3./ Oh come now, I think you need to have reasons for holding an opinion. Right now you don't sound like you do.
4./ Yeah, that was a ridiculous question. I mean, unless we all become members of a worldwide union and the first female president of that union is a total nitwit...
7./ I didn't get that question either. I was like, "Huh? That's pretty personal..."
10./ I guess I wouldn't have so many problems if it weren't for the sheer number of illegals near where I live who have no respect for the law. But then, why should they? I mean, one of my high school friends, her car was hit on the driver's side by an illegal driving a truck. Her hip was shattered and she had severe head injuries. To this day she has lingering mental problems, can no longer run, and is PETRIFIED of the idea of driving. The illegal? Spent some time in jail until bail was made. He was never deported. Same with some drunk, licenseless illegals who ran a kid over. Got to stay here. I'm sorry, but that sort of crime should always mean being deported.
As far as language... I mean, there are problems when you have kids who were born here to two Spanish speaking parents who still can't speak English properly by high school. It sucks to lose that native language, but my great-grandmother wouldn't teach her children and grandchildren Italian because they NEEDED English to survive in an English-speaking country. I think it's a disservice to your children to prevent them from learning the local language and then complain that everything ought to be in Spanish for you. *grumbles*
13./ Yeah. Really, with how the Anbar province is going with the Marine Corps withdrawal, I think we can expect peace in Iraq. After all, Fallujah used to be the most chaotic, war torn city, and now? Peace. It can be done. We just need to think and be respectful.
16./ LOL. Banning flag burning? How do we respectfully dispose of used, worn flags, if we can't burn them? (I know, they probably exempted the ceremonial burning from this, but still.) I dunno. I explained a bit better to Skew.
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Date: 23 October 2008 00:25 (UTC)3./ Oh come now, I think you need to have reasons for holding an opinion. Right now you don't sound like you do.
4./ Yeah, that was a ridiculous question. I mean, unless we all become members of a worldwide union and the first female president of that union is a total nitwit...
7./ I didn't get that question either. I was like, "Huh? That's pretty personal..."
10./ I guess I wouldn't have so many problems if it weren't for the sheer number of illegals near where I live who have no respect for the law. But then, why should they? I mean, one of my high school friends, her car was hit on the driver's side by an illegal driving a truck. Her hip was shattered and she had severe head injuries. To this day she has lingering mental problems, can no longer run, and is PETRIFIED of the idea of driving. The illegal? Spent some time in jail until bail was made. He was never deported. Same with some drunk, licenseless illegals who ran a kid over. Got to stay here. I'm sorry, but that sort of crime should always mean being deported.
As far as language... I mean, there are problems when you have kids who were born here to two Spanish speaking parents who still can't speak English properly by high school. It sucks to lose that native language, but my great-grandmother wouldn't teach her children and grandchildren Italian because they NEEDED English to survive in an English-speaking country. I think it's a disservice to your children to prevent them from learning the local language and then complain that everything ought to be in Spanish for you. *grumbles*
13./ Yeah. Really, with how the Anbar province is going with the Marine Corps withdrawal, I think we can expect peace in Iraq. After all, Fallujah used to be the most chaotic, war torn city, and now? Peace. It can be done. We just need to think and be respectful.
16./ LOL. Banning flag burning? How do we respectfully dispose of used, worn flags, if we can't burn them? (I know, they probably exempted the ceremonial burning from this, but still.) I dunno. I explained a bit better to Skew.