Reign Over Me

This is the best movie i have seen in a really long time. College roommates run into each other. Adam Sandler's character lost his family in the 9/11 crash and it has left him a wreck for the last five years. His old roommate becomes his only friend. Adam Sandler was great and I was reminded why I am such a fan of his. This movie gives a good perspective on how everyone deals with things differently and we can't force anyone to cope the way we would cope or in the time it would take us. Everyone goes their own route in such matters.

Jena 6

Two of the Jena 6 attackers handed out an award at the 2007 BET Hip Hop Awards
I wouldn't touch most of this with a 40 ft poll. Well, i would have at one point in my life but not now. So racist white kids put nooses in a tree, absolutely uncalled for. A fight starts eventually and 6 black kids, now known as the "Jena 6" beat one of the white kids unconscious. Also absolutely uncalled for. People from miles around come to support the 6 because they feel they are being treated unfairly in the court system. These kids received a lot of support and prayers from people.

Obviously those who want the kids locked up for life are upset about their appearance at the awards show, but this is about those who stood up for them and protested for them and marched for them. I couldn't find anything on the BET blog, its huge, about this stuff but two of the posts mentioned in the article are very fair in my opinion.

1. Another wrote on the blog, titled "What's wrong with this picture?" featuring a picture of Jones and Purvis on the red carpet, "... this is what I was protesting for! So that later you could show up at the BET awards and style and profile?"

2. "They can find somebody else to march for them (be)cause I will not be there the next time, and whoever invited them to this should be slapped," one person wrote on the BET blog. "(You're) not setting a good example for the justice that everyone is fighting for. You look like the thugs they said the Jena 6 are. Thanks for making us look stupid!"

Its a sue for all!!!

Cop Sues Victim

I don't think this is right. If for some reason this were to be upheld and the officer compensated, then anytime a cop gets hurt while attending to a victim, any injuries they may incidentally recieve in the process would potentially be made liable to the victims.

ex: An armed robber breaks into a home through an unlocked door. Cops show up, one gets shot in the arm in the process. Well if they hadn't of left the door unlocked then the cop would have never gotten shot in the arm, and he can sue them for this.

According to the cops personell file, she is great at what she does. It is a shame that she was injured on the job. The insurance company should compensate her, because that is what they are for. I don't think sueing the family is the way to go.

What will we do for profit?

This is an interesting article. Several years ago all of America was enthralled by William Hung. Luckily for him, he was able to at least make a buck off it selling CD's. But how much money does it take to realize the only reason you have it, is because people are laughing at you? The weeks leading up to an American Idol new season are full of commercials showing clips of people who are awful. That's why people watch the first rounds. They don't care who will be good, that will all come later, after we have heard the horrible and laughed at them. We are effectively watching bullying and saying that it is ok because that person put themselves there voluntarily. We market their rejection and people are getting rich off of it and we don't seem to care. We all know that there are pre-stages of audition where some are sent away and others are let through. The worst of the worst are let through solely to cause a scene or make us laugh which drives up ratings. I laughed hard every time though. Hopefully i won't anymore. What am i going to tell my kid when i know that they can't really sing, but all they want in life is to audition? Life is hard enough as it is without having yourself humiliated for profit. I feel pretty bad about it.