Political Rant: Wrong Forum for these expressions of support or disfavor. WE have a history religious political wrangling in this country. We were founded on no small measure by religious persecution. Just ask the Pilgrims who shared Thanksgiving with the Indians. They came to the New World because of religious issues. Of course we then ended up with the Salem Witch Trials. Depending on your side of the line, you know the other side is wrong. With religion, that means folks from the other side of the line will suffer in the appropriate nether region while all our side will bask in everlasting joy with our great reward.
Much of the strife in the world is caused by differences of opinion that have no common ground for settlement. Might makes right, so the more popular view is often the winning agenda as it is supported by the most backsliders from both sides who have become dissaffected with the "superiority" expressed by the True Believers who are the fringes of any culture or religion. The backsliders from both groups are lacksadasical and generally just like to keep the pompous proponents in a place where there is little or no interaction. The problems arise when one organized group decides that Might makes Right and since thiers is the only "Ordained" "Right Way" that all other ways are false and the backsliders or uninitiated must be brought to correct thinking to form a whole cloth.
Dedicated "Believers" are always out to reinforce thier own views with numbers and the more followers they enumerate, the more correct they are! As the numbers grow, so does the fervor and now conversion is not just by "Friendly Persuasion".
Now it is a Political Season and we see many individuals spouting beliefs that appears as clutter to our "silent and lazy majority". Unforunately we can't stand back above the fray and base our decisions on the calm and rational reasons like greed and laziness we all hold dear. (Seven Deadly Sins!) Most of us have a "Don't Ask Don't Tell" mentality based on our inate human laziness. It's only when our way of "not being involved" or be affected is threatened that we raise our voice or our war clubs. Oft times in the past this reaction to the percieved danger has occurred to late, and what we "wish to be" is simply voided out of existence by our failure to react swiftly and surely to the dangers lurking in the dark.
Hey if you want to talk politics or religion, I commend you. I support you. Just not here. There are dangers all about, and we who choose to be aware will find the appropriate forums. Granted it's hard not to be outraged by the slings and arrows, the rampant mental instability and even the natural stupidity of others, but we all have stay focused and keep this forum on it's true course. We must set aside the other individual or groups hangups and remain focused on DNAP discussion. Please???? Eventually we will see sucess or failure with our investments, and then we can promote our favorite causes, or withdraw to our personal island paradise. Let's all try to keep the messages ("trinkets of wisdom") in the right pigeonholes.
Remember. You are right about everything in all your views. If someone else has a different view they are totally wrong and should be punished. Now all of you who disagree with my pronouncement with suffer the wrath of whoever is the reigning deity of this week. Matt the Merciless or the Ming the Unmerciful. Since we have no Frog the Forgiving or Joy the Joyful in charge of the forum we must fear the wrath that will ensue our failure to abide by the posting commandments. Seek politics and slander in other arenas.
Go DNAP! (Up please)
Stakddek.
AI
