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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Dayuhan who wrote (2441)	1/23/2001 12:43:16 AM
From: TH	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

Steven, "Is a biological imperative a grand design? Nature wants me to impregnate as many females as I can find, thus assuring that my genetic material is as widespread as possible. " Uh, Yes, now you have got it. Your definition is perfect, and I don't think I could have written it better. "Society disapproves of this behaviour. Is society imposing an abnormal code?" Lol, I see where this is going -g- Anyway, I don't fall prey to noise in my arguments. Your comments/question is not essential to the basic premise of the goal of nature. Try again. "Lots of people choose not to reproduce. Some are committed to their religions, or their careers, or to a sexual preference that does not encourage reproduction. Are they abnormal?" Again, not essential or material to the base premise. Noise. "No, I expend energy in what I hope is not a vain attempt to persuade them to leave me alone." Certainly a worthy goal, and one that can be won. Best of luck. I have similar goals to persuade certain people to leave me alone. Its not a burden, as they have not made me a target, but rather the population as a whole. I don't take their efforts personally, and try to be polite whenever possible. You, of course, may not have that luxury. "I am not affiliated with any political party. Each has positions of which I approve, and positions of which I disapprove. I am probably closest to libertarianism than anything else, but the Libertarian Party espouses far too fundamentalist a line to attract me." Interesting, I have a friend who is very high up in my states Lib party (which isn't saying too much -g-). I am going to ask for some his views about acceptance of homosexuals. Its never really come up, and we have covered many topics in his efforts to get me on board. "A lot of people have spent the last eight years waiting for the Republicans to figure that one out, and one of the major problems the Republicans have had has been division within the party: how to attract (or pander to) the religious right without including items in the platform that alienate more moderate conservatives. The shoe you describe fits both feet, and Republicans have hardly been dominating the political landscape lately. " That one can't be addressed in five minutes, and that is all I have left. I can't disagree with your basic premise, but again its a matter of degrees. The glue that hold the Republicans together may appear weak, but I assure you its not. The Democrats can fall when the wind blows, or when one of the many fragmented groups doesn't get what they want. We shall do some detail on this one some time. HAGO TH