Lawrence Hall, HSG
Mhall46184@aol.com
The Governess of
California Censors Toys
The
briefcase politician…
A
man enthroned as if (he) were a committee
-Yevtushenko, “Zima Junction”
The perfectly coiffed Ken Doll governorissimo of
California, Gavin Newsom, has with his obedient, (hand)-kissing legislature commanded
his / their loving and obedient subjects in the Glorious Workers’ and Peasants’
Republic that his / their wisdom and benevolence empowers him / them to control
how toys will be sold.
In a state suffering from water shortages, power shortages,
riots, wildfires, high unemployment, homelessness, a high murder rate, punitive
taxes, and out-of-control crime the freely-elected government finds little to do
except regulate the gender of toys. In
California as in all the coolest states it’s okay now to murder little boys and
girls but not to allow the survivors ever to know that they are little boys and
girls.
The law does not (yet) forbid girls’ interest and boys’
interest sections but does mandate that there must also be a gender-neutral
section.
I don’t know how they do that – maybe they turn each Ken
and Barbie upside down to see what’s underneath?
Attention, comrades: the fine for the first violation is
$250; the fine for each subsequent violation is $500.
Governments are elected to rule, for without rule there
would only chaos; we have this from no less an authority than Saint Paul. We
elect governments so that we may be free from the unrestrained violence of
warlords and cartels.
But when a government elected by the people neglects its
duties and intrudes on areas of innocent joy then that government needs to be brought
up sharp in the next election cycle. The corollary is that if the people forget
their duty in voting in every election, then there is no hope of responsible
self-government.
I have known parents who forbade their daughters to play
with dolls and toy kitchens and their sons to play with cap pistols and toy
trucks because they did not want their children to be gender-stereotyped. I think
that’s unrealistic but I know that it’s none of my business. Now we must
make sure that our governesses and legislators also know that the healthy play
of childhood is not any concern of theirs.
And, anyway, Gavin is a boy’s name, a variant of the
Celtic Gawain, one of the knights of the Round Table. Under California’s new
genderish laws His / Their Excellency should fine himself / theirself $250 each
day until he / they changes / change it to something gender-neutral.
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