I’d like to start this post with reading from a popular song….
“I believe the children are our future
Teach them well and let them lead the way
Show them all the beauty they possess inside
Give them a sense of pride to make it easier
Let the children’s laughter remind us how we used to be”
At this point you should be staring down at a pinkish rendition of your most recent meal.. if not, then you should introduce yourself much better genres of music (for starters, take a listen to The Gracious Few which appears to be about the only thing new worth listening to at the moment). But my intention for referencing this umm garbage was not to make you sick, but unfortunately it was cheesy enough to fit the theme of this post… and that theme is “our society should be ashamed for openly torturing our young”.
Let’s look at Exhibit A:
I’ll wait a few minutes to allow you to catch your breath and bring your pulse back to a reasonable level .. tick tock tick tock tick tock tick tock. If you need to, shield your eyes so you can only see the text, we definitely understand. What you saw just before trying to find the closest red hot poker to burn your eyes out was a scene that Linda and I came upon while we were at the University of Iowa medical facility. Imagine if you will already being a little on edge from being there in the first place, but to turn the corner and encounter this horrific scene about stopped my heart on the spot. So I get the whole Iowa Hawkeye pride thing (well, I actually don’t but let’s go with it for my marriage’s sake). They obviously like their Herky mascot even though it is far inferior to my revered Chief Illiniwek symbol (it is not a mascot for you uneducated people out there), but hey, if you wanna be a chicken hawk have at it. From a design perspective, I can totally get the concept of putting pride swelling decor in facility that gets it share of daily bad news. But if you recall from your quick glimpse of the image above, some idiot decided to expand on that design point. This particular walkway led to the children’s section of the hospital (we had to go through it to get to the MRI area). Apparently some idiot had the awful idea to replace the yellow and black pride with …just a sec, gotta grab a bucket… raaaaaaaauuuuuuuuullllllllllllpppppphhhh eeesh, that Twinkie looked and tasted better going down.. now where was I? oh right . replace it with a cl rauullllgaggggrauuulllfffgaggg .. sorry.. replace it with a clown outfit. I’m sorry, but this horrific. Imagine an innocent child already having to endure the fear and uncertainty that comes with having to be in a place like this and instead of cheerful trains or cuddly creatures like teddy bears and wolves, they are instead met with the embodiment of pure evil. How can our society allow this cruelty to our young?
(Note, the ONLY reason this picture was taken was because I promised a coworker I would do this if they were able to find something that would help Linda’s vertigo and I always keep my promise)
Still not convinced our society has one foot in the toilet (hopefully flushed after our previous upchuck)? Well, I give you Exhibit B (for the squeamish prepare to cover your eyes.
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