Walter's Y and "Jenna's" Contractual Breach

I'm sure many of your by now have heard of the controversy behind "Jenna" Talakova's disqualification from the Miss Universe Beauty Pageant, kinda hard to find someone who has not heard. There are those who say that its a civil rights issue and let make one thing clear on the subject before I continue: I would support Constitutional and Civil Rights, even up to Social Security on the condition that the issue isn't abused. That is to say that the person in question has a justified reason to pursue such avenue rather than because it benefits them more than honest work and labor.

Now that that's out of the way, let me just say that I support "Jenna" or rather Walter's disqualification. Her entry form, her contract, stated that she must be of a natural born woman. Walter may have legally changed his gender, even his name, but he is fundamentally male. Thus it is a contractual issue rather than civil rights because he signed that all the facts that has been presented were truthfully entered. He may be legally able to compete, but contractually Walter made a serious error that can't be covered up by legality and surgery.

This unchallenged fact was so simple yet missed by so many involved, one that Donald Trump (who, might I add, came up with the Jenna=Genitalia theory in addition to trying to copy write the phrase "You're Fired". It boggles the mind how one is given the task of handling multi-million dollar companies) and celebrity attorney Gloria Allred (who conveniently ignored the fact just so that she can keep her reputation of winning all cases she's involved in) have forgotten due to its simplicity. A fact that can't be hidden by layers of corrective surgery and "Gender Relocation" operations that has no depute on the matter so scientifically that it can't be changed by advanced medical techniques such as one's hands.

That fact is in the genes, to be more specific the Y chromosome. All males of any mammalian species have it and no females can have it.That single letter chromosome triggers, among other things, the development of testicles. Every cell in Walter's body is genetically male, and thus is not a naturally born woman even though legally he is a woman. I am familiar with another scientific fact that all fetuses have the physiology of a woman before the pretense of the Y chromosome determines the final gender (after all, how else do you explain nipples on a man's chest which is undoubtedly the most useless body part of the human anatomy) and all men are theoretically and basically transgender due to it, but that doesn't change the fact that Walter is still a man. No amount of surgery will be able to change one's genes, their own DNA, from every cell in every part of their body. Even the estrogen treatment during his teens which gave Walter mammaries does not change his gender genetically. It's just not possible with cutting edge medical technology for the foreseeable future. Just because one claims to be born mentally a woman doesn't mean that one is actually a woman if the very cells that were altered hormonally scream that he is, in fact, a man.

But let's give rise to another issue that is associated with the Miss Universe Pageant that is also often overlooked: The allowance of beauty enhancement surgery. Beauty Pageants, at its core, is a celebration of a woman's natural beauty that is only enhanced by cosmetic techniques (i.e. makeup). If the Miss Universe Organization disqualifies Walter's participation than they should also disqualify the other contestants due to unfair surgical advantages. After all, their claim was the "Natural" part of the entry form, they should therefore go all the way and allow contestants to display their Au Natural beauty with the only exemptions being corrective surgery that inhibit the individual's health or ability to be a contributing member of society.

"Oh," some of you may begin "What if it was your child who was transgender and wanted to compete?" or "What if your child who had surgery to make her look normal wanted to compete?" you may ask.

Well for starters, if I ever do have children, you can forget about your retirement plans and investigations because it's the end of the world and the harbingers of Armageddon have arrived. Second, I would rather focus the energies of any potential daughters of mine (who might be potential Anti-Christs as much as any son of mine, parish the thought) on more productive pursuits, such as a good education and a career that they would not wake up every morning with regret. Or better yet contribute to the betterment of our civilization, our species as a whole because as of late, we could really use an improvement here and there if such atrocities such as Noor Almaleki's honor killing are allowed to culturally exist around the entire globe without appropriate punishment. We have yet to evolve to the point where we can fulfill the Constitution of the United States without political or cultural regret or punishment in its execution. The light at the end of the tunnel is still growing dark, but it is there and ever so faint.

Anyway, that's the end of my ramble. Discuss as you will in the comments below as usual. And please, keep it polite. 


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The Return of the Absolution

Oh such nostalgia such a silhouette held....

Just the other day, the third of April to be exact, a long time Instant Messenger friend of mine who goes by the screen name of Sketcher25 had enlightened me to a rather interesting development on the Adult Swim programming block last April Fools night. Instead of their usual run of the movie "The Room", which I have yet to see but from what I've been told it's a good thing, they instead gave a little teaser to an older programming block known as Toonami. In particular the one which showed T.O.M 3.0 and the Absolution II from back in my teenage years.

I was very distraught in that I was occupied with the viewing of the movie "Hugo" with my own family at the time and as such completely ignorant that it had even occurred. Yet at the same time, I was so pleased that there was someone on that network that was kind enough (or cruel, depending upon one's point of view) to show all those who had grew up with Toonami up until it's cancellation in 2008 a bit of nostalgia. It just brings a tear to my eye that a great chunk of my younger days had come back and remind me of more........simpler times for lack of a better word even if it is a one time deal.

I was also told, in this conversation with my long time internet friend that there is a twitter page with the simple question of "Want it back? Let us know." which deals with Toonami.

Personally, I would LOVE for them to bring back that oh so nostalgic programming bloc, though I would prefer a certain change to it: One version for the kiddies to show animation appropriate to those of the tween-to-early teens age group, the other for we Toonami veterans who are a bit more "mature" for lack of a better term in our media content. It could be the programming block before Adult Swim for all I can and even be where Cartoon Network could place all of their non-kid friendly or safe Anime licenses into the Late Nite Toonami bloc while the Adult Swim bloc features their "original" programming from such studios as Willams Street. Frankly, I'm not too fond of what they have created and showcased, especially in those live action and poorly animated shows that seems to be more centered upon the more narcodically induced college student of the day.

So if you, my fellow readers, have held any pleasent memories associated with Toonami, I urge you to go to the twitter page and demand Toonami's return. It'll probably reverse some of the more "unfavorable" decisions made by Cartoon Network.

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