Interesting Reading

Interesting reading. Discussions on the frontlines of Ontario animal welfare 2008
Don't worry, you sure don't have to read the whole darned thing. Ian Cumming had some interesting things to say, as did Connie Mallory. Opposites sides of the same darn system. I was "semi-aware" of this, as usual, I took the middle road between the two parties. I still don't quite believe that Hugh Coghill said what he said, because he may very well have been talking about Mr. Funny Farmer from my last post, too. BTW, since no-one showed any interest as to what the funny famer's pigs did? Half-fed cows, hungry feral pigs. ByeBye, cow's rectums. There was a HUGE public uproar, Mr. FF can never own pigs again. He can still own cattle, though.
And now, everyone just ignores Mr. FF's place. Everyone, including the OSPCA. (Okay, his neighbours cannot ignore his place. His place destroys their property values. Oh, well.)

Hey, Hugh Coghill retired. Why am I always the last to know this shite?


I guess I should have been spending all of my time researching the Bill C50 issue, who really needs a job? I've learned everything I know about the Humane Laws in this province, by simply living where I do.
Food water shelter. Doesn't have to be enough food, the water can be filled with feces, the shelter can leak. C'est tout. Skinny, neglected animals are not illegal.

I'll say this again, as patiently as I can, without screaming.
The Animal Welfare movement is backfiring. Anyone else smell the H2SO4? Considering my previous post, and all, I truly wonder. Puppy Mills are entirely legal. Think about it.

On to more obvious reporting.. I found this on RefDesk, link to your right. My left;)
"Too many hours playing video games and watching TV may be impairing youngsters' ability to focus in school. A recent study found that students who exceed the recommended two hours a day of screen time are almost twice as likely to have attention problems. Despite the fact that playing video games is perceived as a less passive activity than simply watching TV, both appear to have roughly the same link to attention problems. Researchers say that it is likely that TV and video games increase attention problems, however, they also note these media, in all likelihood, attract children that already have attention problems."

Oh, please, the last sentence is such a total cop-out. Chicken before the egg, as it were. Kids start watching TV in the womb, these days. If the parents are glued to the tube, why won't the kids be?

My darlin' Mom worried about our change in facial expressions when we watched TV, back in the dark ages of Black and White. Yup, TV used to be B/W. Dinosaurs roamed the face of the earth. I was probably 4 or five, when I first saw TV? Gosh, I can't remember;)
Mom didn't like how our expressions drained away, to vapid staring. Mindlessness begins with those boxes, even as they expand your mind.
I STILL don't know how one works. Why don't they teach you that in school??
I do remember being transfixed. I remember screaming, with no idea why I was screaming, when I saw the Beatles on Ed Sullivan. I was nine or ten, fcs...
I can only imagine what those flashy lights do to kids now. Scares me, quite frankly.

The media has ultimate power over all of us.
Don't ever forget that.