I was having a conversation with a friend the other day about the movie INCEPTION. He started off by saying he thought it was this years HANGOVER because he thought it was overrated. This comment reminded me that I hate critics and also that I hate the word OVERRATED, or at least when it is used as a criticism on a movie or any other form of media for that matter. My problem is that it is more of a criticism of the people who like the film and not a criticism of the film itself. Saying a movie is overrated is actually saying that the people who like the movie like it to much. Doesn’t make any sense to me.
Anywhatsit... on a COMPLETELY UNRELATED NOTE...
Does anyone remember what was going on in the news before the oil disaster? In a few months are we going to be saying, “ Does anyone remember what was going on in the news before the gay marriage ban overturned again thing?” I know people have there strong opinions on this matter but there really are more important and DIRE things in need of our attention. I was in New Orleans when I was a very young boy and not old enough to appreciate it. I am very much hoping to go back again without need of a bio-hazard mask and fly fishing waders.
My problem isn’t with pro or anti gay marriage people or with the Gulf being overshadowed by it, my problem is with hypocrisy. If you are really worried about the “sanctity of marriage” first you should outlaw divorce, you know, that thing that the majority of marriages end in! That thing that daily spits on the supposed sanctity of marriage! And what about Las Vegas? In Las Vegas getting married is tantamount to ordering a Whopper and Fries from the comfort of your automobile! THEN you can worry about stopping certain people from entering in to that statistically almost certainly doomed legal contract called marriage. I don’t see how gay people getting married affects me at all. I don’t see how much of anything affects my marriage except for the choices my wife and I make within that marriage.
To paraphrase Adam Carolla, think 20 or 30 years into the future and see if there is gay marriage or not. You know that there will be, so stop wasting your time now. We could have skipped over the black civil rights movement in the earlier part of the century if everyone did that about black equality. It’s like trying to beat back the tide with a Whiffle Bat; it doesn’t do much of anything and your gonna look pretty silly out there all by your lonesome getting your Dockers wet.
I guess all I’m trying to say is, people, stop screaming about same sex unions destroying the sanctity of marriage because it isn’t a legitimate claim. Let the homosexuals get married, and then when, or if, the gay divorce rate climbs higher than the straight divorce rate in this country, start complaining. There are more important things to spend your energy on right now.
But what I’m REALLY trying to say is, go see INCEPTION...I thought it was very good.
