I had some. Then I (re-recognized) realized this is a travesty.
On all sides.
It’s not just the people running who are skum (an expectation); with the advent of YouTube, we’re seeing how revolting the voters are; basically in real-time.
I reaffirm my non-vote this year. Except for ballot initiatives.
Evidently Western society collapsed recently, and someone forgot to tell me. In Switzerland, a researcher was required to demonstrate that his experiment would not “trample” upon a plant’s dignity. Wall Street Journal report
Dr. Keller recently sought government permission to do a field trial of genetically modified wheat that has been bred to resist a fungus. He first had to debate the finer points of plant dignity with university ethicists. Then, in a written application to the government, he tried to explain why the planned trial wouldn’t “disturb the vital functions or lifestyle” of the plants. He eventually got the green light.
The rule, based on a constitutional amendment, came into being after the Swiss Parliament asked a panel of philosophers, lawyers, geneticists and theologians to establish the meaning of flora’s dignity.
“We couldn’t start laughing and tell the government we’re not going to do anything about it,” says Markus Schefer, a member of the ethics panel and a professor of law at the University of Basel. “The constitution requires it.”
It is unfortunate that they did not laugh at this ridiculous lunacy. Because failing to laugh at it, is what makes it take on more life and spread.
So says the plaintiff in this junk lawsuit described by Overlawyered.com’s Walter Olsen.