Boo-boos, boners and blunders By Ronald Roy COMMENT 06/24/2010

Boo-boos, boners and blunders

By Ronald Roy COMMENT 06/24/2010 When Scottish lawmaker Frank Mc Aveety quit his role in a parliamentary committee hearing after being caught on microphone saying a woman in the gallery was “very attractive with that Filipino look... dark... and dusky... nice, very nice... the kind you would see in a Gaugin painting,” he did so in accordance with the exacting ethical standards of Scottish culture, and we can only respect him for his resignation. Mc Aveety said two other things: “The heat’s getting to me,” — aha, a state of sexual arousal eh?! — and “I’ll maybe have to put a wee word out for her” — probably a Scottish idiom the meaning of which understandably escapes me. In any event, a judgment on the lawmaker’s improper behavior — assuming this were the case by Scottish norms — should not be made by non-Scots. After all, when in Rome tourists do as the Romans do, do in Tokyo as the Nipponese do, and do in Sudan as the Sudanese do. Someone should assure Mc Aveety there’s nothing to be ashamed of about being turned on by the opposite sex, whether swimsuited in the flesh or reclined in a painting by Gaugin or Renoir of the Renaissance period. In truth, the solemn way to appreciate a frank painting, as in other art forms, is to allow oneself to be drifted by its power into a reverie of senses and instincts where he can thus discover the meaning of his own humanity. Art has long been a procreative driving force since Adam hailed Eve as a most sublime masterpiece by the Supreme Creator. Mr. Mc Aveety may also find relief from the divinely preordained plan for people to cross color barriers for the improvement of the races. He should be appeased to know that Asians find Caucasians more attractive than themselves, and vice-versa. And he should not wonder why a Welshman will go bonkers over a “tall and tan and young and lovely” girl strolling in an Ipanema beach, or why Puccini’s Pinkerton fell for Cio-Cio San, or why Sammy Davis crooned his way to the heart of May Britt. Should not Mc Aveety then be advised not to be harsh on himself? Feel no eternal remorse, bloke. Your only blunder was not making sure the microphone was off when you gushed over a lady from Manila.... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20100624com5.html

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