Yup, it's Blog for Choice day and I forgot with my first entry. Yup, I'm pro-choice. I'm willing to discuss it, I'm just not entirely sure what else to say. This is my body. I respect people choosing not to exercise their choice, just don't think that laws should be passed taking that choice from other women.
The really sad thing, is that this is the absolute "tamest" of this sort of film that I could find. This is happening here, in America. The ones from other countries are far worse. They are far crueler, clubbing the animals to death, even skinning them alive. I debated posting them, as well, but they were just so horrible, I couldn't even watch them to the end.
If you don't buy furs from America, you could very well be buying coats made of dog and cat fur? And believe me, they fare just as badly as the treatment I described above.
I just can't believe that these conditions for the sake of furs is still allowed here. I mean, it's disgusting enough that it takes so many deaths to make one ugly garment, but the fact that these animals must live miserable lives in deplorable conditions makes it that much worse. Why don't the people that insist on having furs request "organic" fur - fur where the conditions the animal was raised under were pleasant for the animal and the manner in which it met it's death were humane?
Not that I think fur is anything but revolting, no matter how it's obtained. I think anyone who would consider wearing fur should see this.
Until I watched this, I had no idea how bad it really was. In my naieve mind, I always pictured that the mean or feral or older animals were the ones to go. I had no idea so many once-loved animals met their end this way. Both are pretty graphic, but very important. Everyone should see these.
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Sometimes I forget how unusual it is to be poly (at least around here anyway - I live in central Iowa). Since coming out as poly, I sometimes meet with really strong objections to it. Even among fellow eccentrics, there is some "OMG WEIRD/BAD!" sentiment. I have gotten into major arguments with a few people over it in the past and I see a lot of anti-poly sentiment pop up in other communities here on LJ. Why? Are we that scary?
People have told me that it would be bad for my children to take up with someone else and leave my husband. I have no intentions of leaving my husband. Our polyamory would not be nearly as successful as it has been if we didn't have an excellent relationship. You should be in a good healthy relationship before more people come into it.
My children are always #1 in my life. I don't get in relationships that would interfere with my child rearing and of course nothing inappropriate is taking place in front of them (just as it wouldn't were I in a monogamous relationship). Yes, someone once accused me through someone else of having orgies in front of my daughters. *shudders* Married people have sex. Poly married people, with multiple partners. None of us are doing this in front of innocent eyes unless they are seriously fucked up. My children don't see me have sex with my husband or with anybody else.
I've been told time and time again that poly is cheating that the other person in the relationship is aware of. I don't think so! We encourage each other to share our love. We encourage each other's other relationships. We are open about what's going on. Our relationship got so much stronger once it evolved into a polyamorous one. I happen to think my husband is absolutely adorable when his eyes twinkle with NRE. We aren't "cheating" each other out of anything.
"If you're married, you should only be with each other". Heh. Who is anybody else to tell me how my marriage should be? I think it should be however the people involved want it to be. I, personally, don't think it's right to marry for money, but I accept that plenty of people do and I guess as long as they both realize that's what's going on than who am I to say that that's not how a marriage should be?
I'm not out to steal anybody from anybody else. If you want to share your SO with me, that's fine if I'm even interested, which chances are I'm not.
I'm not looking to escape my bad marriage. I have a wonderful marriage. I am not looking for something Mike can't provide me in our relationship. I would be perfectly happy if there was nobody else interested in me. He feels the same way. It is lovely, however, that we do find other interested parties and can experience the depth and differences of other relationships.
I find to be an affront that there's not something, somewhere that lets a person know that not everyone is wired for monogamy. I had some major confusion and catastrophe as a result of not realizing what polyamory was and that's what I was wired for until I was 24. Monogamy was all that I knew, all that I was raised with. It was more confusing even that figuring out I was bisexual.
I mean, I'm not trying to diss any of you guys. Obviously you're at least OK with my being poly or you wouldn't have me friended. Or you don't really read me. LOL I'm just thinking and typing.
I guess my main point is that I don't see anything wrong with monogamy. I don't care that people are monogamous, I'm happy it works for the people wired for it, I believe there are plenty of happy mono relationships out there. It's all good. Why not the same general respect for poly folk?
"Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands?" - Ernest Gaines
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Wow, the GOP is just slinging the mud like frickin' crazy at the candidates for the coming election. It's almost nauseating. Eh. It's so much easier to criticize the other guy than it is to say what you're going to do (besides cut taxes). Of course, I will look up issues important to me rather than pay any attention to the commercials, but the mudslinging sure makes me lose respect for those who do it.
People in communities are annoying sometimes. Not any of the ones I co-mod, of course. Drama there is a no no, cuz I super duper hate drama. But you make a post and somebody picks something out of something you've said that you really didn't mean anything by and throws you a guilt trip over it. And you want to be mad that they did that, but then that would create drama. Clearly I love Lysander or I wouldn't trim nasty crap off of him. Nuf said?
Still waiting to see if I have to run out and rent Liza a violin and take it to her at school. The note said that orchestra and violin lessons starts the 18th and we've not gotten any notes stating otherwise. However, we saw kids bringing stringed instruments to school today and Liza called me and said some kid says she thinks the lessons start this afternoon. I called the orchestra teacher, but she's not called me back. I *really* miss the level of communication we had with her teachers in previous years. Yes, she's older, but that doesn't mean she remembers everything accurately and notes home would be most appreciated! Espescially since she's been pretty sure she's been supposed to bring some things to school that seemed really iffy.
Meadow was up past 4. Cue the older girls being unable to do anything that doesn't involve me waking up. *sigh*
Usually they can play just fine on their own for a bit, but not today. Not even the eldest, even when reminded she's not supposed to be up in my room waking me up unless there's some sort of emergency or I've overslept and we have to be somewhere. *is cranky*
Meadow is sound asleep and I'm uncomfortably full on one side. I think I may finally start pumping a stash once Rainy and Isabelle are dressed and involved in an activity other than trying to kill each other.
G'damn! It is almost 8pm here and the temperature is still high (94 F). The heat index is supposedly 100-103. I've not ventured out in it. I need the weather to settle so the girls can play outside, today it was just WAY too hot. They really needed to go out.
Moving to northern Minnesota is looking really appealing right now.
NEVER buy white tablecloths if you have kids. Nuff said? I am getting SO sick of trying to get all the stains out of mine, and my kids have placemats to supposedly contain the mess.
Is it terribly sad that I still find "Kiss The Girl" from The Little Mermaid to be romantic? LOL!
Yeah, I secretly share that dumb Cancer trait - being romantic. Although I pretend not to be for reasons I can't ascertain. I mean, I don't like romance novels or most movies made to be romantic or anything and my intellect makes me scoff at overly romantic crap. But a part of me just swoons when witnessing sweetly romantic things. LOL. I blame my being a Cancer for this nonsense.
Not much going on. Just having lunch. Mmm...leftover taco dip.
current music: Kiss the girl - Little Mermaid Soundtrack
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