Some Thoughts on Stuff
Cecil the Lion has been killed. That's a big deal, as it should be, but as you may know ... killing lions and other "big game" has been a sport (sport) for decades - centuries - so it shouldn't have come as such a surprize to the Twitterverse that a lion was killed by a doctor on safari. The Internet is acting like big-game hunting is a new thing. That's sad. What is more sad (sadder) is that big airlines and Senators are jumping on the bandwagon, soliciting public opinion on behalf of an animal with a name. Cecil. It makes him seem more human. The truth is, abominal humans have been killing lions, rhinos, tigers, and giraffes for a long time. It's about time you woke up. The Pope is coming. You knew that, right? He's coming, and the city will be shut down for at least two days. What's odd about that is that a church that pays no taxes will depend on a local government to provide security and transportation at the expense of its citizens - a.k.a....