Last June, at my son's college, there was a "political" lecture by a popular professor who wanted to encourage dialog among students. She asked how many of those present would be voting for McCain and TWO youngsters (my son and someone else) stood up. For Obama, the rest of the auditorium stood up. Last week, same thing, about 40% of those present stood up for McCain/Palin (more women than men) and the rest for Obama. Huge shift! Will they actually get to the polling place and vote? My son says that he will. We'll see.
If you went to where I grew up and asked those questions, the white people would stand for mccain, the blacks for obama. Period. My point is that judging a politician by his following it pretty useless. Yea there are a lot of kids voting obama just because they think he's cool, but there are also a lot of rednecks voting for mccain because he's not obama. Pointless ignorance is rampant on both sides, so I ignore it.
Yet, more people are registered to vote this time than ever before and that's good. Let some of them vote for Obama because he's black or for McCain because he's not. Hopefully, next time, they'll have a better reason who to choose. We'll still have Dems and Repubs but the two parties will evolve and redefine themselves closer to the 50-50 line of equilibrium, like McCain and Obama are doing now. In the long run, that's progress.
It's not morally repugnant if you think the foetus is a separate living being. Killing a living being would, in that case, be the morally repugnant choice. A hardcore atheist could agree with this position if it was for example 8 1/2 months into the pregnancy, when the foetus is basically a baby with an umbilical cord.
In that case, most of humanity is mentally ill. For 99% of our time on earth, almost everyone fervently believed the earth was flat. Even now after centuries of science and sceptical empiricism, the vast majority of people believe in God. Believing the earth is 6000 years old is no more insane than believing in an imaginary man in the sky, or that the earth is flat. In a few months 285 million insane people will vote for which insane person to make their leader. 15 million sceptical independent thinkers will chuckle or sigh to themselves and get on with living amongst a society of gullible superstitious mental patients.
lol... I figured as much. 9 times out of 10, the first macho man to bring up 'queers' is the guy who's a bit gay-curious and tries to hide it with a lot of bluff and bluster. Seen it many many times. Sometimes it's a huge surprise, sometimes not. Of course, constantly re-evaluating your own beliefs is not something you're capable of doing. Ever take a Weschler, Oldfaggot? [OldFaggot limps off to Google] OldFaggot!! That's my new name for you. OldFaggot!! C'mon now, you have to admit that's kind of funny. Let's see... I'm guessing you're not married, never were. Correct?
Hey traderPrik: The only thing funny in your post is all that queer talk you came up with. "Re-evaluating your beliefs"? "Evolution of your feelings". LOL. Oh yeah, Prik, I'm not available. I've been married for decades. Go put the move on someone else. OldTrader
LMAO!! Oh, suuuure you have, Gay-Curious Trader. Sure you have. Hi, my name is OldFaggot. I'm such a fucking moron, I still believe that everything I thought when I was 21 is true. If I hear someone say that they've re-evaluated one of their beliefs, I pull out my pecker and start whacking it for all I'm worth. That's my way of showing that I'm feeling threatened. (You're a Republican, right? Is whacking off when you hear the phrase 'reconsidering one's opinion' a Republican thing, or just a fucking retard thing? I don't think the majority of Republicans on here are as fucking idiotic as you are) lol... didn't comment on the Weschler, I notice. Bit of a sore spot? You'll have another sore spot when you get over your curiousity, OldFaggot. What a pathetic fuck you are. A man of your age behaving so badly, and getting so thoroughly baited by an anonymous internet personna. I'd say grow up, but can you say that to a 78-year old loser?
So you're "baiting" me are you? LOL. Is that what they call it? I thought you were busy defining yourself. LOL. Is that your mommy calling you? OldTrader