Random Thought Thread

bluemax_1 said:
That seems an apt summation;
"Don't judge/categorize me. I'm automatically judging/categorizing you."
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Eh, just tell those kids that they'll have a right to their opinion when they're old enough that they're in charge, but until then no one cares what the entry-level employees and interns think, so get back to work.
 
Blues said:
Grandpersoned?

Oh, wait, I think my water just broke...
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The term "grandfathered" actually has a historical context which was to allow Blacks the right to vote despite concerted efforts to deny them this right despite the passage of the 15th Amendment to the Constitution which was meant to allow people to vote regardless of their race:

"A person or business is considered to be "grandfathered in" when they are exempt from new rules and can continue to operate under the existing set of regulations. New rules will then only apply to future cases. Today the term is widely used across various sectors, most notably in real estate and health insurance.

But when the term was first coined in the 1890s, it referred to only one thing: voting rights. After the 15th Amendment was ratified to the U.S. Constitution in 1870 banning the infringement on a citizen's right to vote on account of race, color or previous condition of servitude, some southern states did not readily accept the ruling. Instead they carefully crafted amendments on the state level that circumvented the federal decree to try to keep African Americans from accessing polling stations.

Since the basis of race could no longer be used, the state amendments imposed poll taxes as well as literacy tests. These limits were powerful; close to 30 percent of all voting-age males were illiterate, a majority of whom were poor Black men. But those taxes and tests would also affect poor, illiterate white voters. Thus a grandfather clause was added to allow an illiterate man to vote as long as he or his lineal ancestor (i.e., grandfather) had been a registered voter before 1867 — three years before the passage of the 15th Amendment."

See: https://history.howstuffworks.com/american-civil-war/grandfathered-in.htm

This should give everyone "pause" considering the current attempts to limit the "right" of (certain) people to vote (or at least make it difficult) in various states.
 
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Speaking of all this annoying crap. Can we cut it with the "we're pregnant" thing. We're not friggin' seahorses and at the moment, most men cannot deliver a child unless they're obstetricians.

Funny, now that I just said that, I have this craving for pickles and rocky road ice cream.
 
Too much craziness going on in the world, and weather here in Alaska has been nutty- over an inch of ice covering water crossings to my cabin. Today it is rainy but my day was brightened by a package from Jo. My first CPK! A Kephart which is exactly what I wanted! Thank you!!!!
 
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