censorship

is it paranoia that leads one to believe that censorship is rampant in the usa?... maybe... but does it not exist?... no, it does exist... and most people do it without even thinking about it... people get "offended" all the time by whatever they do not like and by being "offended" they mean to censor that which "offends" them... mostly stupid control freaks with small minds afraid of whatever they want to repress or silence or hide from their eyes or mind... it is all around us, every day...

but what gets press are the paranoid few screaming about government oppression and conspiracies, which makes the everyday censorship by the offended seem minor in comparison, but actually the everyday censorship dictates your life choices much more than the any government or corporate conspiracies... i mean, do you shout fuck god in church?... sure, it is an extreme example, but you don't do you... even if you feel like shouting it, you don't... do you wear clothing when you leave your house?... of course, because it is so socially acceptable to be offended by the human body in it's natural state... socially accepted censorship is our way of life...

organized censorship attacks music (music and tv (tv) and movies (movies) and books (books) and all sorts of media (media) and yes, the internet (internet)...

i get sick thinking about it, so i am going to walk away and maybe come back after a while with more links that make me sick... i think... cuz censorship deserves a complaint...

nfl inconsistency

there is little more frustrating to me than unfairness as in inconsistency in enforcing rules or simply not following rules in a game or sporting event... is stopped watching the nba because of this inconsistency that gets so bad it appears like bias for one team or player sometimes... the nfl has become second only to the nba in frustrating inconsistencies... tonight, for instance, there are many in the indy houston game... two completely blown calls in favor of houston were ridiculous and called out by the announcing crew, both calls lead to points for houston... then there is this new helmet to helmet rule... in some cases, it's called when it's obviously not happening... in some cases, it's not called when it clearly happened... so what's the point of having a rule when it's called so inconsistently that one team (in this case houston) benefits and the other team loses?...

or almost loses, in this case... this is a pattern, not just tonight's game... i have no state in the game other than indirect fantasy football interests (none that affect my fantasy game tonight)... tonight just brings me to the point of wanting to record this meaningless complaint about the nfl... the referees may be confused or overwhelmed, but they are getting worse every year... the rules might be challenging, but it is becoming obviously that they not only need better training and testing for nfl referees, but they need more referees on the field to fairly call the rules, old and new...

i'd like to say it is not getting worse, but... it is...