>> Moral Values??
Clement | 11:29 AM PST | BE Y9U | guestbook
Before anything, I would like to say that this entry is my opinion regarding this year's election and its outcome. For someone who might not agree with my point of views, this can be offensive. However, I'm not going to tell people to leave or not to read it simply because of that. I believe that everyone has the right to go to whatever websites they want and read whatever as they wish, but I also hope that people would respect my right of expressing my opinions on my own website. Reading my blog is not mandatory and people are free to choose whether to read it or not, but please respect my right as well.
To be very honest, the outcome of this election was a shock and a real surprise to me. I thought it would at least be a close race if not Kerry leading; but it turned out to be nowhere close with Bush winning with 51% of the popular votes. Indeed it was a huge disappointment for me, not only because Kerry didn't win, but also because a majority of people in this country approved of Bush and his administration. It is believed that the deciding issue of this election's outcome were "moral values", and for that I've one response: This country is fucked up! I really don't understand, please explain to me what is so moral about bombing the heck out of other countries and killing thousands of innocent lives? Yes, I agree that September 11 was truly a tragedy, but that doesn't give us the right or excuse to do the same thing (or possibily worse) to other countries. Revenge is never the solution; capturing the one who's responsible should be the priority! What the war is doing now is sending more American soldiers to die everyday. Also, tell me what is so moral about discriminating a group of people based on their sexuality and denying their rights to marriage (and other legal benefits that come with it) merely because they don't share the same beliefs you do and that (let's face it) you don't like them! What is so wrong about two people loving and caring for each other even though they're the same sex? So, the majority of this country is telling me that they would rather keep bombing other countries and killing more people than let two lovers get married and get the rights and benefits they deserved (the same rights and benefits that so many others have taken for granted)? What kind of message are we sending out as a nation? What kind of moral values are these?
I wish I hadn't cared as much as I did... after all, what can we do anyway? As minorities, all we can do is just sit and let the majority tell us what we can and can't do. Basically, if you're a soldiers, you'll be sent to fight a war that is irrelevant to defending this country, and if you die, your death is not even media-worthy; all the nation cares about is getting the oil and lowering the gas prices. If you're a veteran, your sacrifices don't worth anything; you're useless now and therefore your benefits will be cut so that there can be more tax cut. If you're a homosexual, you're rights are taken away because this is a country ruled by straights and they don't want you to get what they get. Your love isn't "real" anyway; it would be better for everyone if you just leave the country and go somewhere else. If you're a woman, you don't have a choice about your body; abortion is not an option in this country. Who cares how you got pregnant, you're going to have your baby no matter what; even if you got raped and your life is now ruined, no one cares about how you feel or what you have to go through if you have the baby, all that matters is you're having that baby because the child's life is way more important than the mother's. These are now the moral values defining this country...

 

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