Comments for 4freedoms

Comment on Abortion by Caitlin

Caitlin — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 18:24:45 +0000

Hello everyone, I was in York 8 last year and was on the Blog Team, and out of curiosity I thought I’d read through what this year is talking about, and contribute to the debate. First off, you all seem to be getting just as thoroughly off-topic as we did last year. This is (unfortunately) a lesson in real politics. I mean, anyone who has been following this years Democratic primary can see how people spend more time worrying about irrelevant things, instead of focusing on the issues, like certain people in this thread were spending time insulting people for using dictionaries (which makes no sense– someone who is intelligent enough to supplement their vocabulary like that should be admired, it is not ‘fake’).

Now, onto my opinion on the topic. It is my opinion that abortion should stay legal, and Roe vs Wade should be upheld. There are many reasons for this, but one of the biggest is that the government currently has much larger problems to deal with (torture facilities in other countries that we use, never-ending wars) to be spending its time controlling woman and their conscious decision to not carry a fetus to term. If a woman decides to terminate her pregnancy because she would not be a suitable mother for the child, than that should be her choice. Chances are, if the woman wants an abortion, but is forced because of laws preventing it to have the baby, than she would not be a responsible mother, anyway.

One last thing, before, a poster (Alexandra) stated that no one reads, or wants to read, longer posts. To the contrary, longer posts such as Sofi’s tend to be much more thought out. And I was much more inclined to read them than the short posts that were incoherent and riddled with grammatical errors.

Comment on Freedom Blog Open and Ready by Sofi

Sofi — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 12:47:49 +0000

Forget the Plato thing.
How about:
Separation of church and state and how, in the last century, the US government has tried to merge the two?

Comment on Communism vs. Capitalism by Sofi

Sofi — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 12:41:10 +0000

Socialism and basic forms of Communism are practiced elsewhere in the world.
So, we have resorted to kibbutzim in Israel and communes throughout the rest of the world (see Brook Farm, Massachusettes and various kibbutz in Israel). People share the work, the wealth, the land, and the larger possessions like cars. This fundamental form of Socialism has been proven to work on a small scale; however, true Socialism would, however sad it may be, take a serious toll on life as we know it.

This is because we are creatures of want.
This is not necessarily a bad thing.
To be human is to want.
The sad thing is that people tend to override things they need with things they want, and therefore, not all of us can focus on what it is we actually need.
In the United States, we have been lead to a false hope.
Do people realize that the top 20% of American families now control almost half of United States income while the bottom 20% is left with less than 5% to divvy up between them? The gap between rich and poor is at its widest since the end of World War II!
Growing polarization between rich and poor leads to greater social and political instability.
The United States ruling class is sitting on a time bomb!

Comment on Whats Better, being a vegetarian and wearing fur, or eating meat and not wearing fur? by Sofi

Sofi — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 12:29:19 +0000

Wouldn’t this be a better argument if it was entitled “Animal Rights”?

Comment on Gay Rights; by Sofi

Sofi — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 12:23:07 +0000

So yeah.
Hooray for gays.
If they really want to commit themselves to each other for the rest of their lives (which, in my eyes, is a stupid decision even for heterosexual couples), then by all means, they should have the right to go right ahead.
It’s the same logic I spoke of earlier on the blog about polygamy: Everybody has the right to get married if both (or all) of the partners agree.

Comment on Gay Rights; by Mrs. Beaudet

Mrs. Beaudet — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 01:31:24 +0000

It’s so important to have a voice. You kids have really impressed me since I’ve been here. You’ve shown me that the majority of you have respect for others, no matter their differences. You “get” that everyone has the right to be respected and receive the same courtesy in return. You’ve shown tolerance and self control when others may have been quick to judge or snap. That’s hard to do at any age and I know a lot of you have had to put up with more than your share of “stuff”. I hope you’ll always stand up for what you believe in and absolutely disagree when need be. Good luck!

Comment on Gay Rights; by Erika

Erika — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 15:22:38 +0000

Power to the people.

Barry I agree with you 100%

Everyone has the right to say what they want, but they need to be aware that those things could be said back to them,

Comment on Whats Better, being a vegetarian and wearing fur, or eating meat and not wearing fur? by Erika

Erika — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 15:18:15 +0000

Hmm, well yeah, I think we all know you love meat.

Comment on Gay Rights; by Alex Thompson

Alex Thompson — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:37:06 +0000

I agree with both Taylor and Sofi. Like Sofi said, this is a blog and people are obviously going to disagree with people, that’s what makes a blog a blog. Like Taylor said, Charlie has the rights to believe in what he thinks gay rights should be. But that does not mean that we have to agree with him.

Thanks

Comment on Presidential Race of 2008 by Sofi

Sofi — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 12:28:44 +0000

You know what?
Never mind.
Forget I said that.