The theme is "Fun, fun, fun"

It is not a huge secret that I love theme parks with an emphasis on "park" and a virtual total ignoring of the "theme". Then again I have never really figured out the "theme" that puts Nikolodean Gak-Fest next to a Tilt A Whirl and down the street from a pirate ship, Swiss Matterhorn reference, and roller coaster based on Top Gun. Maybe I am just stupid...

Of course, I also really don't care about the theme flavor...stuff like costumed characters walking around. Seriously, when you think about it, those are imitation dopplegangers of fictitious people. It does not get much more surreal than having a counterfeit picture taken of a fake.

But how much more fun would a theme park be if it were more real?

Instead of costumed characters you could have border patrol officers.
Instead of roller coasters you could have dry washes, barb wire fences, hunting dogs, and searchlights.
Instead of other costumed characters you could have coyotes (that is a name given to people who smuggle other people over the US/Mexican border).

Sounds like a great fictional theme park, eh?

No? You mean there is really a theme park where you can simulate the journey illegal Mexican immigrants take when they try to sneak into the U.S.? What a great idea!!!!!!!!! (editor's note:previous statement may contain sarcasm in large doses)

Maybe next we can have a theme park that represents fleeing the Somalian warlords or escaping the "comfort camps". Ooh, ooh, or how about "Boating to Florida under the guns of Cuban Guards". That sounds like fun.

So many theme park ideas are opened if we will just open our minds to the willingness of mocking the plight of desparate human beings. I am all excited now.