Oh America!

I've never regretted giving the standard.at a "Like" on facebook, it always keeps me updated about recent events without buying the expensive printed version. But sometimes, it also informs you about the weird stuff going on the world. Last week, there were a couple of posts where I had to take a second look because I couldn't believe my eyes. All posts had one thing in common: the country. It just showed me one more time that in America, almost nothing is impossible. So, if you think you've already seen everything, may I present you the three posts I came across last week.

- AR Wear created a "rape-proof" underwear for women.
The inventors claim that this underwear prevents you from being raped. It should be worn during potentionally risky situations such as going out (on a date), going for an evening run or travelling. The special resistant fabrik with tiny locks makes it almost impossible for the rapist to remove, cut or tear it apart.
It is a debatable point whether the "Anti-rape-wear" actually makes sense to buy or if the company just tries to benefit from women's fear of being raped.

- Wife hunts with ammunition made of her husband's cremains.
Because her husband admired old weapons during his lifetime, his wife paid her last respects to her husband by giving his ashes to an ammunition company who filled 275(!) cartridges with them. She already shot 70 partridges, 23 pheasants, seven ducks and one fox.
How she came up with this strange idea? Her husband read about it somewhere and found the idea funny.
In America, this way of spreading ashes is not uncommon: There are even companies who make a lot of money with those special requests.

- Stupidity level: candidate of the US Senate
David Barton, a potential republican candidate of the US Senate claims that the American abortion laws are the cause of global warming. According to the candidate, not only droughts, tornados and floods, but also mass murder and pedophilia are referable to the abortion laws. In his opinion, the human being is responsible for all the catastrophes - he sees global warming as God's judgment .


Oh America, you really never cease to surprise me.



Links to the posts:
http://derstandard.at/1571291/Witwe-jagt-mit-Asche-ihre-Mannes
http://derstandard.at/1381370874469/Abtreibungsgesetze-schuld-an-Klimawandel-sagt-US-Senatskandidat
http://diestandard.at/1381371088139/Unterwaesche-die-vor-Vergewaltigung-schuetzen-soll