Something I was e-mailed
Subject: Who's To Blame?
> Let's see if I understand how America works lately . . .
>
> If a woman burns her thighs on the hot coffee she was
> holding in her lap while driving, she blames the restaurant.
>
> If your teen-age son kills himself, you blame the rock 'n' roll music
> or musician he liked.
>
> If you smoke three packs a day for 40 years and die of
> lung cancer, your family blames the tobacco company.
>
> If your daughter gets pregnant by the football captain you blame the
> school for poor sex education.
>
> If your neighbor crashes into a tree while driving home drunk, you
> blame the bartender.
>
> If your cousin gets AIDS because the needle he used to
> shoot up with heroin was dirty, you blame the government
> for not providing clean ones.
>
> If your grandchildren are brats without manners, you
> blame television.
>
> If your friend is shot by a deranged madman, you blame
> the gun manufacturer.
>
> If a crazed person climbs into the cockpit of an airliner
> and tries to kill the pilots at 35,000 feet and the passengers kill
> him instead, the mother of the deceased blames the airline.
>
> I must have lived too long to understand the world as it is anymore.
> So if I die while my old, wrinkled ass is parked in front of this
> computer, I want you to blame Bill Gates, OK?
>
Subject: Who's To Blame?
> Let's see if I understand how America works lately . . .
>
> If a woman burns her thighs on the hot coffee she was
> holding in her lap while driving, she blames the restaurant.
>
> If your teen-age son kills himself, you blame the rock 'n' roll music
> or musician he liked.
>
> If you smoke three packs a day for 40 years and die of
> lung cancer, your family blames the tobacco company.
>
> If your daughter gets pregnant by the football captain you blame the
> school for poor sex education.
>
> If your neighbor crashes into a tree while driving home drunk, you
> blame the bartender.
>
> If your cousin gets AIDS because the needle he used to
> shoot up with heroin was dirty, you blame the government
> for not providing clean ones.
>
> If your grandchildren are brats without manners, you
> blame television.
>
> If your friend is shot by a deranged madman, you blame
> the gun manufacturer.
>
> If a crazed person climbs into the cockpit of an airliner
> and tries to kill the pilots at 35,000 feet and the passengers kill
> him instead, the mother of the deceased blames the airline.
>
> I must have lived too long to understand the world as it is anymore.
> So if I die while my old, wrinkled ass is parked in front of this
> computer, I want you to blame Bill Gates, OK?
>