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I guess if you think about it, this may be the beginning of the end for segregated sports of all kinds.  For some reason, even with the advance of technology through the millennia, enabling mankind to perform all kinds of amazing human feats, people still marvel at the ability of the human body to perform at the most basic skills; running, swimming, throwing a spear etc.  In fact, every 4 years, the world spends truckloads of money in celebration of these skills by having some city host the Olympic games.  It’s as if people have the primal need to find out which humans are the most animal-like in their abilities.

Sure it’s a feather in your cap to boast that you’re the world’s fastest or strongest or most accurate spear thrower, but…so what? Ultimately the end game is to convert this ‘skill’ into some kind of financial reward and these days, those rewards can be handsome indeed.   But if there’s a quest to determine who’s the ‘best’ at a given feat, what point is there in attaching an asterisk to the accomplishment?  Why have categories for men and women?  Deny it as many progressives will, the best female athletes are the ones that most resemble males.  No one who looks like Kate Upton is going to be good in the 200 kilo deadlift.   So if that’s the case, why even have those divisions?  Why not just have the strongest/fastest/most accurate….period.

Otherwise, the accolades are just participation awards.  We may as well have contests for only red heads, or only Asians, or only people whom are left handed.  By the same token, we may as well eliminate the filters for beauty contests.  There are some homely women out there and some comely guys, (once the hair is removed from the appropriate spots).  Just hold contests for most beautiful American or Brazilian or whatever the case may be.  Pragmatically, this makes everything in life easier to administer.  Without all the different categories of people, fewer contests of any kind need to be held. We’ve already moved towards unisex washrooms, so the preliminaries are in place.  The Olympics need only last about 2 days.  In fact, the five ringed logo for the Olympic games will be replaced by something more representative of the new format;  an amoeba.

link Jennifer Lawrence Nude Photos Leak: Ariana Grande, Kirsten Dunst also Exposed | Variety.

Finally, some real news.  Although, as the old saying goes, this story is worthless without pictures.  It appears that ‘celebrities’ are shocked and indignant that nude photos of themselves have been hacked from their computers and cell phones and distributed to the full view of the public.  We don’t mean to sound callous; I suppose I would be aghast if birthday suit images of me were circulating around cyberspace.  Except for the fact that there aren’t any.  Even if there were, I’d be horribly embarrassed because of the remarkable resemblance to Pee Wee Herman.

In the case of the various ‘celebrities’ offended by the invasion of privacy, isn’t being naked or near naked part of the stock in trade of the business they’re in? In addition, they generally look good naked, unlike the mass of the oglers out here who can only look upon their images with leering envy.

“But it’s a privacy issue!” someone will exclaim indignantly, “People have the right to have their personal images kept private!”  Yes, that’s all true….in the theoretical fantasy land that most of these people inhabit.  In that world, no one should lie, steal, cheat at cards, or throw cigarette butts from cars.  In that world, only organically, sustainable chickens are eaten, toilet seats are always down and the minimum wage is $15 per hour for the poor folk.

No one finds it strange that people who cultivate their personal appearances as an integral, if not the only aspect of their livelihood are offended by people having glimpses of it?  This would be comparable to Al Gore getting all  upset about an image of himself with his mouth open.  In the case of Kate Upton or Jennifer Lawrence,  the 1% of their bodies that may be newly exposed to the public is hardly a big shock.   Celebrities are not the only ones guilty of naivete however when it comes to anything to do with cyberspace.  The very notion that images sent back on forth over the internet can be protected and private is as laughable as the notion of a no peeing section of a swimming pool.  Do people not understand that it’s geeks that created, populate and operate the internet?  Do they really think that geeks aren’t going to find ANY possible way to look at naked women?

Oddly still, many of these celebrities are more concerned about pictures of themselves, which may cause some embarrassment, but are not the least concerned about  making vapid utterances on weighty topics which will most certainly embarrass them.  Reality bites.