Re: you have everything all wrong...dwsnxc02October 26 2004, 20:12:24 UTC
I DO BELIEVE the conversation saturday night was, Me: I'm voting for Kerry!! You: Ughh, uneducated people.
I don't particularly enjoy having my intelligence questioned either.
I also didn't mean to insinuate that you were uneducated. It was an imprecise reference to your frequent inability to respect the opinions of others, or at least those of my own.
For someone who likes to spend as much time in the woods as you do, you don't seem to care much about electing a president who wants to chop them all down. And what happens if you get a girl pregnant, say.. tomorrow.. Oh, I guess she'll be putting college on hold for a few years since abortion will be outlawed. What if you have a good friend who's gay.. too bad he won't be able to get married like you, since that will be prohibited as well. For a country that prides itself on letting people make their own decisions, Bush sure likes to inflict his own beliefs on the lives of other people. I understand that's how republican governments work, but these are issues that are too still heated to make decisions that outlaw them completely. It would only further divide our country more than we are already, which is reflected in how divided the nation is in this election.
As for Kerry, maybe he is indecisive.. but at least that shows that he's taking a lot of things into consideration when making decisions. I think it's beneficial to think things through thoroughly as it allows him to account for situations that can have very specific and very different details. For example, it's one thing if a woman wants to have an abortion so that she can go to Europe. It's another thing if a woman wants to have an abortion because she's in college, or because that pregnancy would be harmful to her own health. You just can't make something like that cut and dry. His views on health care are debatable as well, but I do think that there should be more available options for people who aren't fortunate enough to have health insurance. America is one of few countries that doesn't have government provided health care.. and yes I can see how that could result in mediocre health care nationwide, but the idea is one with potential. I also prefer Kerry's views on education over Bush's, which as someone who will likely be teaching in the next four years, is of high importance to me.
Re: you have everything all wrong...dwsnxc02October 27 2004, 08:22:16 UTC
no, that's not how the conversation went. i qouted the bumpersticker, i was sober, you were drunk, believe me that's what i said. i'm not interested in battling on political issues. however, abortion will not be outlawed. the house/senate would never vote that through. partial birth abortions are on a whole different plane and should be outlawed however. and, i dont agree with all of bush's platforms. including his views on abortion, i'm pro-choice. also, i do love the woods. and I hate to see them cut down, hence, i'm not a huge fan of parts of his enviornmental policies. gay marriage? i back him. marriage should be considered a sacred act between a man and a woman. should gay couples not have the same RIGHTS as married couples? yes, they should. and i understand that civil unions do not have the same rights as marriage. THAT is where i think the change should be made, not in the definition of marriage. overall, i support bush though, and believe that kerry is not president material. oh, the nation is frequently "divided" in election time. remember 4 years ago? it came down to one state. never mind all the politics though, i don't want you to be upset. it was never my intention to question ur education (i go to the same school as you, clearly we're pretty even in education. i'd just be making fun of myself as much as you) listen, i dont want to start fighting again over something so small as a joke that i conceede maybe i should not have made. honestly though, i did make a joke and not a personal attack on you. i hope you can put this past you, as so far this semester things seem to have been fine and i dunno bout you, but personally i liked it that way a lot better.
Me: I'm voting for Kerry!!
You: Ughh, uneducated people.
I don't particularly enjoy having my intelligence questioned either.
I also didn't mean to insinuate that you were uneducated. It was an imprecise reference to your frequent inability to respect the opinions of others, or at least those of my own.
For someone who likes to spend as much time in the woods as you do, you don't seem to care much about electing a president who wants to chop them all down. And what happens if you get a girl pregnant, say.. tomorrow.. Oh, I guess she'll be putting college on hold for a few years since abortion will be outlawed. What if you have a good friend who's gay.. too bad he won't be able to get married like you, since that will be prohibited as well. For a country that prides itself on letting people make their own decisions, Bush sure likes to inflict his own beliefs on the lives of other people. I understand that's how republican governments work, but these are issues that are too still heated to make decisions that outlaw them completely. It would only further divide our country more than we are already, which is reflected in how divided the nation is in this election.
As for Kerry, maybe he is indecisive.. but at least that shows that he's taking a lot of things into consideration when making decisions. I think it's beneficial to think things through thoroughly as it allows him to account for situations that can have very specific and very different details. For example, it's one thing if a woman wants to have an abortion so that she can go to Europe. It's another thing if a woman wants to have an abortion because she's in college, or because that pregnancy would be harmful to her own health. You just can't make something like that cut and dry. His views on health care are debatable as well, but I do think that there should be more available options for people who aren't fortunate enough to have health insurance. America is one of few countries that doesn't have government provided health care.. and yes I can see how that could result in mediocre health care nationwide, but the idea is one with potential. I also prefer Kerry's views on education over Bush's, which as someone who will likely be teaching in the next four years, is of high importance to me.
I'll stop at that. Don't ever call me uneducated.
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