Some of my thoughts tonight are of a political nature. If you are offended by that, you should probably skip this entry.
I was saddened to see that the California Supreme Court upheld Proposition 8 yesterday. I try to imagine what it would feel like to have someone tell me I couldn’t marry the person I loved just because they thought my doing so was a sin or that it in some way threatened traditional marriage. That just seems so wrong to me. A few people have told me that the California Supreme Court really had no recourse and I guess that is true. It just seems to me that there is a fundamental flaw in any Constitution that allows the majority to dictate what the minority can and cannot do when what they want to do hurts no one.
There are some of my readers who disagree and I already know this. Please know I mean no offense. This is weighing on my heart and I just could not be silent about it.
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A reader asks:
I just saw a report on CNN about Birmingham police beating a man after a high speed chase. Would it surprise you to find out that this occurred over a year ago, and the man did not know and only found out during his trial?
No. Did you see the video? Not only did the police hit him in the head, but after his car flipped a few times he was thrown from it and knocked unconscious. After all this, I am not surprised by any level of amnesia. You would think he would remember the bruises and everything after, but perhaps he thought they were all a result of the accident?
During his attempt to evade arrest, the driver almost struck several cars on the interstate and nearly ran over a police officer. Because of “severe and permanent injuries suffered from the beating, the driver is now suing the police. If the police are found guilty of brutality, what compensation do you think the man should receive? (Interestingly enough, the plaintiff’s attorney only discovered this evidence when he asked for the original of the video for technical reasons.)
The attorney for the defense says she doesn’t expect the case to go to trial for years, if ever.
(Click here if you would like to submit a question for me. Please be respectful :)
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Our hypnosis party had to be pushed back for a week. We’re a bit disappointed but are being optimistic – at least this gives me another week to formulate my plan :)
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I’ve had problems with my domain today. Not the entire domain, though – just the blog. Have any of you noticed? Most of this entry has been composed on a text editor and I’m going to hold it til I can actually access things to post it.
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A week or so ago someone wrote to give me the heads up that one of my MP3s was being distributed via a site that is not mine. If you happen to see my work hosted elsewhere, please let me know via email. You may also leave a comment regarding this here as well, but I will not publish it as I do not wish to give link juice to someone who is hosting my work without my permission.
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A question for all you sweet fellas who volunteered to write a story for me. How are things going with this? :)
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This is really a random entry, isn’t it? My thoughts have been a bit scattered the past few days so I thought I would get a few things out and hopefully off my mind. If I have time later, I will post responses to a few other readers’ questions concerning Femdom relationships and kink.
No related posts.
Lady Julia,
With your political views, I can imagine that you have many in your city that disagree with you. I know the majority in my city are going to vote Republican in 2010, 2012, and 2016. I knew before the President announced his supreme court nominee, they would be against him or her.
The other day I was out to dinner with Ms. Will. I overheard a diner at the next table getting ready to pay his waiter. Before he gave the waiter his tip, he wanted to know how he had voted in the Presidential election. The young man tried to avoid the question, but finally admitted to voting for Obama. The diner was not pleased with that answer.
I had the same waiter and gave him a double tip. I told him I was glad that he had voted and that it was good to see young men participating in the process.
I am working on a story for you. I have the overall outline and the first couple of pages written. I’ll work on it some more this weekend.
Will
Lady Julia,
I stand with you on the California supreme court decision!
I feel the randomness of your blog entries are pure and genuine, thought provoking and powerful, and sublime.
The gods be accepting, there will be a story, soon, maybe with opera gloves, saucy hats, and red silk importance.
Respectfully,
willie
Why shouldn’t the majority be able to say what happens with something that has always applied to them? Marriage has always been between one man and one woman and it should stay that way.
M, I take it then that if man was meant to fly, he should have been born with wings? And if women were meant to own property, they wouldn’t be born so flighty and incapable of taking care of themselves? If we were meant to travel to the moon, we wouldn’t need to breath air. And if we were meant to understand the world, we wouldn’t have to go to school to learn anything.
I’m sorry, but your argument (in my eyes) carries no more weight than any other argument that’s based on “that’s how it’s always been and always will be.”
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Lady J, been working on the story, but this one just hasn’t been writing itself. I think that’s because I just don’t know what I want to have happen. How unlike me, to have so little opinion!
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The beating — well, some police officer should face criminal charges. And the man who was beaten should get whatever would be “standard” compensation. And still go to jail for a long time for everything he did up until the crash.
Sorry but no story seems to be materializing. California seems to be mired in politics. BPD just saddens me. I understand the heat of the moment loss of control but, if I lived there
would I be a bit more distrustful of the cops? Yes, maybe I should attribute it to a revelation of
life and age