Yanagisawa Joins the Idiot Files
It's a wonder to me how many men are constantly coming forth to claim a spot in the Idiot Files. The latest schweinhund to be jumping up and down, yelling "pick me, pick me" is Japan's Health Minister Hakuo Yanagisawa.
It seems Hakuo the Halfwit let it slip on Sunday just how he views the other half of his species. Discussing Japan's falling birth rate, he said that the country needed the best effort it could get from its "birth-giving machines".
Cultural historian Riane Eisler talks about the historical shift in attitude toward women that took place as ancient societies began their march toward the establishment of empires. Women, who had once held much more equal positions in society's power distribution, were relegated to positions of subservience to men. To use Eisler's phrasing, they were made into "male-controlled technologies of reproduction." Is that how the worthy Hakuo thinks of Japan's women?
The demeaned half of Japan's population is up in arms over this moron's statement, as well they should be. His resignation is being demanded, but he is refusing to honour the demands, falling back on that tired old cliche of the voters having chosen him for the duties of the post. They just didn't know for whom they were voting. Who would actually waste their ballot on someone who honestly declared themselves before the election to be from the shallow end of the gene pool?
Hakuo also indulged in another trite non-action, giving a supposed apology for his utterance. Anyone who buys the blockhead's declaration of contrition is a few cards short of a full deck themselves. Mouthing empty words does not give them the content of truth. His apology is worth no more than a three dollar bill.
A sentiment like the one expressed by Yanagisawa is not a bad thing for the rest of us to hear, in that it at least gives us the heads-up about his real attitude toward women. The only letdown in all of this is what a shame it was that Yanagisawa's mother didn't experience a malfunction in her birth-giving machinery before the little worm made it to full term.
It seems Hakuo the Halfwit let it slip on Sunday just how he views the other half of his species. Discussing Japan's falling birth rate, he said that the country needed the best effort it could get from its "birth-giving machines".
Cultural historian Riane Eisler talks about the historical shift in attitude toward women that took place as ancient societies began their march toward the establishment of empires. Women, who had once held much more equal positions in society's power distribution, were relegated to positions of subservience to men. To use Eisler's phrasing, they were made into "male-controlled technologies of reproduction." Is that how the worthy Hakuo thinks of Japan's women?
The demeaned half of Japan's population is up in arms over this moron's statement, as well they should be. His resignation is being demanded, but he is refusing to honour the demands, falling back on that tired old cliche of the voters having chosen him for the duties of the post. They just didn't know for whom they were voting. Who would actually waste their ballot on someone who honestly declared themselves before the election to be from the shallow end of the gene pool?
Hakuo also indulged in another trite non-action, giving a supposed apology for his utterance. Anyone who buys the blockhead's declaration of contrition is a few cards short of a full deck themselves. Mouthing empty words does not give them the content of truth. His apology is worth no more than a three dollar bill.
A sentiment like the one expressed by Yanagisawa is not a bad thing for the rest of us to hear, in that it at least gives us the heads-up about his real attitude toward women. The only letdown in all of this is what a shame it was that Yanagisawa's mother didn't experience a malfunction in her birth-giving machinery before the little worm made it to full term.
2 Comments:
There are many, many such idiots. Surprisingly, they're usually on a podium, sporting a very large and unwashed mouth. Anyone got the soap?
Oh yeah...and the US has this idiot (appointed by the main idiot) in charge of women's health who also thinks that women are *blessed* to be baby making machines and should surely devote themselves to this and only this as long as they are physically able and to NOT do so is a sin....OY,where do these morons come from??
Oh, and could you email me?? I'm looking for a pattern for a good, old-fashioned toque....
teri
teri@fiberandthread.com
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