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To: MulhollandDrive who wrote (474)	12/7/2000 8:25:48 PM
From: Atin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6089

Now that I have slightly more time -- I was talking about what I saw when I entered the US, when I knew nothing about politics, as an 18-20 year old half way around the world from where he grew up. Maybe it was just the loudmouths I heard . . . but that is what I saw when I got to the first election where I could vote (Bush vs Dukakis). The stereotypes are very glaring when one is seeing everything fresh through the eyes of a person who has spent most of his life outside the country -- one who has always been under the impression that the US was a tolerant, free and happy place. Instead I found religious rhetoric, anti-choice bigots shooting doctors and yelling and screaming at poor women walking into clinics, people who were against distributing condoms in schools, people who were trying to cut funding for public schools and state colleges . . . and these people were always Republican. It was an easy generalization to make then. Yes, I have come across better Republicans over the years -- I said I voted for Bill Weld for example. In fact, I think I was actually registered Republican for a little while too. I was talking about my history of going from being an Ayn Rand devotee while in India to becoming a Democrat once I got to the US . . . I consider myself center-left -- a fiscal conservative and a social liberal. That means less interference from the govt, in both the public (as in tax paying, tax spending) and the private lives of people (as in legalizing abortion) -- at least, that is what it means to me. Best, -Atin

To: MulhollandDrive who wrote (474)	12/7/2000 8:43:51 PM
From: YlangYlangBreeze	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 6089

I'll be more careful with my spelling if it's important to you. I didn't think it was worth going back and inserting an "EDIT" for a typo, most of the letters are worn off of my keyboard, but I intentionally misspelled takt, it was a joke, meant to soften an abrupt entry into a touchy subject: A woman's right to choose. Yes I do think I got the drift of your response, correct me if I am wrong, but you seemed to be saying that many of the positions typically ascribed to the Republican platform are quite justifiable to you. You responded to four out of five of Atin's objections to the republican agenda. The fifth was choice. Is that it? I'm sure there must be pro-choice Republicans. Hey maybe there are even Democratic right-to-lifer atheists killing Planned Parenthood gynecologists? Ya think? Naaah! Who tries to deny them * a voice? Are you talking about them picketing clinics? Intimidating those in a difficult situation, struggling with a difficult choice? No one tries to stop pro-lifers from voicing opinions about abortion. No one stops them from offering free pregnancy tests as a lead in to pro-life "counseling" where they show vivid photos of terminations and talk about the Bible. They can shelter pregnant women and give away free baby clothes to those who choose life. I just want to have a choice, I want my daughter to have a choice. So as long as they keep their laws off my body, what's to discuss? * EDIT them being right to lifers and republicans.