tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34398479.post3430330465869166481..comments2023-10-28T03:38:02.333-04:00Comments on Down RIver Drivel: Mixed Bag of TricksJenihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16425701332785470116noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34398479.post-23012071400244481932007-07-18T18:49:00.000-04:002007-07-18T18:49:00.000-04:00These are some very deep and very confrontational ...These are some very deep and very confrontational subjects you have chosen to tackle head-on. Now why am I not surprised?! I like the fact, Jeni that you - like my best friend Miz Cyn - will run at trains sometimes. It shows courage and strength of self that so many seem to lack sometimes. <BR/><BR/>As for gun control, I have to agree that the criminal element would not be adhering to it regardless. Sadly, if there is a way to get around something then someone will find it and abuse it and there's not much to be done about it. You are right, though, that guns don't kill - people do. There are some folks who have gotten very creative in their killing methods that have nothing to do with guns and even though run-by-stabbings might be harder to pull off than a drive-by-shooting I'm sure that gangs would revert to that if guns were not available. <BR/><BR/>Abortions? I support a woman's right to choose. I shouldn't try to enforce my beliefs on life and death on someone anymore then I should try to force my beliefs of God and religion on someone. Like anything illegal, if people want it bad enough they will go and get it and abortion is better regulated and done in a clean and sterile environment rather than in some sleazy back office with a coat hanger. <BR/><BR/>The death penalty? If the crime is heinous enough then yes, I believe in it. If you have the temerity to take someone else's life in a cold-blooded and calculated way then you should pay the price for that action. I think it should only be used in extreme cases, crimes of such a horrible nature that no one can comprehend them, and we need to be more than certain that the accused is guilty. I just don't believe in criminals languishing in comfort with a/c, three squares, TV, and the Internet on my tax dollars. Bring back the chain gangs and hard labor and maybe I'll rethink my position on this - maybe. <BR/><BR/>Assisted suicide - I work in a medical-related profession and I know that the quality of life that some people have is non-existent. They suffer, they spend their days going from one endless appointment or treatment to another, they have nothing to look forward to day after day except maybe death. If a person is of a sound mind and body and can specifically make their wishes known - not coerced by some greedy relative - then I think that they should be able to make a choice to die with dignity. My father always said that he would shoot himself before he went into a nursing home and having had the opportunity to now see what nursing homes are like up close and personal I've got to say that I don't blame him. I guess it was a blessing in disguise that he died in the hospital as he would have been completely and totally miserable at a SNF. Sometimes we have to put our own wants and desires aside and think about the wants and desires of the person who is suffering. <BR/><BR/>As for the War - what a mess. Just what a mess. I can understand a war against terrorism but is that what we're doing in Iraq? Somehow I don't think so but here's a controversial subject that I prefer to sidestep because I don't have a good enough opinion formed on this at all. <BR/><BR/>As a Veteran myself and the daughter of a Veteran I do support our troops and that's not just lip-service but I would rather that no mother or father ever saw their child shipped off to War.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for giving me some food for thought and for approaching some very tough subjects. You are a brave woman whom I admire greatly!Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05698969349369789642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34398479.post-68380992350453516312007-07-18T16:05:00.000-04:002007-07-18T16:05:00.000-04:00Jeni, that wasn't me, was it? ;-)On gun control, r...Jeni, that wasn't me, was it? ;-)<BR/><BR/>On gun control, radical leftist that I am, I oppose it for the most part. However, I believe in registration, and controlling certain types of weapons like you do. I think the people who think the government will confiscate registered guns are missing the point. If the government decides to confiscate guns, there is little we could do to stop it registration or not.<BR/><BR/>On the subject of abortion, I believe it is wrong. But this is not a black or white world, and sometimes all the choices left to a person have something wrong with them. At times, abortion may be the least wrong choice. Nevertheless, what business do I have imposing my beliefs on others? The decision must be each woman's to make.<BR/><BR/>On capital punishment, civilized nations no longer practice it. I have a hard time swallowing the hypocrisy of those who declare themselves pro-life, but clamor for the state-sponsored murder of another human being.<BR/><BR/>Assisted suicide - we have it here in Oregon. While I understand the need to end suffering in hopeless terminal cases, I could tell you more than one horror story about how the system has been abused by browbeating seniors into it for the benefit of greedy relatives and insurance companies.<BR/><BR/>War is terrorism with bigger bombs. The best way to support our troops is to make Bush stop using them as cannon fodder in his war for oil and conquest.<BR/><BR/>Does that help? ;-)<BR/><BR/>PS - I posted the joke you sent me. :-)TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11397335545286040472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34398479.post-57225605093652657422007-07-17T23:31:00.000-04:002007-07-17T23:31:00.000-04:00I am not for gun control because I don't think it ...I am not for gun control because I don't think it solves anything. Criminals are not registering their guns and they still seem easy to get if you want one.<BR/>I am for Christianity I will respect anyones opinion about their religion or lack of it.<BR/>I think we should bring the death penalty back, but we must be absolutely sure before we do it.<BR/><BR/>I have fairly firm opinions on things but I hope mercy is higher on my agenda than judgementBernihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02393286338757929488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34398479.post-10762061700722104542007-07-17T22:31:00.000-04:002007-07-17T22:31:00.000-04:00See, there are too many pros and cons to everythin...See, there are too many pros and cons to everything, and you manage to bring them all up. <BR/><BR/>It's easier to side with or argue against someone who has a strictly black&white stance. <BR/><BR/>I am for and against gun control, for and against religion, and same way on the death penalty, law and order -- good cop bad cop (good movie, that, please watch it to get a real feel for Canada's duality)-- and all the things you talk about which I feel I SHOULD feel strongly about one way or another, but can't. Does that make us wishy-washy or just human and uncertain?<BR/><BR/>I prefer the latter. I thank you for making me actually THINK about these things. (Not very deeply, but just a bit more than usual, enough to type this drivel.)lattégirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15428087458207367848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34398479.post-86449405328531374062007-07-17T21:50:00.000-04:002007-07-17T21:50:00.000-04:00Know what? Since I am just back into surfing mode,...Know what? Since I am just back into surfing mode, I am going to have to retread and read this attentively... not just skim like I kinda hoped to, with a quickie comment... how lazy, eh?! So for now I will just say HI! I'M BACK! (you knew that) and BACK SOON! WITH MANY INSIGHTFUL COMMENTS for your edification! (Enough with the caps, already, I know.)lattégirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15428087458207367848noreply@blogger.com