tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3205240430255489119.post4456396263329057371..comments2023-08-16T08:44:39.804-04:00Comments on Slash & Burn: Go Ask AliceAmanda Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17631269469790529611noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3205240430255489119.post-80820576799667146122012-05-12T11:55:11.692-04:002012-05-12T11:55:11.692-04:00Thanks for sharing that story. Alice is a wonderfu...Thanks for sharing that story. Alice is a wonderful soul.Pia Velenohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13520764865758564003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3205240430255489119.post-19643934593177548282012-05-09T22:30:21.825-04:002012-05-09T22:30:21.825-04:00I hope Alice gets to run the world one dayI hope Alice gets to run the world one dayTreasurenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3205240430255489119.post-83574166379586115192012-05-09T18:56:57.193-04:002012-05-09T18:56:57.193-04:00Well said!Well said!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15050409297534643658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3205240430255489119.post-5166793080612060882012-05-09T15:55:33.823-04:002012-05-09T15:55:33.823-04:00The NC situations is sickening, but I wouldn't...The NC situations is sickening, but I wouldn't be human if I did not admit that it also made me just a little bit proud of my homeland.<br /><br />Some really bad things happen in South Africa. Really, really bad things. But, every time something like this NC thing happens in the 'first world' I am so very proud to be able to say: At least Mzanzi got that right. <br /><br />The fact that NC got wrong what even a third world country (with, ok, an admittedly rocking constitution) can get right, well, it doesn't do much for their image, now does it? <br /><br />I hate that people can't mind their own business (seriously - who gets married to whom only concerns the couple involved). I hate that people are so insecure in their own happiness that they can't allow others to be happy in different ways. <br /><br />I hope that this ban gets reversed. I believe it will, maybe not soon, but I believe it will. <br /><br />The world is far from perfect, but there might just be enough good will for things to keep changing for the better.Christina Aurethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05717036758785519912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3205240430255489119.post-28293252952573788402012-05-09T11:01:58.930-04:002012-05-09T11:01:58.930-04:00I have found kids really are the easiest ones to e...I have found kids really are the easiest ones to explain things to. They get it very quickly and are not scarred for life in the process. I remember my daughter was around 6 and we were in the car and I have no clue how it came up but she said "2 boys can't have a baby." In that tone of voice that only 6 year olds use. I explained "Sometimes when two boys get married they can adopt a baby or have another lady have a baby for them, and when two girls get married they can have a doctor help them have a baby." <br /><br />Her response was "Huh." Probably similar to if I'd told her some random fact about squirrels. End of subject. She got it. She just hadn't realized it could be done that way, now she knew. (Mind you, at the time she also thought men only had one sperm and once you got a baby, if you wanted more, you needed another husband. LOL) <br /><br />I'm not sure how it protects anyone, children or adults. As if people who aren't married can't have children or form families. There is this weird mind-set that people ONLY get married to someone of the opposite sex because it's their only option. Kind of a "Well damn, women are my only option? Fine. I'll marry one if that's it the, but let me tell you, if I could marry a man? Woohee, let me at it." Unlike 1580, you don't NEED to marry anyone to have sex or babies, so stopping people from marrying doesn't stop any of the things the anti-folk are worried about. Because they don't really care about pension benefits, or spousal abuse or power of attorney, they just don't want those people having *whispers* S-E-X so if we don't let them get married, it won't happen. (Ignores all teen pregnancies around them). Shakes head in dismay because I just don't get it.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15495571402942021799noreply@blogger.com