Did you happen to notice the front page of today's Miami Herald or Nuevo Herald? The lead story was the suicide of former Miami Commissioner Art Teele. Here's the picture that accompanied the story, again, on the front page:
Lovely. So much for inspiring the kids to read the paper each day. Now I admit I have a very, very strong stomach (except for when it comes to odors) and have seen only a couple of things in my lifetime that were too much for me; I even own a copy of "Bud Dwyer Ventilates His Head" (Google 'R. Bud Dwyer' if you're clueless). But I don't think it's remotely appropriate to put an image like that on the front page of a fucking newspaper! Does anyone else see a problem with this?
And I love the hypocrisy of those allegedly looking out for the best interests of us and our society. Earlier this month there was a huge stink made by Senator Hillary Clinton and others when it was discovered that a patch could be downloaded so players of the video game "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas" could enjoy a scene featuring simulated sex. The makers of the game were forced to pull it from the shelves and change the rating from 'M' ("content that may be suitable for persons of age 17 years and older") to 'AO' ("content that should only be played by persons 18 years and older"). Yet a child can walk into any store, drop 25 cents on the counter and walk out with a copy of the Miami Herald.
Now I ask you: as a parent, which would you be more concerned about your impressionable child witnessing: the gory picture above of a dying man lying on the floor while a pool of blood flows from his head, or simulated sex between two video game characters?
And the best part of the uproar regarding "Grand Theft Auto" is that they are upset about simulated sex in a video game in which you steal cars, shoot cops and traffic drugs. They could care less about children being exposed to these concepts, but sex??? How dare we pollute these young skulls full of mush with such an unholy thing as sex! What the fuck has happened to our priorities?
Again, put out an A.P.B. for common sense...
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