Of Bathrooms and Babies

Of Bathrooms and Babies

This bathroom junk has gone on for too long. It needs some clarification badly. Or as Jerry Clower used to say, “Shoot up here amongst us. One of us gotta have some relief.” (If you don’t know that story, check it out. It is priceless. There is a commercial involved, but it is worth it.)

The controversy about who gets to use the bathrooms has roiled the country from one end to the other. Those who oppose allowing transgendered individuals the use of their preferred facilities are not, as accused, discriminating against these people. The accusation of potential sexual assault is not directed against a transgender, but against the poser, who, under the cover of transgendered entry, will take advantage of the situation.

Think that this is preposterous? Just recently a TSA employee was charged with going around a major airport taking surreptitious photos up women’s skirts as they passed through stairwells and escalators. Where do you think he will spend his lunch and breaks? Another incident involved a guy taking pictures over the top of the stall in a women’s bathroom at a college in a northern state that did not restrict gender entry.

Inevitably, some weirdo will assault a child or woman in a restroom or other “gender neutral” facility. And when that incident occurs it will be like removing the chocks from the wheels of a train wreck that will make “Die Hard 3" look like my Lionel model train derailing.

Granted, the transgendered crew would probably not do such a thing because it would draw unwanted, negative attention to them. However, the perverts have no such compunctions.

But you protest, “Why punish the innocent with the guilty?”

And I reply, “My point exactly.” Innocent children will suffer for our lack of constraint, restraint, and just plain common sense.

The solution seems fairly obvious. If a transgendered is “transformed” then no one will know if and when he or she utilizes the restroom of their choice. But if the “hardware” is still of the now “discarded” identity, it would seem that overtly flaunting their presence in the “wrong” restroom would actually be a source of more taunting and bullying. This is one of the very “reasons” given in the appeal for access.

It is simple. If you are “male equipped” use the MEN facilities. For the person trapped in the wrong sex, just avert your eyes as pass the urinals, proceed to the stalls, and do your business. It is exactly the same as in the WOMEN rooms once you get past the “U” area.

For the “un-penitent” (is that a word?) just ignore the others and proceed to a stall. If you insist and “standing up” as you do it, be sure to lift the seat. And, from what I hear, wipe your shoes.

And what is the point? It seems that THAT is the point. The transgendered community and their apologists are determined to make a point of their rejection of old social mores and baggage. A  short time with a anatomy text and a quick look at biological and physiological differences will demonstrate that gender is not a social construct. (Aside, make a quick Google search of male and female pelvic structure and the differentiation is clear and compelling.)

There is an old saying that goes, “Your freedom to swing your fists ends at the beginning of my nose. In conclusion, protect the smallest and most helpless by using the appropriate facilities. If you want to make believe what is, isn’t, do that where you will not inadvertently endanger others.

Ducking Donald

Ducking Donald

Oops, I am going to have to disagree with Donald Trump. He said that the Hillary email scandal is as bad as Watergate. Whoa. Wait a minute. I respectfully disagree.

Watergate was a two-bit political espionage caper carried out by some pretty inept operatives. The goal was to ferret out the strategy of eventual landslide loser McGovern in the 1972 election. It had virtually no effect on the election. The only significance to it was the coverup that was initiated after the fact.

Nixon was largely innocent of any wrong doing until he started interfering with the investigation. Does anyone remember the infamous, missing 18 minutes? His secretary “accidentally” erased 18 minutes of what the investigators suspected was damning conversation about the subsequent activities to obscure the truth.

Missing minutes? Does that sound familiar? Yes, except the Watergate caper did not expose national secrets to any foreign power, friendly or hostile. It did not endanger, or even cost innocent lives. Once the fat hit the fire or fan or whatever, the wheels of justice ground inexorably to the proper conclusion. “I am not a crook,” notwithstanding.

So to equate the current “missing material” and subsequent coverup with the innocuous Watergate is a grave misstatement. But you know how circumspect Mr. Trump is. He did not want to over exaggerate his statement.

Is it 30,000 emails or 15,000 more, now 45K, or more? We do not know the extent of the exposure, let alone the damage. No wonder Hillary is running so hard for the Presidency. She wants to postpone the accounting for four or eight years.

At least Nixon is off the hook for being the biggest crook in American politics.