Conservative is relative. Conserve what? What point in time? How far back? McCarthyist Fifties? Newt Gingrich Contract with America Nineties? Nancy Reagan Just Say No Eighties? Stone Age?
A couple examples:
Drugs: I think marijuana should be legalized, but I recognize the problem of addiction to hardcore substances such as cocaine. I think our society is out of balance wrt drugs. Other cultures such as tribal ones are able to integrate psychedelic use into their way of life without social problems. Ancient Greeks took psychedelics as part of the Eleusinian rites. Plato most likely took psychedelics and he obviously did not become an addict. Our society produces addicts of all kinds. I don't think marijuana is a gateway drug any more than beer is a gateway alcohol. So is this conservative? It is certainly tribal. Why are tribes not more conservative than American conservatives who try to turn back our society to undo the New Deal, since the tribes go farther back in history?
Motherhood: I like the Continuum Concept version of mothering, in which the woman goes about her business, associating with other adults, while including the baby by wearing the baby everywhere. I wish that women could wear their babies to work, but this would only keep the babies happy if the women were in constant motion and gave the babies a change of scenery. Our modern offices are boring to a baby compared to a stone age village or tribe that is set in nature and full of the bustle of crafts and physical activities. So unfortunately women in our society do not have that option most of the time as a realistic possibility. Which is why women have the cruel work vs. motherhood conflict. It is not natural for a woman to center her whole day around taking care of babies and children. It also robs the babies and children of the opportunity to learn about life and imitate adults by watching the adults live their lives and having the opportunity to imitate them. Is this a conservative view or not?
Hello little furry...:hi: . Personally I don't believe the idea of what is considered conservative socially and liberal socially is really that "amUous" (get it am-big u-ous, I thought it was cute) unless we wish to make it so.
Personally if I had it my way, Alcohol and tobacco would be black market commodities just like all the other illegal substances right now. Now I know the war on drugs isn't worth a rats ass, and hurts more than it helps, but this can be fixed in so many ways (i.e. no prison sentances for small things and don't lie about what the substance does, people should know exactly what it does).
Mothers are the corner stone of society and should be treated better than everyone else. Not kidding here, if moms are happy and well fed and educated, your society will be happy, well fed and educated. The neo-cons should not be pushing so hard to stop abortion, instead they should be pushing to make it so easy to have a baby without interupting a womans life so badly that woman would want to have the baby, instead of see it beeing seen as a burden (Incentives people).
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Here is a little wierd belief of mine, if you are caught red handed beyond the shred of a doubt in a sexual assault, i.e. a beaten the shit out of woman with your juices in her (confirmed), you should be taken out back and given the old yeller treatmant. Other things, where they maybe a shread of a doubt, you don't kill.
I think I will start different little polls in the politics section for disscussion, like what do you think of the feds tryen to took all are guns away?
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