1957 vs 2010
You know by today’s standards none of us were suppose to ever make it.
HIGH SCHOOL — 1957 vs. 2010
Scenario 1:
Jack goes quail hunting before school and then pulls into the school parking lot with his shotgun in his truck’s gun rack.
1957 - Vice Principal comes over, looks at Jack’s shotgun, goes to his car and gets his shotgun to show Jack.
2010 - School goes into lock down, FBI called, Jack hauled off to jail and never sees his truck or gun again. Counselors called in for traumatized students and teachers.
Scenario 2:
Johnny and Mark get into a fist fight after school.
1957 - Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end up buddies.
2010 - Police called and SWAT team arrives — they arrest both Johnny and Mark. They are both charged with assault and both expelled even though Johnny started it
Scenario 3:
Jeffrey will not be still in class, he disrupts other students.
1957 - Jeffrey sent to the Principal’s office and given a good paddling by the Principal. He then returns to class, sits still and does not disrupt class again.
2010 - Jeffrey is given huge doses of Ritalin. He becomes a zombie. He is then tested for ADD. The family gets extra money (SSI) from the government because Jeffrey has a disability.
Scenario 4:
Billy breaks a window in his neighbor’s car and his Dad gives him a whipping with his belt.
1957 - Billy is more careful next time, grows up normal, goes to college and becomes a successful businessman.
2010 - Billy’s dad is arrested for child abuse Billy is removed to foster care and joins a gang. The state psychologist is told by Billy’s sister that she remembers being abused herself and their dad goes to prison. Billy’s mom has an affair with the psychologist.
Scenario 5:
Mark gets a headache and takes some aspirin to school..
1957 - Mark shares his aspirin with the Principal out on the smoking dock
2010 - The police are called and Mark is expelled from school for drug violations. His car is then searched for drugs and weapons.
Scenario 6:
Pedro fails high school English.
1957 - Pedro goes to summer school, passes English and goes to college.
2010 - Pedro’s cause is taken up by state. Newspaper articles appear nationally explaining that teaching English as a requirement for graduation is racist. ACLU files class action lawsuit against the state school system and Pedro’s English teacher. English is then banned from core curriculum. Pedro is given his diploma anyway but ends up mowing lawns for a living because he cannot speak English.
Scenario 7:
Johnny takes apart leftover firecrackers from the Fourth of July, puts them in a model airplane paint bottle and blows up a red ant bed.
1957 - Ants die.
2010 - ATF, Homeland Security and the FBI are all called. Johnny is charged with domestic terrorism. The FBI investigates his parents — and all siblings are removed from their home and all computers are confiscated. Johnny’s dad is placed on a terror watch list and is never allowed to fly again.
Scenario 8:
Johnny falls while running during recess and scrapes his knee He is found crying by his teacher, Mary. Mary hugs him to comfort him.
1957 - In a short time, Johnny feels better and goes on playing.
2010 - Mary is accused of being a sexual predator and loses her job. She faces 3 years in State Prison. Johnny undergoes 5 years of therapy.
This should hit every email inbox to show how stupid we have become!
Vet Student Misdirection
Aug 19 2010
Humane Society Veterinary Misdirection Association
Daring to say that the vegan emperor has no clothes can be pretty rewarding. As HumaneWatch Nation grows, we’ve emboldened countless Americans to articulate their fears, doubts, and (sometimes) anger about the Humane Society of the United States. Last week we heard from a pet shelter director. And today’s feedback comes from a veterinary student who is asking some tough questions about the “Humane Society Veterinary Medical Association.”
It would be interesting to learn whether her concerns represent the thoughts of most U.S. veterinary students, or of just a handful of alert doctors-to-be. We’re withholding the author’s name at her request.
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Veterinarians’ misgivings may be borne of vets recognizing ulterior motives behind the creation of the HSVMA. (After all, the organization used to be called the “Association of Veterinarians for Animal Rights” before HSUS acquired it.) It might be that the veterinary profession understands that HSUS’s long-term agenda involves a shrinking of the American pet population—which isn’t exactly good for business. Or it could be that animal doctors, who spend every bit as much time in training as medical doctors (and often more money), resent being preached to by a group of laymen whose leadership includes zero veterinarians.
In any event, the veterinary “establishment” (by which we mean the leadership of the American Veterinary Medical Association) has little patience with HSUS. The AVMA’s top doc even poured his views into a YouTube video last year.
At the end of the day, it’s unlikely that HSUS, the HSVMA, or the people who promote the RAVS program will be able to convert today’s veterinarians into animal rights activists. (Just like it’s unlikely that PETA will turn today’s adult omnivores into tomorrow’s vegetarians). So HSUS is targeting veterinary schools students—the young people whose moral compass isn’t yet set in stone. (The parallel with animal rights activists putting curriculum materials into public schools should not be lost on anyone.)
It’s all about the next generation. HSUS is going after them. Is the AVMA pushing back in a way that tomorrow’s DVM’s can see and appreciate? No one we’ve spoken to seems to know for sure.
AVMA Responds
Dr. DeHaven takes the Humane Society of the United States, and specifically HSUS CEO Wayne Pacelle, to task for favoring scare tactics and emotionalism over science and real expertise:
I noted this morning that HSUS’s own online “Leadership” list doesn’t include a single veterinarian. That just seems wrong, especially at a time when HSUS is trying to compete with the AVMA by running its own activist-oriented “Humane Society Veterinary Medical Association.”
That organization (HSVMA) was originally called the Association of Veterinarians for Animal Rights (AVAR). But HSUS changed its name shortly after annexing it in 2008, apparently recognizing that leaving the words “animal rights” in the title might give people the wrong right idea.