Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Posting on this blog
If you can't stick to the subject, don't post. Any irrelevant and off the wall posts, as well as juvenile personal attacks will be deleted.
Monday, May 6, 2013
Friday, May 3, 2013
Height of hypocrisy; Evangelist bashes short men in sermon
Well...who knew that an "evangelist" would say such mean, hateful things about short men?...lol. Mr. David Couchman, an evangelist/minister in the UK seems to have some contempt for short men as evidenced by the posted article. See for yourself...
http://www.facingthechallenge.org/luke19a.php
Hmmm...where do I begin? Does it not say somewhere in the Bible that "whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer!" (1 John 3:15). It doesn't seem that this evangelist favors short men; I can feel the hate coming from him and I hope for his sake that he sheds this unjustified hate or he is going south on Judgement Day.
He seems to think that Zaccheus was bullied and was angry; why, because he was a tax collector? Should he have been a beggar, maybe Mr Couchman would be happy with that? It sure seems to me that this man considers himself superior to short men. If "Zack", as he refers to him, was indeed bullied, who was bullying him then? Bigger, taller kids. Why isn't this minister vilifying them for their sense of entitlement and anger then? He seems so certain that all short men are bullied, why doesn't he do something to curb the bullying? Perhaps he thinks it is perfectly acceptable for taller, elite kids to assault the smaller kids.
A short man's choice of profession also seems to draw this man's ire. One man turned out to be a Thai boxing champion and seems he was bothered by it. Why? Are short men not allowed to be successful? Would he have been happier if that man turned to drugs to deal with his issues? Not happy unless us "inferior shorties" are serving the taller people, such as his hypocritical self.
Maybe Mr Couchman should read the gospels again. Jesus did say to "love your neighbor as yourself" did he not? The Bible also states that we were created in God's image but perhaps this man thinks that the Creator made a mistake; certainly seems he thinks less of short men. He had better hope that Jesus isn't short...lol.
Does this surprise me? No. I seem to remember a Sunday School song about Zaccheus. "Zaccheus was a wee little man and a wee little man was he." Wow, what a nice message to indoctrinate kids with huh? How about a Sunday School song that goes "Mary Magdalene was a real slut and real slut she was!" Oh no wait, that would be offensive wouldn't it?
Growing up in this environment, I saw how the kids (I attended church and school with) formed their bigoted thoughts and began looking down their noses at me with their err of tall, white superiority; their sense of entitlement. I am not sure which Bible they had been reading but it couldn't have been the version I was reading.
I don't know which version David Couchman subscribes to either. No where in any Bible that I have read does it say "Thou shall not be short!" Perhaps in his twisted, warped interpretation it does. If this man seems to think it is okay to stereotype all short men as angry and bullied, would it then be acceptable for me to say he is a pedophile (being a man of the cloth and all)? Of course not, that would be stereotyping.
http://www.facingthechallenge.org/luke19a.php
Hmmm...where do I begin? Does it not say somewhere in the Bible that "whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer!" (1 John 3:15). It doesn't seem that this evangelist favors short men; I can feel the hate coming from him and I hope for his sake that he sheds this unjustified hate or he is going south on Judgement Day.
He seems to think that Zaccheus was bullied and was angry; why, because he was a tax collector? Should he have been a beggar, maybe Mr Couchman would be happy with that? It sure seems to me that this man considers himself superior to short men. If "Zack", as he refers to him, was indeed bullied, who was bullying him then? Bigger, taller kids. Why isn't this minister vilifying them for their sense of entitlement and anger then? He seems so certain that all short men are bullied, why doesn't he do something to curb the bullying? Perhaps he thinks it is perfectly acceptable for taller, elite kids to assault the smaller kids.
A short man's choice of profession also seems to draw this man's ire. One man turned out to be a Thai boxing champion and seems he was bothered by it. Why? Are short men not allowed to be successful? Would he have been happier if that man turned to drugs to deal with his issues? Not happy unless us "inferior shorties" are serving the taller people, such as his hypocritical self.
Maybe Mr Couchman should read the gospels again. Jesus did say to "love your neighbor as yourself" did he not? The Bible also states that we were created in God's image but perhaps this man thinks that the Creator made a mistake; certainly seems he thinks less of short men. He had better hope that Jesus isn't short...lol.
Does this surprise me? No. I seem to remember a Sunday School song about Zaccheus. "Zaccheus was a wee little man and a wee little man was he." Wow, what a nice message to indoctrinate kids with huh? How about a Sunday School song that goes "Mary Magdalene was a real slut and real slut she was!" Oh no wait, that would be offensive wouldn't it?
Growing up in this environment, I saw how the kids (I attended church and school with) formed their bigoted thoughts and began looking down their noses at me with their err of tall, white superiority; their sense of entitlement. I am not sure which Bible they had been reading but it couldn't have been the version I was reading.
