. . . . MERRY CHRISTMAS! . . . 
Posted on 12/24/2005 8:04:58 AM PST by carlo3b
Liberals, Conservatives, Moderates, it's a special time, can we find a little peace?
I have been wanting to do this for quite some time. Somewhere deep inside I believe that there can be a bit of common ground between the Left side of the political spectrum, and the Right. Why would we want this, assuming of course that there is someone other than me that would like to see that happen. I believe that there are many things about our wonderful nation that we share that could serve as a starting point to start a healing between us.
I think we should try it, if only for the sacrifice so many have made to afford us this opportunity. If I am right, I'll bet there are some things, more than we imagine, that we have in common, and given a real chance we may find them..
If we can at least agree that we as a nation, have been slowly dividing culturally for quite some time. Perhaps we can even go a bit further, I think our society is sick, and it can use threatening to become truly polarized, to the point of permanent harm to the very fabric of our being..
Help me make a list of those things that make us a country that is united..
Please I am serious, list anything that you can, that you believe you agree would be a compromise on your part for the good of our nation..
Moderator, please give us a bit of latitude, and maybe we can start a dialogue that will benefit all.. Merry ()
I'll start..
1) As much as it would burn my butt, I believe I could live with Gay Marriage if the Gay community could stop the Gay agenda, infiltration into our public schools, and private businesses.. You know what I mean.. I.E.: School, Diversity training, Gay-Straight, and tolerance BS.. and Boy Scouts, Salivation Army.. etc., I don't want to count the number of right wing conservatives in the offices of the ACLU. You don't want the 10 commandants being taught or a class on religious freedom, and creation, I say we both back down, and teach our own kids..2) I don't like being told that I can't have religious symbols in the marketplace, but can we agree that any private business should be able to display any religious display it wishes without litigious reprisals? If the anyone in the public hates it, they could avoid that business as they wish..
3) I could live with abortion in cases of forcible rape, and the life of the mother or the baby, and even financial crises.. I am an adoptive parent, and I really can't think of a way to justify giving birth to every baby without a plan to care for it with love and security until maturity..
4) I believe there are still reminisces of sick racial prejudice in pockets of our society but I also believe affirmative action is insidious and cruel in main. I would agree to the harshest of penalty if anyone is caught withholding a job or position simply because of a persons race.. But I must say that I have no idea how to prove a case.. I have seen it happen on both sides and I wanted to scream, perhaps I will the next time, and maybe that is a start..
developing..
Hope Santa brings you asbestos undies.
If by peace you mean total, unconditional and immediate surrender to our terms, then, yes, I believe that we can find a little peace. :-)
No.
There can be no peace with people whose political philosophy left a quarter million people to DIE in the wreckage of New Orleans.
Please try..
Hang the traitorous bastards.
In #1, you're proposing the appeasement of fanatics and bullies.
We have all seen what that leads to.
Merry Christmas, BTW. :-)
I'm 50-50.
1) I will not compromise on homosexual marriage. Marriage cannot be redefined without utterly destroying the family. No budging.
3) I will not compromise on abortion. It is worse than slavery. For now, I make no exceptions. I will begin making exceptions after they pass a law that says "Slavery shall be legal in the United States under the following circumstances ..."
Your talking about the "give an inch, they take a mile crowd". History tells us not to trust them.
. . . . MERRY CHRISTMAS! . . .
Peace with LIBERALS? The only good liberal is a convicted liberal.
I think that most can agree that the sun will rise tomorrow morning.
I wouldn't. The market's quite capable of dealing with those situations on its own.
You can try to come to "peace" terms with those that differ from you and your beliefs, but the problem with that, and what makes that impossible is that their goals and beliefs are completely opposite to yours and seek to override yours.
So try as you may, it's not possible save for simply disengaging for a spell.
We will mark you down as undecided..
No. That's exactly what they want - they want forgiveness without atonement, forgetting without reparations. They want the benefits of Christmas without the rites (or ceremonies) or the reasons.
To H--- with that, and to H--- with them.
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