Laying the Blame Where it's Due

There is nothing like passing the buck or laying blame when things go wrong. Like one of my co-bloggers around here who believes that segregated schools automatically mean that certain groups will wind up doing more poorly than others. To this I say, "bull Twinkies and baloney."

Take Lucy Clarkson, the British model who recently tried to strangle her boyfriend in her sleep and then blamed it on a sleep disorder called Night Terror. Could it be that she just had had it with him and wanted to deck him at one point during the day? Maybe he refused to ask for directions again or was ogling girls while they were supposed to be conversing at Starbuck's.

I once went out with someone who one day smiled at a picture of an Avon lady on a bus as it drove past our car. Looking back, I wish that I had had an excuse like that had I pasted one on him.

Lucy Clarkson is one smart lucky lady.