twicketface

Both sides of the issue (that is to say, almost all sides) don't want our troops harmed. The anti-war movement would accomplish this by not having them go to an unnecessary war in the first place. The pro-war movement chalks it up as one of the costs of war. There has never been a war in which those involved have not lost troops. Ergo, the anti-war movement is more supportive of the troops than the pro-war movement by avoiding harm's way in the first place.

I have no problem with how people view the war, it's the misrepresentation of the viewpoints that angers the blood. I saw a posting on a pro-war community that was a photo of a banner of supposed anti-war protestors that said "We support our troops when their own men" or some such horseshit. The repsonses all said something to the effect of "those anti-war protestors are assholes". When this is presented as an 'anti-war' viewpoint, all of the good that the protests do falls a notch. So, do we venture out into neutral territory and explain that this viewpoint is not the majority viewpoint or do we treat this as war between ideals and not waste our breath trying to covert the 'enemy'?

Henry Rollins had it right when he said that we need to spend much more time listening to our enemies instead of immediately concluding that they are wrong. While they most likely have viewpoints we don't agree with, we need to understand their reasoning behind it if we are to make any progress towards unity. It's impossible to debate against someone if you don't know where they stand on the issues, even if you *think* you know where they stand. I'd be offended if I was seen as agreeing with everything the anti-war movement represents, so why sum up all of the pro-war movement the same way?

I'm feeling better today and chalking it up to the sex last night. Giddyup. Cuddling after sex should be mandated by federal law. And will be once I take office.

I'm wearing my new black shoes to work. They feel like high heels and are very shiny. They are also very loud when I move my foot around.

I managed to slice a chunk of skin off of my thumb on Monday night while cutting cheese for a salad. I'm annoyed with having to wear the band-aid as it gets grody rather quickly, but don't want to have a skinflap flapping around either. The flap is really white and in the shape of a triangle. I don't have good luck with knives.

It really improves my mood when I get good customer service. I am in the process of moving my Roth IRA to a different investment company and the guy I talked to today was as non-slippery as any financial person I've talked to. He actually congratulated me for having investments at such an early age.

I suddenly want to work for a record label.