What could be a better topic of discussion for the happy, upbeat Christmas season than The Seven Deadly Sins?
You may recall that I have written about the Seven Deadly Sins several times, notably here (in conjunction with seven somewhat more nontraditional deadly sins), here (in combination with the updated Deadly Sins announced by the Catholic Church), and here (as paired with the Seven Cardinal Virtues). Yesterday I saw a new take on the topic in a Yahoo News item that steered me to this post on Memolition: Maps of Seven Deadly Sins in America.
This interesting post used various types of statistics to develop a set of maps which purport to show how widespread the Seven Deadly Sins are in various parts of America. For instance, the distribution of Greed, calculated by comparing average incomes with the number of people living below the poverty line, looks like this. Oddly enough, greed seems to be prevalent on the eastern seaboard (including New York and the Nation's Capital, go figure), Southern Florida and California ...
My conclusion: go North. It's colder, but less traditionally sinful. Maybe.
Have a good day. Go, and sin no more. More thoughts tomorrow.
Bilbo
Ass Clown of the Year Update
With one day of voting complete, here are the current results in our Ass Clown of the Year competition:
The Democratic Party and the GOP are tied for first place with 25 votes each.
Edward Snowdon is in second place with 16 votes.
Casey James Fury, The Tea Party, and Congress as a Whole are tied in third place with one vote each.
Don't forget to cast your votes ... remember, Chicago Rules apply, and the balloting closes at 11:59 PM on December 31st! Stand up and be counted!
4 comments:
NC, SC, and GA are big on gluttony.
ND looks like a relatively virtuous, but cold, place.
Southwest MO didn't do to poorly, but we apparently have some anger issues.
The GiZscore seemed more appropriate for the lust category.
Southern Cal is particularly greedy,
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