The Miss America Pageant has decided to do away with the swim suit competition. If they had just gone ahead and done it with no announcement I would have never known because I don’t think I have ever watched it unless my wife wanted to sometime in the past. Long ago I found that walking through an expensive bakery was not a good idea for an overweight diabetic.
What I think was interesting was the idea that the women in the competition should not be judged on looks. Okay. Then to be consistent we would need to bring out the burkas and hook up those machines that disguise your voice. If we are really concerned about doing away with physical responses then we can expect to see further announcements.
Of course if we are trying to level the playing field we will also need to do away with other areas that some might have an unfair advantage. Since some people are born tone deaf we could not have any musical talent displayed. Some people do not speak English so there could actually be no verbal responses possible if we want to be fair. To be complete we need to do away with anything having to do with intelligence also.
As we continue down the road of the absurd we need to consider the comments by some that we must be sensitive to those who were born male but identify as female and have not gone public. In fact, maybe limiting the competition to just women seems to be a bit discriminatory. It should be open to all 49 gender identifications, or whatever the current number is.
I would suggest that the only logical future for the Miss America Pageant is to become the Ms/Mr America Lottery. If that ever becomes a reality and the rewards are good enough I might be inclined to sign up but only if there is no age discrimination.
What a world we are living in.
homo unius libri
No comments:
Post a Comment
Comments are welcome. Feel free to agree or disagree but keep it clean, courteous and short. I heard some shorthand on a podcast: TLDR, Too long, didn't read.