a small rant
22 August 2002 16:46![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
juldeaI made myself a memo to talk about this...
When driving into an area of construction on the highway these days, you tend to see poorly-scrawled orange signs that say something to the effect of "Please be careful, my mommy works here. Love, Blair". These annoy me to no end.
First off, they look terrible, and they're not at all individualized. I saw the same sign with the same name in 4 different states. Come on, state governments.
Secondly, I will not be one more whit careful for someone if they are a parent than if they are not one. A human is a human, and the loss of life is tragic no matter how many dependents that person has. I find it despicable that the government feels the need to imply that you should slow down for the sake of Blair's mommy more than for the sake of all the other workers out there.
I don't plan on having children. Does that make me more expendable than someone who does? Does it mean that I will contribute less to the world through my life than someone who is a parent?
I don't mean offense to people who have children, at all. Go them, they can handle something I'm too intimidated to try. Continuation of the species, hurrah!
...I just don't think they're any more special than I am. ;)
When driving into an area of construction on the highway these days, you tend to see poorly-scrawled orange signs that say something to the effect of "Please be careful, my mommy works here. Love, Blair". These annoy me to no end.
First off, they look terrible, and they're not at all individualized. I saw the same sign with the same name in 4 different states. Come on, state governments.
Secondly, I will not be one more whit careful for someone if they are a parent than if they are not one. A human is a human, and the loss of life is tragic no matter how many dependents that person has. I find it despicable that the government feels the need to imply that you should slow down for the sake of Blair's mommy more than for the sake of all the other workers out there.
I don't plan on having children. Does that make me more expendable than someone who does? Does it mean that I will contribute less to the world through my life than someone who is a parent?
I don't mean offense to people who have children, at all. Go them, they can handle something I'm too intimidated to try. Continuation of the species, hurrah!
...I just don't think they're any more special than I am. ;)