This isn’t any revolutionary thinking, just a reflection on something I was ruminating about on my ride home from school.

People who drive gas-guzzling trucks make gas more expensive. They do so by using more fuel to get from one point to another than a car with better fuel efficiency would use. More fuel used leads to a higher demand, which creates higher prices.

Then again, I’m not helping anyone by driving 70 miles to home every weekend.

Søren Kierkegaard said: Never cease loving a person, and never give up hope for him, for even the prodigal son who had fallen most low, could still be saved; the bitterest enemy and also he who was your friend could again be your friend; love that has grown cold can kindle.

He also said: Be that self which one truly is.

William Shakespeare said something similar: This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.

That’s it for today’s philosophy lesson.

As I watch Bowling for Columbine, I realize something about its director.

Michael Moore has an agenda. Everyone has one. What makes Moore different is that he found a way to reach millions of people in an effort to further his agenda.

Whether one agrees with the points Moore makes in his movies or whether one agrees with how he makes those points, no one can question that his movies are very convincing and that said movies reach far more people than anything most people will do.

I was lurking around the internet and found this website.

The author of that blog is a feminist. Likewise, she thinks everything revolves around penises, hence the image in that post and the paragraphs thereafter, which describe how said graphic has about 95,000 penises in it.

First, the pic is just a silhouette of a woman, so if it looks like a penis, that’s the silhouette woman’s fault. Second, nothing else in the photo even remotely resembles a penis. Everything that’s longer than it is wide is not a penis. I think we know what person is truly obsessed with penises.

Even more stunning evidence: I just uncovered this graphic, a photograph of the afore-linked blog’s author:

I think it explains a lot.

Here is the post chronologically before the post I just discussed. This rant is short: The tag pictured in her blog is just a statement of fact; look in any encyclopedia if you don’t believe me.

As it turns out, modes of expression are the "in" thing to censor right now. That’s right, a bunch of stupid politicians want to ban the sale of violent video games. Silly politicians.

According to aforesaid article on 1up, those silly Lousisianians are still trying to ban video games. I thought they had more important things to worry about than a possible break-out of independent thought.

Apparently, a judge from the state ruled against a bill approved by the state’s governor, but the politicians are preparing for round 2, seeking a quick, merciless K.O. Mike Michot, a senator from Lousiana, which, like most other states, has two senators (okay, they all have two), was interviewd on radio about the situation. He had the following to say:

"They [the videogame industry] feel like we are trying to stop the sale of these videos and in fact we are. It’s the least we could do."¹

Unfortunately, Mr. Michot forgot about one other alternative requiring very little effort: he can find something better to do. For instance, where is the crusade against violence in movies? Or, how about violence on television? Better yet, books can be pretty violent.

Yeah, let’s burn some books.

In summary, Mr. Michot, wake up. Even news media are violent, but I don’t see you leading a crusade to censor them. Hearing about this terrible game called Grand Theft Auto that let’s one kill hookers doesn’t give you the duty to ban any video games. If you want to protect your kids, don’t let them buy the ESRB-rated (M for Mature or AO for Adults Only in some cases) Grand Theft Auto, but don’t start telling people what they can and cannot play.

¹Quotation from Louisiana Senator Defends Bill.