I support the right of women to serve in battle in the millitary, actually I consider it less a right than an obligation, not that everyone need do it as I certainly have no intention of serving in the military under any circumstance but that women should, if they want to serve in the military, be expected to do any job that the men are expected to do... However I think we do need to address the truth of at least one of the arguments against women in combat, that they will disturb the unity of the unit, which is not a sufficient reason not to have them serve but it is a legitimate concern worthy of consideration. The fact is that men are trained by our society to be protective of women and respectful to them... or at leas they should be... shouldn't they? What I mean is that I don't believe in hitting anyone but I am certainly less likely to hit a woman than a man and that is supposedly a good thing. But at the same time I believe that woman are equal in all ways to men and worthy of equal treatment, so why do I treat them like they are some weak little thing that can't take a punch when they are being an asshole? Ultimately when the gunfire starts I would be more likely to throw myself in front of the woman next to me to protect her than I would the man on the other side and I would expect the man to be more likely to throw himself in front of me than I would expect the woman to do the same thing... Equality needs to swing both ways and sometimes being equal can be kind of shitty. Women should be active participants in combat, and they should have to register for the draft the same as every man, but we need to impress it on everyone that it is just as much the woman's responsibility to throw herself on the grenade as it is any man's, and given the number of grenades men have taken over the years maybe we can make an active effort to even that shit out...
And Another Thing: I am not a Christian, I was born into a Christian family but it was one of those super cool laid back liberal ones where the real message of Jesus was understood to be about love and peace and not about sin and damnation of the unbeliever.... That being said I have to admit that if I were a Christian and did believe that Jesus was the son of God and that he came to save humanity but ended up on a cross for his trouble I could understand how I might hate the jews... I don't think it would make sense to extend that feeling down to their descendants today but I can see resenting the people who were there at the time and saw the person I believed to be God incarnate and denied him, rejected him... I suppose this is one of the many reasons I am not a believer, I think that believing something like this half way is kind of weird. I mean I guess my Dad who is someone I love and respect, even admire, kind of believes this stuff half way in these terms... I mean if he was the actual incarnation of God how can you not be like 100% I'm going to do exactly everything he says to do and deny my family and give up all my possessions etc. Although I suppose I also do get the argument about those being metaphors and parables not to be taken literally but again I get those arguments if he was a human teacher and all of that but if he was GOD just say what you FUCKING mean and be clear. Lay it out for humanity do x don't do y... and mean it. If you really mean that no rich man can get into heaven then when I get up there it better just be a homeless encampment... Anyways I don't believe any of it. AND FURTHERMORE SUSAN... how about a little further clarification GOD? I get that maybe to don't want to stick your neck back out after the whole nails through the hands thing and get involved in the whole what religion is right thing.... You came you told us the whole Jesus thing now you are done... but what about just letting us know which Jesus course to follow... Is it the Catholics, the Lutherans? And if it doesn't matter can't you just tell them all that so they will shut up and leave the rest of us out of it... It's always fun to engage in arguments with fictional beings... And on that note can we acknowledge that there are 2 imaginary friends involved in Christmas and only one of them brings us presents so its really at this point more Santa's day than it is Jesus's...
I meant to write something of substance today but it just wasn't happening so I did this instead... why is it so much easier to fuck around than to be serious?
