JAIL TIME FOR TREE CUTTERS

I suppose they thought it might be fun.

It was a tree, not unlike most others, it’s most differentiating feature being its location.  But that location was kind of important, in that where it was is what made this particular tree as famous as it was.

It was the kind of tree that people travelled to get to, not to climb it, and not to linger in its shade, although people have certainly picnicked there.  No, this tree was the subject of photography, as in people liked to take pictures of it, and pictures of themselves in front of it.

Proposals were made in front of it.  Marriages performed.  The ashes of loved ones scattered.

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BUSTED BY THE JUMBOTRON

Having a romantic affair can be nothing short of awesome.  I say this only because from the outside looking in, given the numbers of people who seem to carry on with affairs, what other conclusion is available to the rest of us?  Surely a past-time with so many merits, so many selling points, would be considered a legitimate way for one to spend their disposable time and money.

Unless you get caught.

Then I think it probably sucks big-time.

Getting caught and getting exposed is probably the worst thing that can happen, obviously, because where before you were moving heaven and earth to spend time with your latest squeeze, now you have a couple of divorce attorney’s driving the essentials of your life.  And when it all clears, you’ll probably have a lot less time with your kids if you have any, and more than likely a lot less cash to spend time with as well.

Even the dog stops talking to you.

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MEASLES IN ALBERTA

This was entirely preventable.  Entirely.

The fact that it happened anyways is nothing short of a stinging indictment on a provincial government that has allowed itself to be kowtowed by a loud, resentful, closed, and suspicious demographic within the broader population.  A demographic with out-sized influence, but also one driven by the darkness of willful ignorance, which they happen to view as enlightened biblical interpretation.

These people, when set loose upon the land, are dangerous and can cause an awful lot of harm, both personal and economic, harms that don’t just impact themselves, but also the rest of us.

They are the religious right, who appear to be gravitating uncomfortably close to a form of religious extremism whipped to a frenzy by exploitative politicians and even more so by exploitative church leadership.

And, as a Christian myself,  it hurts me to say that the vast majority of these types causing all the trouble are Christian as well.  Radical, dogmatic Christians.

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