I don't trust a majority of Americans to understand the Second Amendment.
I don't trust that we'll ever figure out if Drilling in Anwar is OK, if hunting Mountain lions is OK, or if the fires in Southern Calif had anything to do with not logging or trimming the forest. I don't trust we'll ever figure that out. It's too hard. We have to save animals and leave trees alone, you see...even though the entire habitat burned to the ground and most of those animals died...
I think about 20% of you will believe until you die that the 2000 election was 'Stolen' in Florida, or that the 'Black Vote' was suppressed. That this is only slightly more insane than the plot to falsify the Moon Landing matters not at all.
I do think reasonable men can disagree about Iraq. That's complex and problematic. But I don't think a majority will ever figure out that it is nearly as big an offense to take offense as it is to give it. That's too hard. Asking, "Who do I think I am to take offense?" is too hard. It would mean not imposing your ego upon the world. It would mean accepting humility. Naw- not us. How dare you do that to me.
If I am murdered, it makes no difference to me if that occured because I was Black, a Lesbian, smelled bad, or voted Republican. Codifying special consequences or special handling of protected classes of persons impairs the creation of a society where all are equal not only before the Law, but to each other. But I don't expect 50% of you to understand that, especially if it is your plate being piled high under whatever cultural 'flavor of the month' is being rewarded, whatever pet cause temporarily in vogue.
I do agree, however, that if I was murdered because I was a Lesbian, and you can prove I was, than we need to notify medical science imediately that the next Evolutionary step has been breached.
I don't expect the manufacturers of Radio Flyer to figure out that if they make their famous Red Wagon out of thinner metal that falls apart quickly under use, that consumers will figure that out and stop buying Radio Flyers. I'm not sure if the Consumers will figure it out either.
I don't expect to ever get Yogurt common on the Market with 5% milk fat again. It tasted too good. We can't have that. I do expect to live in a world where when I ask for cream in my coffee at a Restaruant, that I'll be served 2% milk.
I trust we will never stop homogenizing milk, even though that counts for raised chorlesteral levels. Once we start something idiotic, it's very hard for us to stop.
We live in a world where we must choose between two usually extreme views. Thus, any logging is killing the habitat. Likewise, too often when we allow public graising, that means the grass is munched down to the soil. We can't hunt Mountain Lions because if we do, all the Mountain lions will die. er... something like that.
We can't have nativity scenes in public or Christian displays, but some little known religious observation from the Congo of 200 years ago is quaint. If we allowed the Christans a display, they would take over the world. Oops- this goes back to the last paragraph- we don't find solutions because we're forced to choose from two extremes. We live in an either or world.
Well, that's about all I can think of at the moment. Feel free to add your own. You might add you don't trust anyone to make a list like this because their own pet peeves get into the mix, and that's certainly true enough.
We just don't trust each other period, plain and simple. I don't trust you, and you don't trust me. This Halloween in most of the US our children will stay home, and not go door to door for candy. We'll attend special safe parties and events, and watch the Disney channel on TV.
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I don't trust that we'll ever figure out if Drilling in Anwar is OK, if hunting Mountain lions is OK, or if the fires in Southern Calif had anything to do with not logging or trimming the forest. I don't trust we'll ever figure that out. It's too hard. We have to save animals and leave trees alone, you see...even though the entire habitat burned to the ground and most of those animals died...
I think about 20% of you will believe until you die that the 2000 election was 'Stolen' in Florida, or that the 'Black Vote' was suppressed. That this is only slightly more insane than the plot to falsify the Moon Landing matters not at all.
I do think reasonable men can disagree about Iraq. That's complex and problematic. But I don't think a majority will ever figure out that it is nearly as big an offense to take offense as it is to give it. That's too hard. Asking, "Who do I think I am to take offense?" is too hard. It would mean not imposing your ego upon the world. It would mean accepting humility. Naw- not us. How dare you do that to me.
If I am murdered, it makes no difference to me if that occured because I was Black, a Lesbian, smelled bad, or voted Republican. Codifying special consequences or special handling of protected classes of persons impairs the creation of a society where all are equal not only before the Law, but to each other. But I don't expect 50% of you to understand that, especially if it is your plate being piled high under whatever cultural 'flavor of the month' is being rewarded, whatever pet cause temporarily in vogue.
I do agree, however, that if I was murdered because I was a Lesbian, and you can prove I was, than we need to notify medical science imediately that the next Evolutionary step has been breached.
I don't expect the manufacturers of Radio Flyer to figure out that if they make their famous Red Wagon out of thinner metal that falls apart quickly under use, that consumers will figure that out and stop buying Radio Flyers. I'm not sure if the Consumers will figure it out either.
I don't expect to ever get Yogurt common on the Market with 5% milk fat again. It tasted too good. We can't have that. I do expect to live in a world where when I ask for cream in my coffee at a Restaruant, that I'll be served 2% milk.
I trust we will never stop homogenizing milk, even though that counts for raised chorlesteral levels. Once we start something idiotic, it's very hard for us to stop.
We live in a world where we must choose between two usually extreme views. Thus, any logging is killing the habitat. Likewise, too often when we allow public graising, that means the grass is munched down to the soil. We can't hunt Mountain Lions because if we do, all the Mountain lions will die. er... something like that.
We can't have nativity scenes in public or Christian displays, but some little known religious observation from the Congo of 200 years ago is quaint. If we allowed the Christans a display, they would take over the world. Oops- this goes back to the last paragraph- we don't find solutions because we're forced to choose from two extremes. We live in an either or world.
Well, that's about all I can think of at the moment. Feel free to add your own. You might add you don't trust anyone to make a list like this because their own pet peeves get into the mix, and that's certainly true enough.
We just don't trust each other period, plain and simple. I don't trust you, and you don't trust me. This Halloween in most of the US our children will stay home, and not go door to door for candy. We'll attend special safe parties and events, and watch the Disney channel on TV.
munk
If we all give up on the goodness of man we are in for a real problem. We hear so much about all the bad guys, but nothing much about all the good done. I wonder what would happen if for 1 week all the news channels and papers only published good things that people did. I wonder if people would then try to be good to get their name in the news instead of the opposite. I mean, really, if you look at the ratios of good to bad it's still pretty high on the good end....right???? Just a thought....
