Opinions
Vegitarian
Pescetarianism (cold blooded & dairy) is a dietary choice, in which a person will not eat the flesh of any animals other than types of seafood. Other animal products like eggs and dairy may be part of a pescetarian diet. And i barly eat eggs. Pescatarians may claim that seafood is acceptable to consume while land-dwelling animals are not. Generally these arguments fall into two categories: the belief that the ethics of slaughtering and consuming animals don't apply to sea-dwelling creatures, or that the environmental impact of farming sea-dwelling creatures is acceptable.
Homosexuality
Well I consider myself to be bi-sexual, & have no issues with the gay or transgender communities. If
you do have fear of them consider this; about 49% of the world's population is men, & of that 2% on average are gay, this means that approximately there are 2.94 million gay men in the USA, 58.8 million gay men in the world, & that out 1 out of every 50 men you see is gay. Get over it, they are here to stay.
Homophobia is utterly useless; you should instead let the gay community marry & let them adopt if they wish, maybe some women will think twice about aborting a pregnancy if there were more willing parents in adoption. For the record, 50% of hetro-marriages end in divorce, so marriage ain't that special as you think.
Abortion
I think its one of those necessary evils in our society, & believe in a
woman's right to choose. I will give to the other side that late term abortions are definitely wrong. As for the woman that use it as a form of birth control, its up to them obviously if they want to do that, however it seems that is problem of a different sort.
War
War is just about the worst thing in our world. I am against it, pretty much no matter what, save for the times when there is absolutely & positively no other options. I disagree that our current
War on Terrorism set up by our American President is just. Its seems to me that we are starting something that can never be stopped, endless war is not a good idea. However Terrorism is threat to society; just i believe there are other ways to combat this new challenge rather then invade every country that has a terrorist, which would include our country if you think about it; we do have an occasional home grown terrorism act (Oklahoma City).
drugs
I've never personally done drugs but I'm for
Legalizing Pot (marijuana is a derogatory term). I don't think our society needs to police this drug, its far less of an issue then the 2 legal drugs; alcohol & tobacco. Obviously the more deadly/dangerous drugs like coke, meth, acid, etc. I have no issues with their restrictions.
Politics
In general I'm for large government & federal rights because states can be hijacked by small groups of either radical left or right of the political moderate mark. Some say that the big size now allows for abuse of power but the only abuse I see is at the very top (bush & cheney). On the whole large government keeps the people free by being so caught up in bureaucracy that citizens can live pretty much unharmed. Even though I lean towards the
Libertarian Political Party, I disagree with them on this issue; & I proudly support the
ACLU.
PETA
Personally I
Can't Tolerate ANY Animal Abuse, but these people sometimes take it too far. I'm fairly
Anti-Hunting but mostly for the fact that no one appreciates the animals anymore, its justfor sport; if more hunters were like the Native Americans, using all the animal's body, paying tribute to its worth, then i would be less against it.
Media
I don't think there is a
liberal bias in the publications today, but the whole mass media frenzy over the lives of celebrities bothers me immensely. It goes way overboard, with the 24 hour
paparatcy , trying to get pictures of them doing what we do everyday of our lives. Get a life.
Guns
I'm pro gun control because the
right not to shot supercedes the right to own a weapon that can kill so effectively. Unless you are under threat of violence, there is really no reason to have a weapon that can inflict that much harm on other humans. Back to hunting, there is no reason why someone needs an assault rifle to hunt dear. As for farmers/rural communities, yes if you have land that is expansive & wild, it is a good idea to have protection in case you come across a bear or other predator; but in cities, there isn't a need unless someone sends you a death threat.
Religions
I support the notions of
Religious Freedom that we have here, however I
Hate Clerical Organizations & I
Hate Over Zealous Believers. They seek to put their particular religion above all others, & often use fear, war, threats & intimidation to achieve this. I don't think any symbol of Christianity should be associated with our government (i.e. the 10 commandments in a court house) because it implies that Christians have more authority in this country then other people which violates the whole religious freedom notion entirely. One way to alleviate the strife is to decide together that not one group has a monopoly on divine truth. If you want to know my personal beliefs i will tell them, they are rather radical in nature though.
Climate
Global Warming (greenhouse affect) &
Global Dimming (dimming is the pollution particles in the air lessening the amount of sunlight) do exist, & are a threat to the earth. Right now we are lessening just the pollution of airborne particles, which is a problem, because that is the only thing keeping the greenhouse affects in check. Dimming cools the earth's temperature, thus if you lower that while maintaining the rise in what warms the climate we are screwed.
Summation
I slant towards
socialistic (i.e. robin hood), non-capitalistic business polities, because they protect the lower rungs of society. Isn't it funny how the conservatives that love lazé-fair capitalism which is essential allows Social-Darwinism to run rampant are the same people that can't stand that Darwin's Evolution Theory because it conflicts with there precious bible. WWJD, He would probable clothe and feed the poor with money the rich, Jesus must of been a socialist in my view. Sorry, the hypocrisy of the religious people in this world make me want to well, hmm, what's the word, o yea DIE. In other words, I'm a
Bleeding Heart Liberal.