Maybe We're Censoring The Wrong Things?

Regular readers of this blog (that's you, Tori and Chuck), know that I'm a little bit obsessed with Alaska Senator Ted Steven's desire to censor everything. All that smarmy, naughty content is killing our once great nation!

Maybe the adult stuff isn't the problem, though. Case in point: Peter Pan. First of all, there's Wacko Jacko, who I promise to never mention in this blog again, and his Neverland Ranch. Then there's Randy Constan, better known as The Peter Pan Guy. Now, I love Randy, don't get me wrong. For those of us who march to the beat of a different drummer, he's the guy leading the parade with the flaming batons. I recognize, though, that many find the 50-ish pixie more than a little frightening, and, heck, I probably wouldn't let him babysit my little ponies, either. Furthermore, J.M. Barrie's boring, fey novel also inspired one of the most miserable movies I've ever suffered through. Plus, let's not even get started on all the gender confusion Mary Martin has been generating all these years, and try not to imagine former gymnast and erstwhile tampon spokesmodel Cathy Rigby in the same role.

And now, meet Andrew Mickel, currently on trial for the murder of a police officer in Red Bluff, California. The Washington Post's fun-filled article on Mr. Mickel reveals a very lost boy, indeed. But what does this have to do with Peter Pan? I'll let Mr. Mickel explain:

Mickel explained that "prior to my action in Red Bluff, I formed a corporation under the name 'Proud and Insolent Youth Incorporated,' so that I could use the destructive immunity of corporations and turn it on something that actually should be destroyed." The name is a reference to the novel "Peter Pan." "Just before their final duel and Capt. Hook's demise, Hook said to Peter, 'Proud and Insolent Youth, prepare to meet thy doom,' " Mickel wrote.

"Now, Peter Pan hates pirates, and I hate pirates, and corporations are nothing but a bunch of pirates," he wrote. "It's time to send them to a watery grave, and rip them completely out of our lives."

Ouch. So I don't mind all the pornography, and I actually enjoy all the dirty words, but I'm going to do what I can to keep all that Peter Pan nonsense far, far away from all the children in my family.