In what can only be described of another example of political correctness gone stupid (as if the movement itself was not example enough of that), San Jose State University has banned all blood drives.  Is the why even important? (Because the FDA prohibits gay people from donating.)

Now personally I think the ban is stupid.  And should they want to demonstrate against it, write letters to congressmen/women or call the clowns who make the rules boobs, I will be on the front lines with them.  It is stupid!  Where I work there are about 900 people, and each blood drive garners about 40 pints.  Less than 5%.  Automatically disallowing any segment of the population from giving is stupid as not enough can or will give.  But that is beside the point.

Barring donations is akin to starving yourself because you don't like milk!  These donations go to anonymous donors who may be gay, black, white, chartreuse or green.  The recipients only have one thing in common.  A need for blood to live.  And these jerks at SJSU are denying these innocent people that gift.  Denying them perhaps a chance to live.  Because of a stupid idiot that thinks by denying the supply of blood they are going to affect some faceless bureaucrats in Washington.

What is even more saddening perhaps are the supposed "intelligent" students who support the idiocy.  "Yea, he is standing on principal!".  What principal?  The Red Cross and other Blood collecting agencies are not making the rules (and indeed are trying to get them changed).  The victims in need of the blood are not making the rules.  The only people making the rules are those that are really unaffected by the donations.  The idiots running the university, and the idiots in Washington.  But none of those (hopefully) will ever suffer due to their own stupidity.  But many innocents may.

Standing on principal is fine, if you are standing against the right people.  Cutting off your nose because you do not like your nose job, however, is just stupid. But given the climate in this country today, I wonder how many have even enough brains to figure out just how stupid they are being.  They may claim to be standing on principal, but in reality they are just mean, spiteful, hateful idiots.  Who are hurting a lot of innocent people through their stupidity.