Message #11358

[goldenearring]

This is the kind of discussion I long for.  We don't see eyeball-to-eyeball on every minute point, but I think we have the same heart on two issues here.  I thought about what I had written when I woke up and, given that I have a degree that focuses on the way people use information, the only thing I would ask you to consider is that while it is true that many people can seek out their own information, there are many people who do not know where to begin to look for that information, they do not know that it is even available, or they may be afraid to ask for it.  They could be missing information that would totally change their mind about abortion.  I am all for that 24 or 48 hour "cool down" period bill that I think got fired down, and it is not for the sake of controlling anyone.  It is for their own good, so they can learn about all of the information that is available and have a chance to digest it before they make a decision that could muck up their emotional/mental health down the road when they're older/wiser.  That, of course, opens the can of worms, who would gather all of this information, who would determine which information was appropriate, and how much would all of this information cost?  I don't think that the way things are now are just for all concerned, including the unborn.  And, I don't believe they ever can be just, on this earth, for all concerned.  But, I do think they could be made a whole lot better.  Six-seven million unborn babies killed (that we know about) since Roe v. Wade should make more people stop and think.  Instead, it seems to be something we have become quite callous to, as a nation.  Anyway, off that topic for now.



I have to agree that the Nixon Administration had its fair share of, um, er, *indiscretions*, as did the Clinton.  You bring up a good point that I have difficulty coming to terms with sometimes, and that is that I was extremely young during the Nixon era.  I was blissfully ignorant of anything amiss in the White House.  Now, though, I am older and, I hope, wiser.  Come to think of it, though, at least Nixon had the grace to leave the public eye after he left office. If I were Hillary Clinton, I would want to have my husband kidnapped and taken away somewhere quiet in Switzerland for awhile, so I felt like my career had a chance to get off the ground . . . (Will you bite?!  ;-)  )