Klarinet Archive - Posting 000263.txt from 2004/03

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@------.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Fwd: [SMB] Dont Amend Protest
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2004 06:52:09 -0500

At 07:56 AM 3/3/2004 -0600, Forest Aten wrote:
>You assume that governments have our (the people) best interest at heart.
>Perhaps on a whole you are correct. But in Bush's case....we have two
>clearly political (abusive) motives at work. (referring to the marriage
>amendment of course)
>1 pander to the extreme religious faction ("moral right")(voting block)
>2 protect corporations (benefits; i.e. insurance, etc.)(Bush's paycheck)
>I don't think we really have to worry much about this amendment passing here
>in America. At some point in time this country is going to wake up and fight
>their way back out of a dark age.

I don't understand why you automatically assume that those who are trying
to maintain the way things have been since the beginning of the human race
have some sort of evil agenda. Seems to me that the people who are trying
to force change in the face of significant opposition are the ones with an
ax to grind! And that would be true regardless of the issue or what side
you are on.

Bill Hausmann

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!