I don't know which version David Couchman subscribes to either. No where in any Bible that I have read does it say "Thou shall not be short!" Perhaps in his twisted, warped interpretation it does. If this man seems to think it is okay to stereotype all short men as angry and bullied, would it then be acceptable for me to say he is a pedophile (being a man of the cloth and all)? Of course not, that would be stereotyping.
Woman denied justice after being fired from NYC Parks Dept for ..being short
A couple of years ago I posted an article about Sandra Peterson, a 4'8" employee of the NYC Parks Department.
What happened? Her boss, Louis Marchi, let her go because she was "too short". What was she too short to do? Clean. Of course, we all know how height is an essential part of mopping floors, cleaning bathrooms, taking out garbage...a job reserved for the tall elite...lol. Well, Mr. Marchi sure thought so.
When Ms. Peterson began working there, I am quite sure she wasn't wearing stilts when they hired her in 2010. So, if they hired her knowing she was 4'8", how can they then fire her for the same reason? Well, they really shouldn't have and we all know that. But Mr Marchi brought his prejudice into the workplace and used it to deny this woman her job. I sincerely hope this man gets fired; I hate knowing that my tax dollars are going to this bigot who works for the city.
However, justice won't be done for this woman or for us taxpayers; she sued for discrimination and lost, yet this piece of crap remains in his job. Here is the details of her court case last year:
http://www.leagle.com/xmlResult.aspx?xmldoc=In%20NYCO%2020120807357.xml&docbase=CSLWAR3-2007-CURR
This injustice will continue to take place to us shorter people until states like New York, Massachusetts, Nevada and Utah (to name a few) get off their asses and give us the protection we deserve just as they protect everyone else.
If a transgender man/woman (Colleen Francis) can get protection in Washington State and be allowed to scare girls with his penis in their locker room, then why the hell can't Sandra Peterson get justice?
What happened? Her boss, Louis Marchi, let her go because she was "too short". What was she too short to do? Clean. Of course, we all know how height is an essential part of mopping floors, cleaning bathrooms, taking out garbage...a job reserved for the tall elite...lol. Well, Mr. Marchi sure thought so.
When Ms. Peterson began working there, I am quite sure she wasn't wearing stilts when they hired her in 2010. So, if they hired her knowing she was 4'8", how can they then fire her for the same reason? Well, they really shouldn't have and we all know that. But Mr Marchi brought his prejudice into the workplace and used it to deny this woman her job. I sincerely hope this man gets fired; I hate knowing that my tax dollars are going to this bigot who works for the city.
However, justice won't be done for this woman or for us taxpayers; she sued for discrimination and lost, yet this piece of crap remains in his job. Here is the details of her court case last year:
http://www.leagle.com/xmlResult.aspx?xmldoc=In%20NYCO%2020120807357.xml&docbase=CSLWAR3-2007-CURR
This injustice will continue to take place to us shorter people until states like New York, Massachusetts, Nevada and Utah (to name a few) get off their asses and give us the protection we deserve just as they protect everyone else.
If a transgender man/woman (Colleen Francis) can get protection in Washington State and be allowed to scare girls with his penis in their locker room, then why the hell can't Sandra Peterson get justice?
Sunday, April 14, 2013
Posting on this blog
A number of weeks ago, someone decided to act like an adolescent internet bully and submitted a vicious, obscenity laced attack on me. My knee jerk reaction was to restrict the posting. However, I am once again going to open the posting and ask that when you post, you refrain from verbal attacks against myself but you can, of course, disagree with my position. A vitriolic, verbally abusive attack will just be a waste of time and will be deleted.
Friday, April 12, 2013
"Tallerance" ...yes; "tolerance"...no
So, last month, the state of Utah had a hearing on a height and weight bill. Of course, it was voted down 10-4. They don't feel that short or overweight people are discriminated against apparently either or enough to require legal protection. They even wanted "height" defined. Well, anyone of any height can be discriminated against because of their stature but it is most likely to happen to those of us who are shorter or taller than average. So, the fight for legal protection (which every other disparate group receives) continues. Here is audio of the hearing early last month:
http://utahlegislature.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=2&clip_id=3019; the height portion begins at around 45:00 minutes into the audio.
So, what is "tallerance" as opposed to "tolerance"? Well, the latter applies to everyone (well it should) and the former is the way things really are, since people don't seem as accepting of shorter people, especially men. Have a look at twitter and see all the hateful posts directed at short men. Phrases such as "short men should die" to "short men should be stepped on" are very common when you enter the phrase "short men" or "short guys" into the search field. Yes, all this coming from the same groups of people who would tell you that you are intolerant if you say the same about them. Similar tweets disparaging gay, overweight or black people will get you (no doubt) labeled as a bigot, racist, or even a homophobe; people have been terminated from their jobs and/or fined because of those offensive tweets but change the words to "I hate short people" and all is forgiven and acceptable. That is "tallerance"! It is widespread, on the tip of people's tongues and swimming in their heads.
