Thugs Eat Ice Cream

I just read someone's Facebook status just now and it read: "Thugs eat Ice Cream too."

Tell me society, are they trying to say that thugs are so pompous and arrogant that they use statements like these to bring them down to "Our Level?" I can see it: Thugs feel depression too! They sit in front of the television all day and night with a carton of chocolate ice cream after their girlfriend dumps them for being a lousy boyfriend. EVEN THOUGH it is acceptable for thugs to have several women in bikinis shove their plastic chests up and down the man's body. But it's ok! They feel the pain an average American feels after some melodramatic shit hits the fan. They understand us, but yet, we are not cool enough to be labeled as a Thug.

What defines a Thug anyways? Webster defines it as, "A brutal ruffian or assassin." Now tell me society, why should we look up to assassins? Their job is to kill. So if we take a look at the bigger picture, we are looking up to people who want to kill us and who don't care about our existence. So, it really impresses me that these thug assassins can relate to us by admitting that the have a soft spot for ice cream. Wow, I want to be just like them!

I also had an English teacher in high school, Mrs. Pacyk, whose Oral Com class wanted to make shirts that said: "Real Thugs Read." Though I may have smiled and thought it was a good idea at the time, it also poses a good question. Why do thugs think like they are our everyday superhero? Oh yes, let's leave the lives of innocent civilians in the lives of thugs because they read and eat Ice Cream. We have SO much in common! Maybe I am one step closer to becoming a thug myself. Since Ice Cream is my favorite desert and I like to read the ever so famous Harry Potter series.

So maybe we all have a little bit of thug-ness in us. "Real People Worship Assassins"- I want that printed on a T shirt. That would be my favorite T shirt.

Sam