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Andrea Julia


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that once you get started on, you can't stop?  That you can just debate for hours? 


Mine is hypocritical religious people.  You know, the type that insists on associating him or herself with a particular religion, but does not even TRY to follow the teachings of the religion.  I am agnostic, but this just drives me nuts because I chose not to follow a religion because I wasn't even sure I believed what any of them were teaching.  I would feel like such a hypocrite saying I was Catholic when I don't follow their rules and don't attend a church. 


I actually had to erase like 3 paragraphs of stuff on this because this argument was not really the intent of my post.  See what I mean?  I really CAN'T stop once I get on this subject.


Also, infidelity is a big one of mine.  I can never agree with someone that there is any acceptable excuse for it. 



-- Edited by Andrea Julia at 00:00, 2005-08-10

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gun control. i've seen first hand the damage that guns can do, and my bf believes that it's our right as citizens to carry arms.... (he came from a comunist country so i can see why he believes it)..i don't want my kids going to any house that has a gun, it seriously makes me shudder. so we disagree all the time about that....but until you actually see (several times over) the damage that guns can do...you have no idea how horrible it can be...

that's just one of my many personal agendas.

cancer research is another...
domestic abuse
child abuse
mentor programs...

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Mine would be abortion. I can debate about it forever!


Another would be child abuse


and also when people talk bad about Mexico I cant stand it and its usually people who have no idea how beautiful Mexico is



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Sex education (or lack thereof) in this country.  That is my biggest beef with the president right now.  It is absolutely ridiculous to not teach teenagers about contraception.  I went to a public high school with an excellent sex ed program that teached abstinence as the best way but also fully explored all other options.  I became sexually active in my early/mid-teens and was always careful because I had been taught how to be.  If young adults do not receive sex ed including education on contraceptives, how and when are they ever going to learn it?  Ugh, I could go on and on! 

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I'm with jacL on the sex education...I could go on for days about why the current sex ed system is messed up. I was taught contraception in middle school (the program was abstinenece-based but we learned all the ways of contraception as well) but I honestly think that's almost too late when kids are having sex at 10, 11, 12...it needs to start early. Kids need to know what is happening to their bodies...not sit and feel ashamed of the way they're changing.



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I feel like I can see both sides of most topics, but gay marriage is one that I will not budge on. There is no other option is that it should be legal and called a marriage and not a civil union.

Another topic I could discuss forever is developing countries. That's a subject I don't have the answers or anything, but I'm really interested and it's close to my heart so I could talk about it all day long.

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Maddie wrote:

I feel like I can see both sides of most topics, but gay marriage is one that I will not budge on. There is no other option is that it should be legal and called a marriage and not a civil union.
it's always so awful at work when i have to tell someone's partner that they can't visit or go in the room because they are not a relative or spouse.  so i definitely agree with you on that. 

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I think I have a few:



  • The extreme importance of the fine arts to society and the fact that they need to be integrated into every student's education
  • Tipping when you go to a restaurant---I can't stand that my bf thinks that 15% is okay!!  It's 20%, people!! More if the service is superb, no less than 18% for less than stellar service. And unless the server intentionally dumped a bowl of scalding hot soup on your lap, it's never okay to stiff!!! Grrrrrr.
  • The importance of majoring in what you love in college b/c when you get out of school, your degree isn't going to mean anything beyond the letters 'BA' in most fields (of course, there are some noteable exceptions to this, but I'm talking across the board).  You can always minor in something 'sensible' and do internships in that field or in both fields (major and minor)
  • Banning smoking in public places (restaurants, bars, ect)--I'm all for it. Breathing clean air is my right! I don't want to be an 'involuntary smoker.'

