More plus humor

Yesterday's post was inspired, in part, by a recent item in the daily pamphlet, wherein a woman described her youthful encounter with Scientology. They had instructed her to repeat an offensive word (unspecified) until she drove it from her consciousness. She admits that, even now, she still finds it offensive.

Putting aside the fact that you can't be offended unless you allow yourself to be, I hope that the NAACP interment has some positive effect, although they themselves stated that until "pimps and hos" can be eliminated, the N-word might be appropriate to describe Black people who engage in such behavior.

HUMOR: The Rev. Craig X. Rubin, the leader of the 420 Temple in Los Angeles, is facing seven years in prison if convicted of possessing marijuana for sale. The Rev. and some 400 members of his church assert that marijuana is a religious sacrament, and they smoke pot during services. "We feel pot is the tree of life mentioned in the Bible. . ." said the Rev., who was ordained in 1990 by the Universal Life Church, which, for a fee, will ordain anyone.