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You have finally landed on the one page on this entire site (and on the entire internet for that matter) that is purely without bullshit... my soapbox page. There are a lot of times during our show that, whether it's because of time constraints and other obligations, I don't always get to address some issues that I feel don't get the attention they deserve. There are even more times when I just don't feel like waiting until the show the next day to get some things off my chest. Thus, I have started the "Rob's Soapbox" page. If you have clicked on this page looking for someone to coddle your fragile sense of self-esteem, or tell you what you want to hear or to reinforce your outdated world view, then exit this page right now and go somewhere else. If you are in search of the last forum for reason and common sense left in the world, then sit back, relax, and enjoy. I make only one promise with this soapbox page... if you read long enough and often enough, you will eventually be offended. So here's my latest soapbox. Listen up, 'cause you just might learn something... |
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March 17, 2003 The Asinine Things You People Say... Part I
Over the next few weeks, months, Hell maybe years, I will document them all for you in this forum. This week's asinine Hall of Fame entry is "You can't comment on raising kids since you don't have any yourself." First of all, let's understand something. I am not claiming that I know the overwhelming feeling involved in seeing your very own child born. Nor do I believe that I know what it feels like to call you "daddy" for the first time, or the 10,000th. I have no idea how much it hurts to see your own child hurt, and I certainly cannot reference the emotions involved in pride-fully watching your child succeed beyond their own beliefs. However, I am claiming that I am fully qualified to comment on parenting for a variety of reasons. First of all, I was a kid once. I know all about pushing boundaries, being told no, getting spanked and starting the whole process over again. Secondly, the way you raise your children will greatly affect the society I am living in so I do have a vested interest in the job you're doing. If I see a trend in parenting that is causing us to produce an entire generation of people who will lack the courage to make the difficult decisions to maintain the American Dream, you can God Damn well bet I'm going to speak up. Most of all though I am fully qualified to comment on raising children for the very reason most of you claim invalidates my opinion: I am not emotionally invested. Once again, people fail to realize that thinking with emotions is not thinking, it's feeling. Since I have no feelings what so ever for your kid, I can very easily stand back and objectively see how much damage you are doing to the child by allowing them to act out in public, or make a spectacle of themselves at the wrong time, or lose and not feel badly about it. The really absurd thing about the "you don't have kids so don't comment," statement is the precedent you're demanding. Basically you're saying that unless you have hands-on, personal experience with something, you are not entitled to an opinion on that topic. Fine. If your neighbor's dog barking bothers you, you are not entitled to complain about it unless you too are a dog owner. After all, you have no idea how difficult it is to keep a barking dog quiet. The nest time you walk into a store and ask for the advertised item at the sale price, do not expect to be able to comment when you are told that they run out of the product. Unless, of course, you are also a retail store manager. If you don't also run a store then you have no idea how hard it is to keep advertised sale items in stock and you therefore, can't comment on it. Come to think of, all of you who do not host a talk radio show need to stop calling in with any comments on our show. If you haven't run one, you simply don't know how hard it is, and you aren't entitled to an opinion. Do you see how asinine this world would be if we used the "logic" contained in the "you don't have kids*" argument? Remember that when it comes to this show, it's not a good thing to be a Hall of Famer.
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