I started the idea for
this post some weeks ago based upon a news story that I had heard. I will post
a link to the story below so that you can read it for yourself. Apparently, a
girl (17 years old) in a women’s locker room, came across a guy in the sauna,
nude in the women’s locker room. The man is a “transgender” person. We use to
call them a “cross dresser” for those of you who are wondering “What’s a
transgender?”
According to the story,
the local police authorities aren’t going to file charges against the man
because of his rights as a transgender.
Then, here in Wisconsin,
in the City of Wausau we have an extraordinary case going on. The details of
what happened are sketchy but the aftermath is bewildering. It seems that a
boyfriend and girlfriend had a “falling out”. The girlfriend killed the boyfriend’s
dog in a bizarre kinda’ way that screams, “I NEED HELP…I HAVE ISSUES!” The
penalty for her crime is a felony punishable by 5 years in prison…for killing a
dog!
The public outcry has
been loud. So much so that the city is changing its policy because of the
pressure that has been placed on it by animal groups. The City of Wausau is
blamed for the animal’s death by this logic. “If the City of Wausau (population
125,000) would have an ‘Animal Cruelty Department’ this could have been
prevented.” So, Wausau is passing what is called “Mary’s Law” (named after the
dog). “Mary’s Law” is an increase in taxes and fees to pay for the hiring of 3 “Animal
Cruelty Officers”.
In both of these cases,
it appears to me that we have lost the tremendous ability to compare things equally.
As the old adage goes, we’re not comparing apples to apples, but rather we are
comparing apples to oranges. Let me say it in math terms (Mr. Wilmhoff, my Algebra
teacher, would be so proud of me). When you’re not making the right comparison
or equality statement your equation is wrong. If you are writing the wrong equation,
you’ll never get the right answer.
In the first case, the
dude is a “dude”…duh! Since when did we become a society that allows both
genders to publically dress with each other? The bigger question for us all is
this: “Why are the authorities blind to the obvious?” That question should
scare the common person because if their thinking is askew here (like the math
term), it will be in other places too! This means, you will not know how the
authorities will view the issue that is important to you. How about this
question: “What would you do if that was your 17 year old daughter in the women’s
locker room with that dude?”
The second case is more
difficult because people rationalize with their hearts and not their heads. Let
me see if I can make a comparison here. Killing a dog is a felony. Killing an
unborn baby is a choice. The dog has a higher value than a conceived human
child…a little out of balance wouldn’t you say?
To further make the
point, sometime ago there was a stalking case in Wausau. A teen boy was being
stalked by a young man with a gun. I can’t remember all the details of the
case. I believe it turned out OK in the end for the teen. It is the interview
with the police in the wake of the event that caught my attention and it is
something we all know. He said, “We [the police] can’t be everywhere all the
time.” So, (follow my logic on this) 3 more officers on the force would help
the Wausau police be more places making the city safer. Why don’t they have
more officers? Because, it is not in the budget. The City of Wausau would have
to increase taxes and fees to do that. This is what Wausau did to protect the
rights of doggies and kitties. So, in this case, animal safety is more
important than human safety.
To sum it all up (look
another math term) I think I can say that logic equations have been made that
don’t add up. By missing the proper comparisons, we now have dude’s that want
to be women, dressing, watching and exposing themselves to women in a public
setting without reprisal. We also have dogs and cats with more protections and
rights than human beings. We have gotten so smart in our social thinking that
1+1=3.
