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[minque]

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Continue here please!


*offers chocolate chip icecream*

[Kindred Spirit]

I could go on, OH how I could go on. But I think it best you not see things from my point of view, lest your minds be tainted the horror that is my everyday.

Wow. And I thought my point of view was depressing. You take the cake.

People are too funny to hate. I can rarely muster up anything more serious than minor dislike for them. I don't care enough to hate, or even enough to dislike a person seriously. And I don't even dislike most people. A lot of people are casual friends with me (mostly because of my wonderful sense of humor, it certainly isn't my looks), and these are the people who I like to hang around with, when I'm in school. There are some people who, while I personally don't like them, deserve respect. And then there's the long list of people I only have a minor dislike for. But they can't be that bad. After all, they give me something to smile about.

There aren't too many people in my school who are mindless idiots. Most of them have at least something worth daying, at some point or another. I can't speak for your school, I've never been there (to my knowledge). But at my school, while there are certainly the trendy people, the sheeps, the mindless drones, there are still people who aren't worthless, people who can hold an intelligent conversation, or think in a way I don't, draw conclusions and oppinions I wouldn't come to.

And even the drones are good for a grin once in a while. I'm usually too tired to actually laugh, but smiling doesn't take too much energy. Stupid people are rather funny to observe. I hope I'm not one of them.

Hmm well school is bad, but im not horrified by people in general, just kinda the way they can be. Like i can't stand swearing, i know people do, but i can't stand it, it sounds so tacky, (no offense to anyone) and most people at school do. So out of school i have this great group of friends. It's awesome, so i may hate school, but i do have a great circle of friends

Cursing? Eh, there's a time and a place for cursing, most people just use curses inappropriately. Cursing is supposed to show emotion, and in a lot of cases, it's better to keep it to yourself. My primary uses of cursing are: a, when I hurt myself, b, when it's necesary to make a joke funny. Yes, a lot of people use cuss words at the wrong time, or insensitively. Some people are particularly offended by certain words, and it's better to avoid cursing around people untill you know them well enough to avoid offending them. (for example, one of my friends doesn't care about any curse words you can throw at her, but she hates the F-word, for various reasons I won't go into) So, while cursing itself can be fine, you have to moderate yourself. Besides, if you use a word a lot, you make it lose it's power when if comes from you seriously.


The teachers at my school are a pretty decent mix. My math teacher's a Republican, a very serious one. I have her first block, so it's there that I have to say the pledge of allegiance. And, since I don't say that, I get in trouble if I don't stand up and mouth along and pretend to say the pledge. (she has given people detention for not standing up and saying the pledge) My Global Studies teacher is a liberal. Most of my teachers try to keep their preference unknown, because it shouldn't make much of a difference in school, so it isn't important. But their politics tend to sneak out a bit from time to time, and there's a decent hodge-podge of both in our school.

I have friends who are Republicans, I have friends who aren't. Most people in our area aren't Republican, but I see no reason to dislike a person based purely on their political oppinion. There's more to a person than that, so why should I (or anyone else) judge a person on that one trait alone? As far as I know, most people don't do that, and that's one case where I'm glad to be with the majority. (as far as I know, anyways, but I have a rather limited perspective, living in only one are, I can only judge that one area, and not knowing everyone particularly well, I have to guess on my impressions of them, which could be wrong)

[Channler]

The teachers at my school are a pretty decent mix. My math teacher's a Republican, a very serious one. I have her first block, so it's there that I have to say the pledge of allegiance. And, since I don't say that, I get in trouble if I don't stand up and mouth along and pretend to say the pledge. (she has given people detention for not standing up and saying the pledge) My Global Studies teacher is a liberal. Most of my teachers try to keep their preference unknown, because it shouldn't make much of a difference in school, so it isn't important. But their politics tend to sneak out a bit from time to time, and there's a decent hodge-podge of both in our school.

Why wouldn't you say the Pledge of Allegiance? (simple question, possibly warrenting a very complex answer from you Kindred )

I understand that you (lets see if I ican get it right..) athiest.. or agnostic (?) but that really just requires you not to say the.. Under God.. part of the Pledge.

Personally I enjoy saying the PoA. Why? I couldn't tell you, other then it makes me feel like i've reaffirmed my position and my role I have in this nation. (the US one that is)

I just don't think its a battle that deserves that much effort.

Minque! How bout some cake?

EDIT: Oh, and IsChaos... Have you ever tried to be.. err.. open? Like not on the internet, but in real life (I KNOW IT EXISTS!!!). I think you will find that after you make significant human contact, you will forever enjoy it.

This post has been edited by Channler: Jan 10 2006, 04:44 AM