It's normal for a person to change opinions on certain matters, and i am no exception to that statement. i used to be die hard pro life, i even joined the club at school and would often use terms like "baby killer" and "murderer." as I've come to grow up, i have learned to contain myself when it comes to strongly debated topics. right now, i am on the fence when it comes to abortion. the way i see it, you can't bash on something like that if you've never been put into a situation where your whole life was at stake and you were left with that option. I'm not justifying abortion by any means, i still think it can be selfish and i do believe to a certain extent that it IS murder (i believe that when a human is developed, no matter how small it is, it is still a human. when it comes to a tiny egg, however, I'm a little more calmed. I'm scattered, as you can tell). but in other cases, like when a woman is raped and becomes pregnant, i believe she has the right to end her pregnancy. but at the same time, i still think it's wrong to take it out on the baby. i can never stay on one side of an argument, i have strong beliefs on both sides.
Another thing that i feel very strongly about is my right to own and use a gun however i want. i think it's wrong to say that there should be gun control because it's not the gun's fault that it's being misused, it's the morons who sell guns to people on the streets and it's the morons who are using those guns like MORONS. the only thing that we need to "control" is the criminals, not the guns. guns kill people, of course, but a gun doesn't know how to pull it's own trigger. it's people who kill people and taking away guns from innocent citizens like myself isn't going to do anything except leave me helpless. i believe that when i turn 21, i have every right to go buy a gun and get the permit to carry it with me at all times. being a woman, i am already a target for disgusting men who wish to compromise my virtue. and being a woman who believes STRONGLY in women's rights, i feel very strongly about maintaining my rights. and those rights include carrying a weapon. I'm not an idiot, i know how to shoot a gun and i practice as much as i can. if i weren't familiar with a gun, i wouldn't carry it. i think that people, when getting a concealed weapons permit, should have to prove how familiar they are with a gun. they should be able to load it properly and shoot a target.
To compare myself to an animal on this matter is difficult. i guess you could compare me to something extremely violent and strong, yet peaceful (which doesn't leave many options). perhaps a bear? a really big and scary bear that likes to cuddle with people sometimes, but this bear will turn on anything that proves to be harmful to it or it's family. yes, a big black and cuddly bear. OOH or a shark. sometimes they can be friendly if you're smart enough to not provoke them with a flesh wound.
I totally agree with your experience with changing opinions, as I have gotten older I have noticed that I am not as judgmental and concrete abut my judgments or my opinions. Like you said we cannot really judge other people when they are in situations that we have never been. In the limited amount of experience I have had as a twenty year old I have noticed that it is not always easy to follow through on your own judgments because I have met many people that I had a pre-conceived idea about and if I had followed through on that I never would have gotten to know them to realize that that notion is so limiting. Its funny how you brought up the whole gun control thing because my Dad is a huge gun person and he likes to go out and hunt and target shoot, and as you said it isn’t the guns fault if someone decides to misuse it, it is the persons fault. I guess because my experience with guns has been more from the side of recreation use I feel uncomfortable with the idea of not allowing people to carry them for protection because I think this could create bigger problems in terms of black markets and other similar issues.
ReplyDeleteWhat I noticed in my life was when people are lop sided or flip floppy on a subject it usually means that the subject at hand should be left for the decision of the person in the situation. I don’t understand why people get involved in other peoples personal business such as abortion, like you talked about in your blog. They have nothing to do with it but they somehow feel like expressing their opinions. I personally think it is up to the women whether she wants or needs an abortion. But I do think it is wrong for someone to just do it as a birth control method. On the topic of gun control laws, this is another controversial subject that can go either way depending on how some one looks at it. I do think that there should be laws with gun ownership and who can obtain them. I am an avid gun and general weapons enthusiast and I still believe that guns need to be controlled. They are dangerous in novice hands and a tool for murder. But if someone wants to own a gun and obtain a permit for a ccw as I do. All they have to do is be a legal citizen, not have a criminal record, not have a mental disorder, and take a test or two, it’s not that hard. In the end, your blog was very good.
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, I just want to say that I completely agree with you with wanting school to die, I’m passionate about that too lol and I think I’m the same way when it comes to abortion. I think that I’m on the fence too, but I think I’m leaning more and more towards pro life. I’m not completely closed minded towards the idea of pro choice and there may be circumstances where it would be best to go through with an abortion, but it seems like people don’t really see all the resources that are available to them to get them through their pregnancy without having an abortion. And the gun rights issue, I definitely see where you’re coming from. Especially with the way our society is now, I honestly don’t feel safe walking by myself without a sure fire way to protect myself. And the people who have guns that misuse them just put others at risk; if they take away gun rights, we become limited on how we can protect ourselves and our families. And I really like your idea about having to take some kind of test before getting a permit to prove that you have knowledge on how to handle the weapon. It seems that now, anyone can get their hands on a gun and the biggest tragedy is when it falls into the wrong hands, especially children, and the ending is fatal.
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