Bulletproofing Babies is Not Funny

Jolo, my unofficial source of weird web stuff, has done it again. He sent me a link and it really got my attention:

Bulletproof Baby Official Website

It’s the most shocking demo I’ve seen so far! Why the hell will they promote the idea that babies would /could be killed in a shootout, or something? Does this show how the world has become, that even babies are not safe from other people’s pity?

I remember this documentary made by the award-winning director / writer of “Fahrenheit 9/11″, Michael Moore, about the Columbine High Massacre and the use of guns in the US. At first, it tells you about the seemingly weird fascination of Americans with guns, like every household should have at least one! Here in the Philippines, we don’t have much guns because they are freakin’ expensive, and each bullet costs as much as 1 kilo of rice. If you’re going to choose between the two, you’d know which one to choose, right? Anyways, the idea is that the American people thought about guns like cigarettes: they make you look sexy, powerful, and fabulous. And like cigarettes, they tend to destroy a part of their bodies one inch at a time. I don’t want to spoil the details of the documentary so I suggest you watch it.

I just can’t get over the irony of putting an innocent child in a stroller, and then gunning it with an automatic. It’s just… crazy!

Which fits this blog, by the way.

I still believe that the most effective (and cost-effective) way to keep your child out of harm is to establish good relationships with other people. We have it here in the Philippines. We kinda delve on things that are free, ‘ya know.