*exhales tiredly*

Let's talk conservatives. Or Conservatives. I don't know which.

Anne Coulter says the university was “threatening to criminally prosecute me for my speech.” The letter? After mentioning the Charter of Rights and Canada's free speech laws, [Coulter was invited] to “educate yourself, if need be, as to what is acceptable in Canada” and ...that “promoting hatred against any identifiable group would not only be considered inappropriate, but could in fact lead to criminal charges.”

The University of Ottawa has not only not threatened to criminally prosecute Ms. Coulter, they do not have the power to criminally prosecute anyone. This is illogical and a ridiculous proposition. What the heck? If this is how C/conservatives honestly understand things, I question their mental health. This is paranoia and delusion.

James Randi (The Amazing Randi) came out. Some people, apparently, still think the bible is intended to be browsed over. Other people make a great deal of sense. If one is to follow LOGIC and have some historical grounding when reading the bible, one sees that, much like in Islam and Muhammad (may Allah's blessings and peace be upon him), Christianity and Jesus makes loads of sense and then his followers (while (I'm sure) quite learned and good hearted) confuse more people than they don't.

Third thing. *Sigh* And Darfur is still OK with you? How 'bout Congo? Chile was fine under Pinochet? Ranavalona_I? The way the whole Israel thing is going for the Palestinians? What about the way that many Canadian First Nations people are living RIGHT NOW? Sure, there is a problem when people fight. But that's because people don't know how to do it anymore. There aren't the little fights there used to be. There is a lack of understanding that the other person has EVERY RIGHT to safety and love and respect. People are becoming more insular. The In-Group is the only group. The outsiders must be destroyed.

And this brings us, full circle, back to the C/conservatives. I am largely picturing the United States of America's Republican Party right now. The fear-mongering, pandering, spin and rhetoric out of them in the last decade is disgusting. The organization they have is enviable and worthy of fear. The idea that predetermined talking points ARE debate is sickening. The Conservative Party of Canada, not doing that well.

I haven't engaged in active following of politics recently but I should know more than I do. There is a HUGE lack of clear communication from the Government of Canada. I hear too much, when I hear anything, about the 'Conservative Government of Canada'. This is not how this is supposed to work.

I consider myself somewhat Conservative, although the party fails me. I believe in cutting excesses in government. I believe in fiscal responsibility. I believe that children should have childhoods that do not involve as much violence and 'sex' as they do now. That being said, when I talk about cutting excesses in government, I mean unnecessary redundancies and red tape. When I talk about fiscal responsibility, I mean cutting systemic abuse (like what happened at the local Research Station) and owning crown corporations, run competitively, honestly and for-profit. When I talk about reducing exposure of children to violence and 'sex', I mean hockey contact doesn't need to bruise, television can be held to higher standards and 'sex' isn't something children need to see but sexuality *IS* and needs to be discussed. Music videos are not sexuality, they are 'sex'. Sexuality is knowing the biology and physiology, understanding the myriad of options and possibilities, and learning at an individual-appropriate rate.