07/12/2004 11:03:55 AM PDT
· 16 of 20 Crababble
to Ursus arctos horribilis
I know the fact that people sacrificed their lives for a lost cause must have some sort of respect shown it, if only for the fact that lives were lost. But for the life of me, I still can't figure out any other reason for the Civil War being fought except for the right for some southern people to own slaves. This seems a pretty odious "cause", no matter how you slice it. I have always been against political correctness, but maybe it's time to just retire this rebel flag thing. The south lost the war; let's move on.
We can generally agree with the Muslims that murder, robbery, rape, stuff like that are crimes. When we get to sex, we divurge on what is good and what is bad. Howard Stern is a scream to some (me included) while in their countries they would cut his tongue off, or worse. Even in our country the proliferation of sexual content available to children is concern to many. I don't see how a devout Muslim would ever agree to allow this sort of thing to be allowed where they are in control. There are always a certain percentage of people who want to tell others how to live, and under the guise of religion, and the power of the state, and their feeling that they are right, and doing God's will, will not be deterred.