May all your valentines be white!

Man, for two days the snow has been coming down fast around here. First snow, then liquid ice; I parked my car in the front of the driveway and could barely get out this morning.

I'm glad I'm not in the flower delivery business. It would drive anyone crazy.

Or am I not allowed to use the word "crazy" anymore? Considering that Amanda Marcotte called me a sociopath yesterday and I didn't especially mind, I think it should be perfectly OK to use the word "crazy" -- especially in a humorous manner.

But it isn't -- at least, not if you're in the teddy bear business and don't want to offend certain activist groups. The Vermont Teddy Bear company got in trouble for selling teddy bears in cute little strait jackets, and they had to pull them. So now, they're selling on ebay as collector's items for as much as $315.00. This one's a steal at $75.00 and it ends in a few hours. Might be just the thing for people who are going crazy at the last minute. (If I really were a sociopath, I'd send one to Amanda, my new love! But alas, I'm afraid I may not be gay enough for her. Or do I mean lesbian enough?)

The interesting thing about the teddy bear is that because of its self deprecating nature, it doesn't make fun of other people, but only the gift giver. How this can hurt the "feelings" of an identity group is beyond me. Even if you're not crazy, how does saying you are crazy as an expression of love hurt those who are crazy? Suppose a heterosexual man tells another heterosexual man he likes him so much that he feels gay even though he isn't; does that insult gays? If I call myself a sociopath in response to my dear new girlfriend Amanda, am I hurting the feelings of sociopaths?

Is everybody crazy or is it just me?

MORE: Michelle Malkin has a reminder that angry Islamists are burning Valentines in protest. They're offensive! And blasphemous!

Oh baby! Set my blasphemous heart on fire!

posted by Eric on 02.14.07 at 09:55 AM





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