Does anyone in the media vilify tall men when a dictator of normal to taller height kills many? Of course not, because they worship tall men and those men are just individuals (you know Bin Laden, Saddam Hussein and real nice guy Bashar Al-Assad of Syria; all tall men). However, Kim Jong Un is the typical dictator with "short man syndrome". All of us short men are angry, little wanna be dictators too apparently. We are all napoleons, every single one of us...lol! Of course, there are many (and by many I mean about a billion) of us short men who aren't dictators and definitely don't support Kim Jong Un or Mussolini or Stalin etc.
The other day, K.T. Mcfarlane described Un as a pipsqueak on America Live with Megyn Kelly, I wonder if a male commented on the actions of a female leader he didn't agree with and referred to her as a "bitch" if that would be acceptable on air? Anyone want to guess? Of course not, that would be sexist no matter what heinous act that particular female had committed. Short men are ripe for the picking aren't we? Always acceptable to insult the short man huh K.T?
Now, the UK is adding people who are goth or punk to their protected class of people, Someone was attacked (because they were goth) and killed, so now going after them is labeled a hate crime. Yes, a new group to be added but when a short person is targeted (well anywhere) it is okay, even though we are attacked because we are hated too. So, another group we have to be tolerant of, well "tallerant".
http://utahlegislature.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=2&clip_id=3019; the height portion begins at around 45:00 minutes into the audio.
So, what is "tallerance" as opposed to "tolerance"? Well, the latter applies to everyone (well it should) and the former is the way things really are, since people don't seem as accepting of shorter people, especially men. Have a look at twitter and see all the hateful posts directed at short men. Phrases such as "short men should die" to "short men should be stepped on" are very common when you enter the phrase "short men" or "short guys" into the search field. Yes, all this coming from the same groups of people who would tell you that you are intolerant if you say the same about them. Similar tweets disparaging gay, overweight or black people will get you (no doubt) labeled as a bigot, racist, or even a homophobe; people have been terminated from their jobs and/or fined because of those offensive tweets but change the words to "I hate short people" and all is forgiven and acceptable. That is "tallerance"! It is widespread, on the tip of people's tongues and swimming in their heads.
Does anyone in the media vilify tall men when a dictator of normal to taller height kills many? Of course not, because they worship tall men and those men are just individuals (you know Bin Laden, Saddam Hussein and real nice guy Bashar Al-Assad of Syria; all tall men). However, Kim Jong Un is the typical dictator with "short man syndrome". All of us short men are angry, little wanna be dictators too apparently. We are all napoleons, every single one of us...lol! Of course, there are many (and by many I mean about a billion) of us short men who aren't dictators and definitely don't support Kim Jong Un or Mussolini or Stalin etc.
The other day, K.T. Mcfarlane described Un as a pipsqueak on America Live with Megyn Kelly, I wonder if a male commented on the actions of a female leader he didn't agree with and referred to her as a "bitch" if that would be acceptable on air? Anyone want to guess? Of course not, that would be sexist no matter what heinous act that particular female had committed. Short men are ripe for the picking aren't we? Always acceptable to insult the short man huh K.T?
Now, the UK is adding people who are goth or punk to their protected class of people, Someone was attacked (because they were goth) and killed, so now going after them is labeled a hate crime. Yes, a new group to be added but when a short person is targeted (well anywhere) it is okay, even though we are attacked because we are hated too. So, another group we have to be tolerant of, well "tallerant".
Friday, March 29, 2013
A poem about personal responsibility
Yourself To Blame
by Mayme White Miller
If things go bad for you
And make you a bit ashamed
Often you will find out that
You have yourself to blame
Swiftly we ran to mischief
And then the bad luck came
Why do we fault others?
We have ourselves to blame
Whatever happens to us,
Here is what we say
“Had it not been for so-and-so
Things wouldn’t have gone that way.”
And if you are short of friends,
I’ll tell you what to do
Make an examination,
You’ll find the faults in you…Your the captain of your ship,
So agree with the same
If you travel downward
You have yourself to blame
by Mayme White Miller
If things go bad for you
And make you a bit ashamed
Often you will find out that
You have yourself to blame
Swiftly we ran to mischief
And then the bad luck came
Why do we fault others?
We have ourselves to blame
Whatever happens to us,
Here is what we say
“Had it not been for so-and-so
Things wouldn’t have gone that way.”
And if you are short of friends,
I’ll tell you what to do
Make an examination,
You’ll find the faults in you…Your the captain of your ship,
So agree with the same
If you travel downward
You have yourself to blame
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