Freaking Outrage

So the topic for this post is... the Supreme Court ruling on the free speech/military funeral/something of another case. Yeah, not really sure how to phrase it. Here's a little background as to why I decided to post on this.

On the way home from the swim pool, I'm just sitting in my dad's car, listening to the news 'cause that's how I roll. The next thing I know, I'm being pulled in to this minute-long report that the Supreme Court has ruled that the Snyder family cannot sue this church any amount for hurtful speech. Their ruling was that if the church was required to pay money, that would mean they would have to pay for their right to free speech. Fair enough. Then it ends with a comment from some lady from the church saying (and I paraphrase), "You shouldn't be complaining about emotional distress [from the protests]. Getting your child blown to bits and pieces is emotional distress. [Blah blah blah...something about God's will...la di da]."

Right. Well, for one thing, I always hate it when people use "God's will" as an excuse. It's like a major cop-out, even if you're religious. God also gave you free will. Go deal with that.

Second, I find it incredibly rude to protest at a funeral in the first place. So one guy loses his life and you think that you can just go protest near them, saying that "God hates you" or "Thank God for Dead Soldiers"? Yeah, it's technically legal and yes, the Supreme Court ruled in your favor, but my gosh. Grow some balls, why don't you? Or at least have a little more tact. This family just lost a member and here you are saying that his death was the right thing? That's just messed up. I don't even know if you guys have common sense. You don't mess with a person/people's time of grieving.

Third...so the death of young soldiers is because God wants to punish us for being so tolerant of homosexuals? I don't think I want to believe in a God like that. By your logic, God is technically taking innocent lives. Not every young soldier who dies is homosexual. In fact, most of them are probably straight. So God is punishing his creation for others' deeds? Wow...so much for an all-loving God.

Fourth, if you feel that the US is being so sinful, go move! Move to a country that would fit your ideals. I'm positive that you will find many of them; it is a big world after all. And don't give me any of that bull on how this is a free country, that you have the choice to stay there. Well, people who are homosexual also have the choice to stay there. You can't go around saying that the US should create policies banning homosexuals from this country! How would you feel if we said that Westboro Baptists can no longer live in this country because their morals are conflicting with the general population? For once, try to step into their shoes before going around spouting all of this nonsense.

Honestly, I don't know what to say but bull. All of this is just bull. My father was right in saying that I should be angry at the church and not at Court. It's not the Supreme Court's fault that they have faith in free speech; it's the church's fault for being so disrespectful. The next time you want to go crash a funeral, try to imagine what would happen if someone did that at your funeral. Or a child's funeral. Or a husband or wife's. Yeah...be a little more considerate. Thanks.

More info/references:
Reuters
Mercury News
LA Times

Updates:
So Yahoo! News clarified some points about the whole protest thing. Still doesn't change my position but it's good to have it under my belt.

Wow...Why Didn't You Just Include This Earlier?

Heh, I forgot to mention another reason why I haven't been blogging here for a while. Alright, dum dum da dum...

Yeah, really did not need that. So what happened was I have been blogging; I've just been blogging elsewhere. You're not going to find it under my list either.

For my school, we have a web design course and one part of the course is about blogging. At first I kind of had the "Pfft" attitude, but I've actually learned quite a bit about blogging... and I may have applied some lessons I've learned from this blog to the other one. But hey, they can both look spiffy It's just that the other one looks more spiffy/cluttered.

I'm not going to post the URL here for now since I still want to work on it a lot, but I will...eventually. And then maybe it will make more sense why I haven't been so consistent here. It's a cool blog...that doesn't really relate to here. I guess I just wanted a place where I could be a critic and say what I want and blame it on being critical. It's not a crime; blogs are meant for thoughts.

But yep, my hope is I can eventually list this account as a contributor (and admin) and maybe integrate it so this is the primary (and maybe only) account? I kind of want to use Wordpress later by exporting the blog but I have no clue which has better benefits. Help would be nice? xP

A Month? Blasphemy!

But alas, it is true. It has indeed been a month since I last posted and I'm not sure if I should feel ashamed or proud of myself. Ashamed because I said I would be more regular with blogging...and failed to live up to that. Proud because it means I was actually concentrating on something other than blogging. Not that blogging is a bad thing, but there are times when it could just be a time drain.

So where have I been? At school, home, swim pool, home, and more home. Really. I've been on my laptop and have had a good number of opportunities to post again but...eh. >.>

Some updates about what has been going on? Well, I've finally decided that being a second semester senior isn't all that it's cracked up to be. I still go to bed at 1 (though most of the time it's voluntary), I still stress about everything going on, and I still have breakdowns. Lovely, eh? But it is better than say...junior year. Yeah, junior year was just horrible.

Oh, I'm also on the school swim team which isn't all that bad. Practices can sometimes be draining and I fall out of shape easily, but I still enjoy being on the team. Good experience. =) The only problem is Monday where I don't get home till at least 8:30 due to swim practice straight to piano lesson. Considering how teachers like to hand out a lot of homework on Monday, Tuesday usually becomes pure pain for me.

I am completely behind in my shows. I don't think my Hulu queue has ever felt so clogged up before...and I really need to get watching if I want to be able to watch episodes before they expire. The worst part is I think I'm the only one in my group of friends who is not caught up on shows. So sometimes they might leak spoilers and I end up being mad at them and wanting to watch the show even more. Case point: Chuck.

I got into two colleges. 8D Which means I'm at least going to college. While they're not my top choices, I'm pretty satisfied with them. Just have to wait and see if any other colleges are willing to accept me. xP

My inherited baby's finally taking a nice long break. =) That's right, the site I'm administrating is currently resting. Mainly because of personal reasons, but the reconstruction bit is true as well.

Wow...I really have nothing more to say. I feel so boring...or maybe I'm just tired.