PromoGuy.net does these Monday Mission things. And I like things that make me think, and make me think that maybe other people think that I think some interesting things.
So he writes questions and you answer them. I'm a-gonna try it now.
1. Friday I wrote about "People I Can Do Without." How about adding to the list with a few people you can live without? - Hm...this is fun. Women who sigh really loudly/bitch really loudly in grocery stores when the lines is too long. We're all in the same boat here, lady. Men who do the same, but get even more agressive about it. There's no need for that here, sir. People who complain in restaurants. People who carry umbrellas and don't consider the possibility of poking out someone else's eyes. Criminals (without an acceptable excuse, mind you). People who scream really loudly down my street at six or seven am. People who get really drunk and then bother me on the street or in the metro or in the bus. People working for the French government that try to retain me at every step of any sort of official process. I could go on but I'll stop there.
2. Have you ever felt like someone truly respected you? What does being respected mean to you personally? - Good God, I should hope everyone answering this has at least felt respected a few times in their life. As far as what it means personally, I think it's the norm, and disrespect it the exception. Just as I do to others.
3.In (past or current) relationships, what is the "one thing" your partner would change about you if they could? - Hm. I think he thinks I am a little hot-tempered.
4. Have you ever tried to change who you are to please someone? How did that turn out? - Not conciously. But I think anyone that says, "Oh no, I am always myself" is somewhat full of it. We naturally change ourselves/our behavior depending on the person we are with. That's normal. Our personalities are quite fluid, when you get down to it, once you consider how different you carry yourself with, for example, your boss, your baby cousin, your neighbor three flights down, your significant other, your grandma, and your wildest, craziest friend.
5. Do you believe in love at first sight? Can it really happen?*
* Question courtesy of Fadi - There are always those miracle stories. I think I believe in chemistry between people, be it sexual or mental chemistry. And you can have both at the same time. If that last for years and years, then people will call it love at first sight. And that's not really wrong. But I also think the phrase is overused.
6. Today is "Martin Luther King Jr. Day" in the United States. King's non-violent protests against unequal treatment of African-American people led to radical change in America, and ultimately, his assassination in 1968. How have Rev. King's accomplishments impacted or influenced your life? - Hard to say. Having been born sixteen years after his assasination and having only grown up in an open-minded family in the post-MLK era, I can't say I could imagine how life would have been otherwise. So I'll just say that his life has probably affected mine in more ways that I can know.
7. In America, our President declared yesterday to be "National Sanctity of Life Day." While it enacts no change in policy or program, it does allow our country's leader to make a declarative statement about abortion. How do you feel when you hear about a government taking a position such as this? First of all, what the hell does that mean, "National Sanctity of Life Day?" Is this going to be annual?
So why should a big, rich, dumbass like Bush play any roll in declaring what should be of a pregnant woman's future?
Bush cannot possibly know what abortion can mean for a woman and how difficult it can be to finally make a choice to have one. What he does know is that he has to convince the conservative (just barely) majority in the US that he is fit to continue as president by 2004.