Sen Craig

[aggienaut]

So I was listening to NPR today, and they were talking about Senator Craig (who, in case you live under a rock, was recently arrested for illiciting sex in an airport restroom). NPR was taking a gay rights angle on the story and was reading an essay by some guy about how despite Sen. Craig's deplorable voting record on gay rights, we should respect the fact that it must be hard for him to live with such homophobia and all this ruckus is all homophobia and such and ...

man I just wanted to state my disagreement: it would be filthy for anyone to be soliciting sex with random strangers in bathrooms (assume for a moment one could solicit people of the opposite gender in a bathroom). Its filthy and should be discouraged as it endangers the health of those who practice it. Furthermore, as the vast majority of people want to be able to use a bathroom without being solicited for sex, I wholly approve of this being discouraged by arresting and charging people caught doing so.

I knew NPR was "progressive," but really, I think taking a pro-Craig stance on this was just ridiculous.


Here's a fitting picture of the day:

FILTHY!

Comments

[colt-4-5.livejournal.com]

I think that craig guy just needs to be out with it. Admit he has a sick fetish and get on with it. People seem more forgiving with honesty then when a guy stands behind a microphone with his wife behind him flat out lying. What gets me is he makes 165,000 a year. If he resines or gets kicked out, he will be pensioned off at 135K a year. So what does he have to loose?

[emo-snal.livejournal.com]

They all get a 135k pension? For the rest of their lives? Considering its a position they only hold for what, 4 years?, it seems kind of steep to pension them off at almost their full salary for the rest of their lives. I wonder how many retired senators we're supporting.

[colt-4-5.livejournal.com]

I saw something about it on tv the other day. I could belive it cuz our system is very similar.

[emo-snal.livejournal.com]

Like, I could see it if someone had held elected offices for most of their life and it was, so to speak, their career, but someone gets elected for one term and gets a lifelong salary is kind of wack.