"Perez Hilton's Blog Site"

Okay, let me just start by saying, I absolutely HATE blog sites like Perez Hilton's. I mean gossip magazines are bad enough, but to read about this trivial stuff is just uncalled for. I mean, it's SO uninteresting. And how celebrities have to be bigger than ever these days. Just. WHO CARES. It honestly drives me nuts. I really don't find why so many people need to know what so many people are doing, just because they are in the "public eye". Get a life! Read a book! Christpher Lasch said "The effect of the mass media is not to elicit belief but to maintain the apparatus of addiction", which I guess could be read that people are addicted to this kind of smut? And that the massmedia only maintains this addiction. Which is incredibly true by any means. I don't know. I guess in some ways it's fun and light-hearted, but we have to remember not to take this stuff TOO seriously, because, like any addiction, I'm sure it's easy to get really involved in, and loose sight of what is real and what isn't.

"Video of airport Taser death released"

So this weeks article is about how this Polish guy was coming back from China, and was stopped by police, and the police tasered him because the Polish man only spoke Polish and the officer only spoke English, so they couldn't understand one another. Anyway, the Polish guy DIED! Of tasering. And this guy filmed it. And he sent the film to airport offcials. And they haven't given the video back, like they promised. But shouldn't police NOT be allowed to taser people to death? Isn't there like a "dull" setting on them? Steven Pinker once said "the Constitution says, that people have certain inalienable rights, namely life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Recognizing those rights is not the same thing as believing that people are indistinguishable in every respect." someone should have told that to the officer who killed an innocent Polish traveller!

Anyway, here are some celebrities getting tasered!

"Nicolle Brown, our department's entry into the Flare.com Intern Contest!"

Alright, so this weeks topic is all about Nicolle Brown, and her Flare.com entry to the Intern Contest at Flare. Basically, it's a contest where tons of intern hopefulls make a video and people vote on who they want the Flare.com intern to be! Woohoo! K so this reminds me of something Marshall McLuhan said. He said "As technology advances, it reverses the characteristics of every situation again and again. The age of automation is going to be the age of 'do it yourself.' ". I think it's pretty amazing that Marshall was able to predict things, like employers deciding who to hire based on internet votes, so long ago! It made me wonder what would be next. Then one day, watching MTV, I heard that P.Diddy, is having a similar thing going on. He's basically asking people to upload videos on YouTube, and whoever gets the most votes will be P.Diddy's personal assistant. My favorite is Paul The Intern's from MTV Canada =)

"In Defence Of Herouxville"

So this weeks article is about monoculturalism, and how a city in Montreal is all for it! Apparently there's some big controversy because the rest of Canada isn't into that. Hello! Are we not forgetting that the Bloc Québécois is a political party, that gets the most seats (from Quebecers), is a sepratist party. That most of the people in Quebec want to be their own nation. That a year ago it actually was declared one. So why is everyone all so "ohh wahwah Quebec believe it should be one culture", I mean of course it does, when hasn't it? If you want to live somewhere where multiculturalism is celebrated, go to Toronto or B.C. or somewhere.

"What to do with ex-PMs and all that pent-up bile?"

So an article on CBC News this week, talked about ex-prime ministers, and what happens to them after they're out of office.
Uhm, I know what - WHO CARES?! I mean sure, according to the text book, everyone as humans needs to feel connected with other people, and wants to feel wanted, but I mean after you're out of office, why can't you just get on with your life? Or make a PM Surreal Life or something. Just don't waste my time because no one really cares what any of them have done. Their 15 minutes are up!

"Sex and Marriage With Robots"

This week, MS-NBC published an article about sex and marriage between a human and a robot.

The end of the article goes on about ethics, and how "robot sex could provide an outlet for criminal sexual urges", and that if you're in a human + human relationship that "one partner could be jealous or consider it infidelity".

But I say, GO FOR IT! I mean, if someone is using their robot for some weird sexual fantasy that is incredibly disgusting, why not just do it. It's safe, and discreet. As long as the person realizes it's not a real person.

The article also talks about the probabibility of it happening and if it's good. But it's not really that farfetched. I mean today people buy dolls that look and feel incredibly lifelike (there's even a movie abou it), so why not go that one step further and get it on with a robot! Some people just suck at meeting people and staying in commited relationships. So if robots can fullfill that need, then by all means people should be able to have relationships with them.

This is kind of like that episode of Futurama when Fry goes on a date with a Lucy Liu Bot and falls in love with her.

Bottom line: If people want to be perverse and can't find humans to do so with, what's the harm in having harmless fun with a robot? There isn't! Humans have urges that sometimes other humans cannot fullfill. So we may as well find an alternative. Just sayin!

"Voters roundly reject MMP"

My father was telling me about the new referendum one day. He said he was voting against it just because it would complicate things even more. I agreed with him. And as a result, the number of seats that smaller parties (i.e. the NDP, or Green Party) could obtain decreased significantly.

Apparently, the majority of Canadians who did vote (which apparently has be the lowest number in history) thought the same way as my dad, and members of the NDP and Green Party lost seats under MMP.

The rest of the article then talks about how voting would change and how much "easier" it would be. It still sounds weird and if the majority of Canada's population don't see a problem with our electoral system, why then do we still need to reinforce the new referendum? Just because it worked in New Zealand, doesn't necessarily mean it'll work here.