A long time ago, in a land that resides in my distant memories, a mentor told me. “My advice to you is never talk about Sex, Politics, or religion”. This was also when I was pre-sex. So I asked him, how are you supposed to have sex with a girl if you do not talk about it. He then told me, “When you figure that out then you’re ready to have sex”. I couldn’t tell you why a conversation that I had with someone almost 20 years ago just arrived unannounced into my head while I was driving down the road today, but it arrived. And not only did it arrive, but it has taking up logging in my main thoughts.
The problem is, those are the best things to talk about, well most of the time. But the advice always comes back to me. Family meetings in my family can get brutal. We do not normally breach the sex subject, but we do discuss the Politics and Religion. And that can be huge since we all have our own specific opinions.
There are 8 of us, and when you add our spouses, those of us that have them anyhow. In the case with Steph and I, we do not agree on those subjects between us. Then you get the whole family together, and it can be explosive. But at the same time, they can be interesting, and educational. It is just perspective and open-mindedness to the others perspective.
I love a discussion based on the facts. It doesn’t matter on my view, it is the facts I love. As lots of people know, I tend to lean left. I am simi religious, primarily spiritual in my own way. I have had many, many encounters with the police department, and like the members of the armed forces, I thanks you for what you do. Even the Officers that have arrested me, and ticketed me, and given me a bunch of crap, I generally can stand up and say, They are doing their job, and did a good job at it. But I am able to draw a line. Just because they are a police officer, or a US marine, that does not mean there is any reason there should be special treatment to them when something questionable happens. If people, and by that I mean internal affairs, or an indictment given by the people, then that person needs to be punished.
IF a police officer shoots someone from almost 12 feet away because he didn’t immediately turn around and drop a 3” pocket knife. I believe that is murder. His life was not in immediate danger.
http://www.king5.com/news/local/Man-shot-downtown-Seattle-101838868.html
The knife was legal, the man was a known to widdle, homeless, hard of hearing, and native American.
And about 12 feet away…. I have a hard time blindly supporting this officer.
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