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My daughter is in a ballet program and her recital tickets went on sale this morning at 10:00.  I sat here refreshing the page like a madman until “NOT YET” turned into “BUY NOW”.  I clicked in to start the process.  I selected 4 tickets (the max per order) and then went to choose my seats.

BANG!  ”Your Java plugin is not the correct version.  Go update it.”

A few four-letter words later, I was on the Java site trying to get the plugin to update, but the download was creeping.  I guess every other SCAA parent using Chrome was trying to do the same thing.  So, I opened IE really quickly and went back to the site.  By the time I got to choose seats, all the good ones were gone and the mediocre ones were filling up as quickly as I could click them.  And so continued my silent tirade of colorful metaphors.

Now, thanks to a plugin requirement, I get to watch my daughter’s dance recital from a distance of about 12 AUs.  Parents will understand my frustration.

So, next time you are considering technology for a CORE FEATURE of your site (for a box office, buying tickets is probably a core feature), think about this bummed-out father who had to fight his way around a plugin to buy tickets to his daughter’s dance recital.

On that note, I need a chocolate milk.

And in case you don’t know, an AU is an astronomical unit: the distance from the sun to Earth.

Conclusions 1

What is murder?

Murder is the willful termination of another person’s life for some cause other than immediate self-defense.

When does a person’s life begin?

At conception.

What is an abortion?

In the case of a woman whose life is not in danger, termination of another person’s life for some cause other than immediate self-defence; therefore, it is murder.

Conclusions 2

If I were to see another person being murdered and had the ability to stop it, would I?

Of course.  This seems like a moral imperative.

What if stopping the murder involves killing the murderer?

I pray I would find another solution, but I suppose I would kill the murderer to save the victim if there were not other solution.

Conclusions 3

Since abortion is murder, should abortion providers be killed?

No. This won’t stop the abortion, so it is not a justified homicide.

Since abortion is murder, should mothers considering abortion be killed?

Of course not.  This kills the baby also!

Conclusions 4

Since killing mothers and doctors doesn’t stop abortion, we pro-life folks should not engage in murdering abortion providers.  People who support those actions miss the point of being pro-life.

The first person who asks me how this squares with killing animals for tasty food gets a punch in the nose.  Srsly.