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Liquor Dealer · 11-05-2003, 04:23 PM

I've changed my opinion over the years - I still support capital punishment and in the case today of Gary Ridgway - who admitted to killing nearly fifty women and walks out of the death penalty on a deal! The proscecutor should be tried as an accomplice. I am still pro-choice - always have and probably always will be. Has this board changed my opinions - yes - it has in several ways.

Forever I have believed that my country is the best there is - my opinion hasn't waivered but I have been surprised at how hated we are by some - my biggest problem on this board is that many of them claim to be Americans. The recent conflict in Iraq has brought many of these contentions to a head - we had mutual disagreements with some of our neighbors to the north - my biggest surprise has been the attitudes of those who come to this board from Scandanavia - a part of the world I had always wanted to visit - I have changed my mind and won't be packing anytime soon. I have made friends, and found that there are people on this board that I've never met that I have much respect for - at the same time I have found some that I have grown to detest.

Like Sixate - I quit visiting the board for a long time and like Sixate, at times I question the logic of having come back.

I believe that far too many of those who hang out on this board are here for nothing constructive - they come not to discuss, or even to debate - they come to argue and agitate and nothing more. I realize that we are different from those who live in Europe - and I realize that there are many philosophical differences between differing geographical regions of the US. Our nation has changed - some might say we've been invaded by our neighbors from the south - I have nothing against anyone trying to better himself or to raise his standard of living: however, many come not for the purpose of bettering themselves here, but bettering what they have in Mexico by exporting cash.

Have my opinions changed - yes, they have.

Am I better for the change - I think not.

11-05-2003, 04:23 PM	#25 (permalink)
Liquor Dealer Super Agitator Location: Just SW of Nowhere!!! In the good old US of A	I've changed my opinion over the years - I still support capital punishment and in the case today of Gary Ridgway - who admitted to killing nearly fifty women and walks out of the death penalty on a deal! The proscecutor should be tried as an accomplice. I am still pro-choice - always have and probably always will be. Has this board changed my opinions - yes - it has in several ways. Forever I have believed that my country is the best there is - my opinion hasn't waivered but I have been surprised at how hated we are by some - my biggest problem on this board is that many of them claim to be Americans. The recent conflict in Iraq has brought many of these contentions to a head - we had mutual disagreements with some of our neighbors to the north - my biggest surprise has been the attitudes of those who come to this board from Scandanavia - a part of the world I had always wanted to visit - I have changed my mind and won't be packing anytime soon. I have made friends, and found that there are people on this board that I've never met that I have much respect for - at the same time I have found some that I have grown to detest. Like Sixate - I quit visiting the board for a long time and like Sixate, at times I question the logic of having come back. I believe that far too many of those who hang out on this board are here for nothing constructive - they come not to discuss, or even to debate - they come to argue and agitate and nothing more. I realize that we are different from those who live in Europe - and I realize that there are many philosophical differences between differing geographical regions of the US. Our nation has changed - some might say we've been invaded by our neighbors from the south - I have nothing against anyone trying to better himself or to raise his standard of living: however, many come not for the purpose of bettering themselves here, but bettering what they have in Mexico by exporting cash. Have my opinions changed - yes, they have. Am I better for the change - I think not. __________________ Life isn't always a bowl of cherries, sometimes it's more like a jar of Jalapenos --- what you say or do today might burn your ass tomorrow!!!