There's been lots of chatter lately about clans. Who's in. Who's out. Why? It got me thinking about my (original) clan a little. Actually, let me rephrase that... it got me thinking about the clan that I'm a member of. "My Clan" sort of makes it sound like their's ownership involved and if there's one thing I've learned over the years, it's that no one "owns" a clan.
There's been lots of chatter lately about clans. Who's in. Who's out. Why? It got me thinking about my (original) clan a little. Actually, let me rephrase that... it got me thinking about the clan that I'm a member of. "My Clan" sort of makes it sound like their's ownership involved and if there's one thing I've learned over the years, it's that no one "owns" a clan.
Sometimes you see a commercial for a product and immediately think to yourself, "why?" Well, it happened to me recently yet I found myself in line at the CVS today thinking, "What the hell, I'll give it a shot." After all, sometimes change can be good. Besides, I don't want to be so rigid that I never try anything new. Unfortunately my initial skepticism has proven to be accurate.
Sometimes you see a commercial for a product and immediately think to yourself, "why?" Well, it happened to me recently yet I found myself in line at the CVS today thinking, "What the hell, I'll give it a shot." After all, sometimes change can be good. Besides, I don't want to be so rigid that I never try anything new. Unfortunately my initial skepticism has proven to be accurate.
If you've read my stuff at all, you know that I'm a basically conservative guy. However, I've found myself listening to Sirius Left on satellite radio quite a bit lately. There are a couple of reasons for that. One, frankly I've heard all the arguments that are made on the right and it gets a bit repetitious after a while. Second, I think it's good to hear the other side of the coin and make sure that I am diligent to see the other argument. Sometimes, I hear something that will make me pause. Sometimes I just hear the kinds of things that reinforce my beliefs.
If you've read my stuff at all, you know that I'm a basically conservative guy. However, I've found myself listening to Sirius Left on satellite radio quite a bit lately. There are a couple of reasons for that. One, frankly I've heard all the arguments that are made on the right and it gets a bit repetitious after a while. Second, I think it's good to hear the other side of the coin and make sure that I am diligent to see the other argument. Sometimes, I hear something that will make me pause. Sometimes I just hear the kinds of things that reinforce my beliefs.
Before I get too deep into this blog I should start by stating that this blog in no way is a reflection of the policy of this site. Though I admit a recent topic brought up in the Off Topic forum was the reason the wheels in my head started spinning, this isn't really about that. If the site's policy is No Religion, No Politics on the general boards, then live with it or get out. And just as an aside...if that is the policy I would ask the mods to enforce it evenly. There's times where such a discussion is allowed to go on because "it's been polite so far". That's no excuse. Either th
