Common sense is on life support in the USA

Items from THE WEEK Magazine, July 1-8, 2011 issue:

--- Police classified a high school year book as kiddie porn because one photo shows a 17 year old groping a 15 year old at a dance.
More:
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/06/big-bear-high-school-yearbook-pulled-after-child-porn-photo-discovered.html

http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110617/us_nm/us_yearbook_photo

--- A lesbian couple who kissed at a Twins Game was told by a security guard, "Here in the stadium we adhere to the Ten Commandments."

More:

http://thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/lesbian-couple-harassed-for-kiss-at-twins-game-10-commandments-invoked/news/2011/06/16/22352

http://www.politicususa.com/en/lesbian-ten-commandments

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/Security-guard-scolds-lesbian-couple-for-kissing-at-Minnesota-Twins-game-061611

--- A Washington state woman, who drove her car down a boatramp into a lake, said she was just obeying her GPS's instructions. (And she's not the only one.)


More: http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=7440720

http://www.thehelper.net/forums/showthread.php/165348-Woman-drives-SUV-into-Lake-from-GPS-Directions

ttp://www.xydo.com/toolbar/22259317-watch_gps_directs_women_to_drive_into_swamp

http://www.plg-pllc.com/tag/gps-directs-women-down-boat-ramp/