Watching the opening ceremonies of the Olympic games this year was, well, spectacular. It's always spectacular because, after all it's the Olympic Games. This is a tradition of humanity that dates back to ancient times. How many rituals of modern life date back thousands of years? It's a time-honored and revered tradition. The opening ceremonies are pomp and circumstance but they are legitimate. An event esteemed by the entire world deserves pomp and circumstance. But this year, let us say that the ceremonial train got off the rails. That is, with the inclusion of the drag queens. These days we have to be inclusive, right. Let's not leave out any group deserving of being recognized. Diversity, equity and inclusion are the cornerstones of modern civilization, right? As Barry Obama so aptly said, "Everyone deserves their piece of the pie." Let's think about that for a second. There are basically two groups of thought on this. There are those that believe everyone must earn their way. You get out of it what you put into it. There is no such thing as a free lunch. Work hard and prosper. The other group believes we must be a society of compassionate and caring people. Provide for those who are the 'have-nots'. Give everyone a piece of the pie regardless. I know what you're thinking, that's a description of conservatives and liberals, right? It wasn't meant to be such but yeah, I suppose it is. We started this conversation talking about why the Olympic ceremonies included drag queens didn't we? Has modern society evolved (or devolved...) to the point that we now include men who adroitly dress as harlots and tarts in official ceremonies? Are these legitimate members of society or simply hirsute female imposters? Most would typically think of participants of ceremony in a global event of unity to be respected members of society. So, these 'members' are worthy of our respect?...
I suppose everyone must answer that for themselves. American society was constructed to provide for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. I guess that means drag queens get the green light here. But this happened on a global stage. I also suppose we have to bear in mind that this stage was produced by the Frogs. They have been know to be weird on occasion. But, (everything has a big but, right...). But the hairy hookers took it a little too far this time.
They concocted a scene that looked dramatically like the "Last Supper." It was met with backlash, criticism, and disdain by Christians the world over. By all appearances this was an insulting violation of sacrilege. The response, "We didn't intend to offend anyone." Really? Frankly I'm sick of these quips of denial in spite of evidence to the contrary. It no different than stomping on a person's toes then when told "you stepped on my foot" and responding with "I didn't step on your foot." There's too much of that going on of late. Trying to figure out what were they thinking? Forget it. Trying to figure out what those of dubious character and unstable mind are thinking is akin to figuring out why cattle fart. Who knows and who cares. Once it blows out their ass it's done. Deal with it.
So, what are we to think of this 'event'? It's kind of like a cattle fart in a way. It was inexplicable, they blew it out their ass and now we're left to deal with the stench.
