One of the most notorious news stories this past week was the arrest of the teenagers responsible for beating a homeless man to death and seriously injuring two others. This happened in Florida and surveillance cameras captured the horrific (that's for you my Jimmy) beating of a homeless man with baseball bats. The question to ask is not why but how? How does this happen. Well I'll tell you, it's free will. There's a great line in the film Munich (one of my favs from last year) in which a character says that free will will be the downfall of human civilization. I'm paraphrasing of course but the meaning is there. Think about it: We all have free will. We can do whatever we want, whenever we want. We have an astounding amount of freedom. Many of us choose to use free will wisely and live good lives, however, there are a number of us that take that will for granted and use it to hurt, abuse, put down, and shame others; it's really sad but it is a fact of reality. As long as there is free will there will be those who use it for evil.
Brokeback Brady: Get your Tivos ready: In April the tv show That 70's Show will feature the actors Christopher Knight and Barry Williams as two men in a gay relationship. Barry and Christopher who? They are most famous for their roles as Greg and Peter Brady, respectively, on the tv show The Brady Bunch. The word is that the two will play a gay couple who move in next door to Eric Forman's family, the character that was played by Topher Grace. They may even share a kiss. Supposedly one of them even wants to move and set up a sheep ranch. I don't know how true any of this is except that the two are definitely set to appear on the show. The episode has already been filmed.
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