On Politics
I don't mean to infect anyone else with my boundless well of pessimism about politics in the US, but the way I look at it, "the system" is broken and in need of major fixing. I don't just bitch and moan about it -- I actually have suggestions. Unfortunately, I know I don't always stop with the 'broken' where someone might see what I see and keep
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Minor distinction that I probably should have made the first time. The sense of entitlement is where the problem is. If you go with the first definition I gave for reparations, the US is in no way obligated to give them to either group. That should have killed the word "entitled" from the above... they certainly do deserve it because of the past conduct of the government, but entitled to? Not at all.
Stating the obvious: some people are religious or superstitious enough to bristle at the thought of breaking with the traditional Bible oath. I think they should have the choice.
Well, that's their problem, IMO. They can bristle all they want -- that doesn't change the fact that government is supposed to be a secular institution. If they start keeping Bibles around to swear on, then they need to have the holy books from every recognized religion around to swear on, too. Especially those religions that frown on using holy documents for such mundane purposes, and including a giant Gaia tree for all the pagans (okay, so sarcasm took over there a bit at the end, but I see this as another clear case of "in order to be fair, we have to treat everyone equally" and where the practical place is to draw the line on that).
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LOL. Yeah, the symbolism could get complicated.
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