Soap Box

Apparently Taylor Lautner is suing some RV dealership because of...

Wait for it...

"Emotional Distress."

Seriously!?! You're taking some RV dealership to court because they didn't deliver your trailer "on time" and potentially ruining their business and reputation? And this is what constitutes "emotional distress?" I'm having a tough time wrapping my head around this one, folks.

Taylor Lautner, do you realize all the evil and bad things going on in the world? Life on the Gulf Coast is nowhere near where it was a few months ago. People are losing their livelihoods daily down there. There are men and women coming home from the Middle East who will never get a full-night's sleep EVER AGAIN because of the horrors they've faced. There are men and women, my brothers- and sisters-in-arms, that don't know if they'll see the end of the day because people make homemade bombs and try to kill them every minute of every day! There's hunger, homelessness, hate, sadness, illness, and every other terrible things happening in our country and all over the world and YOU want to sue someone because they were late bringing you a mobile home!?!

I'm trying to think of what situations I would have to be in to be in emotional distress over my lack of a recreational vehicle, and I'm having a really hard time think of some. Perhaps if I was being chased by a pack of rabid dogs? A bear? Or if I was forced to listen to Lady Gaga, Justin Beiber or any other number of pop stars maybe? But that leads more into slightly-to-excessively annoyed, not emotionally distressed.

I tell you what, Mr. Lautner... I will stand behind your decision to sue for this trite reason if you agree to sue the government, every business and every American for the emotional distress that the current economic state has put myself and the majority of America in. Or, to localize it, help me sue Filmation for having a Ghostbusters cartoon at the same time as The Real Ghostbusters because that ruined many a Saturday mornings when I was under the age of 5 and I was emotionally distressed because I watched a sub par cartoon as opposed to the quality of The Real Ghostbusters!

Listen up, Shark Boy: I know that you not having a home for about 20 minutes on the set of your new movie that will have a deep cultural impact on the world is a big deal to you, but sometimes in life you gotta just suck it up and deal. Like I said, there are people without a home everyday of their lives and people living with more stress than you could ever know. And yes, this news will probably keep the news surrounding those "Hills people" or those Jersey Shore fools out of the airwaves for a day or two, but it will also take attention away from more pressing matters. I guess all I'm asking is to use your powers for good... Instead of suing for not having a trailer, be a man about it and do your job. Learn to be disappointed by companies but make the most of it. And please, don't jump right to suing... Learn more about what happened then make a clear judgment on the situation.

And now I step off of my soap box.