 



-- Edited by NylaBelle at 08:47, 2005-08-10

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these are the topics i'm probably most passionate about in the sense that i have very strong opinions


*education/the entire education system -- i could go on and on about it forever and ever


*politics -- not so much liberal versus conservative, but the ideas from which we derive our laws


*music -- i could go on & on (or maybe i should say listen to conversations about music) there's just so much stuff to explore


*pop culture



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political party strategy. especially relating to the death penalty, abortion, and education policy.



-- Edited by ILoveChoo at 09:43, 2005-08-10

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the religious talk is one of my favourite (I agree with what you say, AJ, BTW)
nutrition and child education
european and/or south american literature

the differences between european and american culture/way of life/style; I could talk for DAYS about it. I find it fashinating (and helps me understand the american thinking a little better)


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I thought of another one...


I love living in the US and everything, but the American work ethic (work yourself into the ground at the expense of all else) really bugs me.  People feel guilty taking a day off. I was reamed out by my old boss for being in the hospital, the hospital!! It's ridiculous.  There is no need to work the crazy hours that many people do.  What's it all for? To say that you worked 70 hours this week and you're just 'so exhausted.' Everyone needs to take a lesson from the European cultures and realize that life isn't all about work!  That's only a part of it.



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*I'm like you AJ on religious hypocrites. But my rant applies to both holy roller Catholics AND Protestants.


*The importance and value of a higher education.


*Why a lot of people who CAN reproduce SHOULDN'T.



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abortion.. fashion.. politics.. jobs from hell.. my in-laws... why Abercrombie sucks, restaurant/service ettiquette... WOW i sound like a know-it-all... well i kinda am :)

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*environmental stewardship of the planet - i've devoted my career to this one


*universal health care - the U.S. is way behind the times in terms of providing health care for it's citizens. 


*child labor and sweat shops


there are a ton of others that get me going - right to choice, power of corporations in our society, rights of homosexuals, treatment of animals - but those three are the ones that i know the most about and can debate best.



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hmmm... you just had to get me started, didn't you AJ?


1. Feminism and why it's not a dirty word. And how to create a more equal society between men and women.


2. Gay rights. I'll argue you out of the ballpark, I promise.


3. Why Howard Dean is the most amazing man in politics today.


4. Why W is the most horrendous man in politics today.


5. A woman's right to choose.


6. Why Van Gogh is the most amazing artist ever. (It helps if there are pics involved.)


7. The importance of reading in children's lives. (And adults for that matter.)


8. The lack of journalistic integrity that exists in mainstream media.


9. Why matchy-matchy is baaaad.


10. Why anyone who doesn't question what they're told is baaaad.


11. Why college is essential to every person, no matter what.


12. Why slut-bashing is bad and the Puritan morals that have warped this country's views on sex and sexual behavior.


Hmmm... okay I think those are the topics I just can't shut up about. As you can probably tell, I'm quite the chatterbox.



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blubirde wrote:

 baaaad. 10.  baaaad. 11.

"Four legs good, two legs baaaad."


Mine is animal rights.



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-The 1st Amendment & press law


-dog breeding & rescue animals



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#1Feminism(I am with bluebird on this one).


I hate when I am talking with a guy ona date and he says


To me " what are you a feminist or somthing" .That gets me so pissed.I always say so what if I am!


#2 Stem Cell research.


#3 Gay marriage. Gay people should have the same rights as straight people.


#4 enviromental issues and animal wrights.


 



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1.  Gay marriage


2.  Feminism (I'm with you on this one blubirde and cat)


3.  I wouldn't call my peeve religious hypocrites so much as "religious ignorance."  I notice that a lot of people in the south are religious, but it seems to me that they blindly follow their religion without questioning it.  They go to church every Sunday and whatnot, but ask them about gay marriage or feminism or the right to die with diginity or Harry Potter for that matter and they'll give you some stock answer about it and tell you that it's because the bible says so.  But if you ask them exactly what part of the bible tells them what they believe, they have no idea, it's just what their preacher and their mommy and daddy and grandparents told them, so they continue to believe it.  Drives me nuts.



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