Let’s leave it at that. Youngsters will get subjected to degrading and intrusive drug testing soon enough.
On the general theme of privacy and individual freedom, I would like to condemn all laws that make not wearing a seat belt into a primary offense. That is just an excuse to give permission for cops to stop us any time for any reason or no reason. I apologize for my role in supporting the original law some years ago. I was young and foolish and believed the politicians when they said seat belt use would only be a secondary offense. How can you ever forgive me?
(Broadcast January 30, 2007)
All this nonsense about promoting good self-image is, well, just nonsense. However, it really does not make much sense to deliberately make sport of overweight children. Kids have enough trouble getting through school, especially from the bullies and they have moved on to the internet. Back in the day, our bullies would generally take somebody on face to face, so long as they were smaller and weaker.
It is a fine thing to teach good eating habits. Let’s leave it at that. Youngsters will get subjected to degrading and intrusive drug testing soon enough.
On the general theme of privacy and individual freedom, I would like to condemn all laws that make not wearing a seat belt into a primary offense. That is just an excuse to give permission for cops to stop us any time for any reason or no reason. I apologize for my role in supporting the original law some years ago. I was young and foolish and believed the politicians when they said seat belt use would only be a secondary offense. How can you ever forgive me?
(Broadcast January 30, 2007)
