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Kadath · 03-08-2004, 10:21 AM

This weekend I saw my uncle and one of his sons for the first time in years. They're both Mormons from Utah, and my uncle's always been known to have some kooky ideas. I managed to steer discussion around to some things that have been discussed here, just to see how they felt. For some background, my uncle feels that the Branch Davidians at Waco were murdered by the FBI, and in the years leading up to 2000 he urged us to stockpile canned goods and silver bullion against the collapse of the world economy. He hates paying property taxes, as he feels that it indicates that you only rent the land from the government.

First, he feels that taking guns away from the people is a sure sign of the government engineering a destruction of our rights. I'm sure people around here feel that way; I'm not so sure we should give up our Second Amendment right. I wish people could be honest and just admit they like having guns, but okay. No problem so far.
Next we argued about homosexual marriage. My uncle was opposed to it, as he's opposed to homosexuality, but my cousin made what I consider to be an extremely solid point. It went thusly: People are going to continue to practice homosexuality. Homosexual couples are going to adopt children. Denying the couple legal rights hurts the child. Health benefits, custody in case of death, visitation rights in case of hospitalization, etc. Two for two on reasonable arguments.
Last was a discussion about satellite tv. My father was told by the provider he's considering that he'd have to pay an extra $5 a month to not have his phone line constantly hooked into the receiver. He didn't think much about it at the time, but my uncle and cousin immediately nodded knowingly. My cousin commented that the Superbowl breast incident was listed as the "most TiVo'ed moment in history." We nodded and said "Yeah, so?" "How did they know? They must be keeping track of what you watch."
My father just about lost his mind. I had to spend the whole trip home calming him down. Now I have to call the company and find out why they want to do it and it's a huge pain in my ass. The thing is...I'm pretty sure my uncle and cousin are right.

Moral of the story? My kooky relatives are sounding less crazy every day. Maybe I'm going crazy too.

03-08-2004, 10:21 AM	#1 (permalink)
Kadath Muffled Location: Camazotz	Time with the tin foil hat crowd. This weekend I saw my uncle and one of his sons for the first time in years. They're both Mormons from Utah, and my uncle's always been known to have some kooky ideas. I managed to steer discussion around to some things that have been discussed here, just to see how they felt. For some background, my uncle feels that the Branch Davidians at Waco were murdered by the FBI, and in the years leading up to 2000 he urged us to stockpile canned goods and silver bullion against the collapse of the world economy. He hates paying property taxes, as he feels that it indicates that you only rent the land from the government. First, he feels that taking guns away from the people is a sure sign of the government engineering a destruction of our rights. I'm sure people around here feel that way; I'm not so sure we should give up our Second Amendment right. I wish people could be honest and just admit they like having guns, but okay. No problem so far. Next we argued about homosexual marriage. My uncle was opposed to it, as he's opposed to homosexuality, but my cousin made what I consider to be an extremely solid point. It went thusly: People are going to continue to practice homosexuality. Homosexual couples are going to adopt children. Denying the couple legal rights hurts the child. Health benefits, custody in case of death, visitation rights in case of hospitalization, etc. Two for two on reasonable arguments. Last was a discussion about satellite tv. My father was told by the provider he's considering that he'd have to pay an extra $5 a month to not have his phone line constantly hooked into the receiver. He didn't think much about it at the time, but my uncle and cousin immediately nodded knowingly. My cousin commented that the Superbowl breast incident was listed as the "most TiVo'ed moment in history." We nodded and said "Yeah, so?" "How did they know? They must be keeping track of what you watch." My father just about lost his mind. I had to spend the whole trip home calming him down. Now I have to call the company and find out why they want to do it and it's a huge pain in my ass. The thing is...I'm pretty sure my uncle and cousin are right. Moral of the story? My kooky relatives are sounding less crazy every day. Maybe I'm going crazy too. __________________ it's quiet in here