Well this is a unique approach. Here is one of the most amazing innovative ways I have ever heard about curtailing violence and drugs. It seems that in Columbia local officials and the wives and girlfriends of gang members have combined efforts to reduce the number of murders there. Now what could they have come up with? Simply put no sex. As long as there is fighting there won’t be any sex for the men.
Now this is unique. Helen of Troy was responsible for a war, these ladies are in essence responsible to stop one. But the fact is it is probably one of the best plans in quite some time. I can hardly think of anything more powerful than this as motivation. Procreation is the driving force of life, second only to self-preservation I think. It will be interesting to see if this will work.
Of course if it does it sets a dangerous precedent. Not in the Lorana Bobbitt sense of things. While if this effort could work on the Al Quaeda members it would be worthwhile, on a lighter sense I can just see painting the White House pink or national shoe sale day in response to a nation-wide ‘lockout’. I’m being light-hearted, but in all seriousness the potential seems huge, if it works.
In other thoughts, news of a ban on the super-thin models in the fashion industry has been reported. It’s about time. I’ve never understood how most of these women are considered ‘exotic’ or ‘sexy’. It’s not to say that models like Ms. Iman or Ms. Naomi Campbell are not beautiful women. I will say that they would look significantly better, to me, if they ate a few burgers. I mean women should have curves, it’s a natural genetic thing.
In most of history, paintings and sculptures have always depicted women of at least moderate size as beautiful. Even recent history has women such as Ms. Marilyn Monroe, Ms. Betty Page, Missy Elliott, Queen Latifah, Ms. Jill Scott, Ms. America Ferrerra, Ms. Janet Jackson (early in her career and yes she still looks good now), Ms. Mae West and Ms. Anna Nicole Smith to name a few that are attractive successful and accepted as sex symbols. When the concept of extremely thin being the ‘ideal’ became the norm I do not know. But it’s nice to see that it may be changing. At least in my eyes, thin is ok but model thin is unattractive.
In an unrelated thought, I just found out that Mr. Dennis Leary may have a new comedy on broadcast television soon. Mr. Leary is a solid actor and has made several series that are quite good over the years. The FX cable television show Rescue Me is just one example of his creative abilities. As a fan of his stand-up, movies (like The Ref) and programs I look forward to this new idea.
This is what I think, what do you think?
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