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them.
And by the way, a big thank you to
all 10,384 folks whom I stopped on
Tuesday to ask, “Have you seen any
keys?”
You can finally rest easy knowing
that they, and consequently I, arc
safe.
Funny thing is, they were right
where I left them: at home hanging
on their little hook in the hallway.
Tuesday was not a good day. I also
left my bike lock in the garage,
neglected to bring a writing utensil to
class and forgot to put on deodorant.
I did, however, remember to brush
my teeth.
So I’m unorganized and forgetful.
So what. There is a method to my
madness.
I have an excuse. I’m a mother,
which means I have children.
Children arc those little people who
expect you to remember, and take
care of, all the details of their lives.
I’m also a wife, which means I have a
husband. Husbands are those big
people who expect you to remember,
and take care of, all the details of
their lives.
Forgetting my keys, unbeknown to
me at the time, could be the modest
start of a social revolution.
From here on out, I am making a
political statement about the inequali
ties of home and hearth using
negligence as my weapon. I am
formally instituting a rebellion of
women as keepers of the list, kicking
off a “just say no” campaign against
the superwoman syndrome, changing
the social structure through sisterly
subterfuge.
It will take more than simply
forgetting our keys, but if we all work
together, we can successfully slop
civilization as we know it.
OK, we start with the little things:
misplaced keys. No more car pools to
Little League games; eventually no
more major league sports, because no
I haven't always advocated
uprising. There was a time in my
life ivhen I thought organization
was obtainable and even
desirable.
one drove the kids to practice — do
you see the implications here? We
forget to make denial appointments,
then move on to losing the laundry
soap and the vacuum.
“Honey, have you seen the Hoovci
lately? I just can’t remember where I
put it.”
Finally, we forget to put anything
away, including — but not limited to
—junk mail, dishes and our child’s
school papers.
I haven’t always advocated
uprising. There was a time in my life
when I thought organization was
obtainable and even desirable.
I knew and envied organized
people. They had file cabinets that
actually held labeled files. They
mowed their lawns at an angle and
had all their tools hanging on
Pcgboards in the garage. They had
appointment calendars the size of the
New York City directory, and they
used them.
The watches they wore beeped on
the hour, told time on all seven
continents and reminded them to
floss their teeth. They had organized
children with clean rooms. Their kid.*
wore wrinkle-free clothing with
matching socks and brushed their
teeth without being reminded. (No
doubt they were anal retentive and
prone to nightmares.)
For years I deceived myself into
thinking I could do it too. I perused
the public library and checked out —
but never had time to read—“Five
Days To An Organized Life,” “The
Ninety-Minute Hour,” and my
favorite, “Where’s My Other Sock.”
I bought a file cabinet. I used it to
store all the junk I wanted to hide
from my children. 1 figured someday
1 would buy files and fill them with
important stuff, like the articles I’d
clipped from the paper that explained
how to organize your time and
manage your life.
I fantasized that the gift of
organization would come with
motherhood and maturity — sort of
like wishing for pain-free childbirth.
While pregnant, 1 would see women
lugging the entire infant department
of Dillards around in quilted tote
bags.
When my turn came, I was lucky
to remember to throw Pampers in my
purse. Thank God I had the sense to
breast-feed my babies, or they would
have starved to death waiting for me
to sterilize bottles and pick up the
forgotten Similac.
Things have progressively gotten
worse. Sometimes I have to go
through the checkout line three times
on a single trip to the supermarket.
Whoops, forgot bananas! Whoops, we
need more bread. Excuse me, have
you seen my sunglasses?
Things have got to change.
Unorganized women of Lincoln
unite. I’m calling a meeting—just as
soon as I find my car.
I.ange-Kubick it a senior news-editorial
and sociology major and a Daily Nebraskan
columnist.
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of the abortion issue is symptomatic
of a society that has allowed its
naivety to become fatal.
Freedom of speech in the United
States has been brought to such
extremes that it has been transformed
from an asset to a liability. Groups
who preach hate and instigate
violence arc prospering undisturbed
in a society blindly tied to a
Disneyland concept of free speech.
The main problem stems from the
fact that Americans refuse to look
critically at history without the
preconceptions that ultimately erase
any meaningful deduction. When
looking at World War II for example,
young American generations do not
sec 40 million deaths and the total
destruction of Europe. They see the
United States’ liberation of Europe as
proof of American democracy’s
superiority.
The difference in history lessons
cxplaias why European countries
limit the indiscriminate use of free
speech and the U.S. doesn’t. The key
word is indiscriminate. Obviously, as
a member of the media, I cannot be
against free speech as a concept; but
it has to be monitored.
My upbringing in Italy was
characterized by the knowledge that
fascist propaganda was banned by
law. This limitation of free speech
has never led to more widespread
censorship. Americans’ paranoia that
imposing any sort of speech codes
will destroy First Amendment rights
is reminiscent of their fear that
drinking a beer will result in alcohol
ism. _______
Fortunately, we do not live in a
world without logic or a sense of
continuity, and history is the best tool *
we have to understand the present.
We do not have to make the mistake
now many doctors wui nave to oe
shot before preventive action will
be taken against violent ‘pro-life”
groups? Why not make it a crime
for a pastor slowly to incite
followers to violence ....
of regarding history as a Bible.
However, it would be a mistake to
assume history does not repeat itself.
Why? Because every society
arrogantly assumes its system is better
than any preceding one. History,
however, has taught us a good orator
can inflame the masses and stir them
to violence.
The argument that truth always
will prevail and justice will triumph
is appealing, but only good for fairy
talcs. Indeed, truth and justice
triumphed over Hitler — forty
million deaths too late.
How many doctors will have to be
shot before preventive action will be
taken against violent “pro-life”
groups? Why not make it a crime for
a pastor slowly to incite followers to
violence, especially after numerous
eases show a correlation between
words and deeds?
With today’s technology, the
speeches of violent lunatics can
spread around the world in a matter
Df seconds. With the advent of radio
and television, dictators in embryo
can popularize their thoughts among
uneducated people. The key word
here is uneducated, because the
assumption beneath freedom of
speech is that the audience should
have the intellectual tools to make a
thoughtful decision. Unfortunately,
education is rare, and ignorance
equals vulnerability. The advent of
universal suffrage gave power to
people who did not have the intellec
tual tools to use it. If we think that a
high school drop-out has the same
voting power as a Harvard professor,
we can realize how dangerous it is to
allow charismatic but extremist
leaders to work the masses.
Hitler, and others like him, took
advantage of the ignorance of the
common people and gave voice to
their most violent instincts. The
Nazi's rise to power was fueled by an
explosive mixture: free speech and
ignorance.
Of course, nobody can be against
free speech. It would be like being
against world peace. It would be
masochistic for me to be against a
system which is protecting me in this
very instance. 1 am, however, against
the use of free speech when it is
aimed at provoking violence or used
to conceal historic facts.
A good example of this is the
denial of the Holocaust by neo-Nazi
groups. Speech codes should not be
instituted only on certain campuses,
xit should be defined by the federal
government.
If only one person’s life could be
<avcd by restricting violent speeches,
it would be worth the inconvenience.
Uveraal U a junior advertiilaf major
ind a Daily Nebraska* columnist.
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