Warning...rant ahead ...........

Ok, so I saw this story on AOL yesterday about 400 dolphins that had washed up on the beaches of Tanzania, and after I read it, I went to the AOL boards to read what some people were posting about it. It was totally disgusting to read some of the people ask questions like, Who Cares?, or to see crazies saying things like, Karl Rove and Dick Cheney poisoned them. I think that dolphins are probably my favorite see mamal, and I don't think a lot of people have taken the time to learn all about them.

So, while I was posting some facts on some of the threads where people were saying dumb things like, Fish Sandwiches $3.00 and stuff like that, I came across another post that talked about Sudan, and Darfur, and I started to think about that part of the world, where people get killed just for being a certain race. So I did some research and I found out that the UN and the US and a bunch of other countries and world organizations don;t do anything to stop it. I think it's horrible. I mean, there has to be something the UN can do.

So, I research some more and I found out that the UN didn;t do anything about genocide that happened in Rwanda, and they were right there when it happened!!!! They just stood by and watched, and some of the witnesses said the UN people were raping women and kids!! I have some of the links if anyone wants to check them out. I just don't understand why we have the UN of they let stuff like this happen. Maybe the United States should think about getting out of the UN and just acting alone unless they get it together and start doing the right thing.

So, getting back to Darfur, I think that reading about all that stuff brings things into perspective. People talk about how bad it is here in the US, but the truth is, people here have NO IDEA what bad is, and that includes me for sure. Unless they immigrated here from a place like that, they can't even begin to imagine what kind of horrors their are in the world. We sit here and complain about gas and homeless people and gay rights and stuff like that, and those are all important things, but when you compare them to genocide, they don't mean anything.

Also, I saw on AOL that Mexico is about to legalize drugs I think we should do it here too.....doing drugs is a personal choice, and it's a crime without a victim. So, since it doesn't affect others, it shouldn't be against the law. It's just like sodomy laws. Unless someones raping you it's no ones business what you do, so they should have never been there to begin with. If someone sells drugs to make money, oh well. As long as they're non violent, how does it affect me? it doesn't.

I know some people say things like, "But the kids of drug abusers suffer."

If they suffer, then they should be taken out of the home because kids of alcoholics suffer too, and thats perfectly legal. Kids of smokers suffer too, and that's also legal. There's no difference at all. If you drink and do dumb things, your family suffers. If you smoke, you're slowly poisoning your kids and giving them second hand smoke thats gonna kill them anyway. At least of you do cocaine or something like that, theres no second hand smoke to murder your family with.

Rant Over

Ok, so I just sent chapter 43 of What's the difference Between me and you? to my editor, so, as soon as he gets it back to me, I'll post it

Kisses

Nick