And I have lots.
What I have discovered about myself is that while I've very interested in debating and discussing some issues, others are absolutely non-negotiable.
RELIGION - Anyone who knows me at all knows that I love to discuss and debate religion. I have ideas, but I don't know it all, and I'm always looking for that bit of wisdom or understanding that will broaden or focus my thoughts. However, if you're using your faith to give foundation to intolerance of any sort, of any kind, you better know your literature, and you better be able to back up your beliefs with an explanation of WHY you believe the way you do. "Cuz that's how I was raised", or "The Bible says so", just doesn't work with me.
ABORTION - Non-negotiable. I agree with abortion. I believe there is a medical purpose for it. I believe the alternative to legalization is scary. Finally, a woman should decide what to do with her body. That said, I don't like abortion. I think some people are irresponsible with it. Though I don't really view it as murder, I do still feel that it's killing a baby. (How is that different? I don't know, some sort of grey area.) I don't condemn people for it, but it makes me sad when it isn't a desperate last resort. Lastly, though a woman should get to choose what happens to her body, I can't help but feel that a man should have a say in what happens to his child. That said, wow... what a mess that would create if he did. So the bottom line is this : I agree with abortion and there's no debate in the issue.
GAY RIGHTS - Non-negotiable. I cannot debate this topic with any sort of reason or understanding for people who don't, in some way, believe as I do on this issue. I don't want to hear you spew your fucked-up God-shit. I don't want to hear you refer to mental illness. And if you think it's disgusting, quit being a pervert and mind your own damn bedroom! Oh? You don't want to offend me? Well, YOU DO! You're talking about my friends, my family, my coworkers. People I love, and every time you open your hateful, ignorant mouth on the subject I find myself fantasizing about ripping your fucking tongue out.
*breathe* (See, I'm fairly firm on that issue.)
EVOLUTION - Debatable. I believe in evolution, but I can learn more and I'm not opposed to hearing from both sides. I tend to stand on the side of science, so give me your science you op'posers'!! (Little hint... You can't use the Bible or religion as "proof" against evolution. 1. God made Adam from the mud, it doesn't say how long it took him, and 2. The Bible isn't science.)
CAPITOL PUNISHMENT - Kind of non-negotiable. I believe in the death penalty. I believe that some people can't be rehabilitated. I don't believe in Life Without Parole. If a dog is especially vicious and has killed someone, the dog gets put down. If it's repeatedly attacked people, it gets put down. I don't think people should be treated any differently. You don't put a dog in a little kennel and wait till it dies. You peacefully put it down. I don't believe in hanging, firing squads, electric chairs, or gas chambers. Just put the person down. I don't believe that the death penalty should be used as a deterrent or a punishment. I believe it's a solution to a problem. I think that keeping "Lifers" is a drain on finances and a risk to the staff that have to care for them.
MEDICINAL MARIJUANA - I can totally debate this one, though I'm pretty firm on my opinion. My argument against legalization isn't a moral, but an ethical issue with the way that it's happened. Being that we are a republic, our government is set up that supposedly the States get to make their own rules as long as they fall within the Federal government's guidelines. (In a nutshell..lol) But on the issue of marijuana, the States shouldn't be allowed to make these choices because the Federal government has decided that it's a Schedule 1 Drug. The Federal government has made it illegal and and deemed it to have no medicinal purpose. I totally don't agree with this scheduling and most of the rational and informed people of this country probably wouldn't agree that pot is worse than heroin. I just disagree with the legality of the process with which it was made legal (here in Oregon and several other states).
(HOLY CRAP!!! Do you know Samoas have 70 calories EACH?)
I could go on. Gun laws, legalize prostitution, sex ed in schools, government-sanctioned breeding laws, career-welfare moochers..... some of those, I'm sure you can guess where I stand...
Anyway, it's late and I'm getting tired.
Yay, American Idol is back!! I like a few, but Casey Abrams stands out for me at the moment. (Ohhh and the Asperger's boy.)
Here are a couple of links to things that inspired this little rant. Mostly, it's not the pieces themselves, but the some of the comments people posted to them that got me all riled up.
http://nerdyapplebottom.com/2010/11/02/my-son-is-gay/
http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/02/24/new.york.billboard.abortion/index.html?eref=mrss_igoogle_cnn#
http://kezi.com/news/local/205484
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Woo hoo Psam is back.
I can agree with almost everything you said. Except I don't believe in Evolution. I believe there is a happy - yet extremely unknown - medium between all beliefs. Think Divine Creation meets Big Bang Theory... errr without Sheldon, Horowitz, and Raj.
And I like the dude with the bass. That's the same guy right? There are a few of the girls who really stand out for me. But not so much I know their names. And while I like the Asperger's Boy he screams like Adam Lambert and (at this point) I doubt I would vote for him - dude he screams.
TOTALLY AGREE with you on abortion. Hate it. Think it's disgusting. But it has to be safe, legal and available. /sarcasm mode on After all, if it were illegal nobody would have one, just like since pot's illegal, nobody smokes it. Right? /sarcasm mode off
Mom- I believe in evolution, I just believe that God invented it. There's just no way that science could accomplish all that it has.. from solar system forming massive gas explosions to perfect atmospheres and single-celled life progressing into humans, alligators, whales, finches, kangaroos, frogs, and trout. How could it happen without science and mathmatics behind it. God is the ultimate scientist.
-and.... I totally thought you meant there was someone with a fish.... not a bass. hahahaha
Jen- Safety is a very important issue... but more so, I know I don't want someone else deciding what is right for me to do with my body... therefore, it can't be right for me to make that choice for others... no matter how much it breaks my heart.
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