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When talking about the cuban missle crisis, there is one thing I feel has been left out. The United States had Nuclear missle silos in Turkey(im pretty sure that is where they were), aimed at the USSR. Yes, turkey is farther away from the USSR than Cuba is from the US, but the threat is still there to the USSR and they naturally wanted to counter that threat. I dont get how we justify Guantanamo Bay prison, as we are using it as a loophole for our own laws. I feel that if we want the terrorists to give in and agree to our way of thinking, we need to treat them they way our laws are written. Im not exactly sure though that Castro would exactly do anything to hurt us, because otherwise why would he let an American Naval base go on existing in Cuba without constant attack (not formally, more like terrorist things, to protect him from going to war with the US)
:Hoodstrype: "When I was a kid (I'm only 26 but I do live in the "Bible Belt") WalMart and everything except fast food closed on Sunday. No one mowed the law, or hunted or fished on Sunday either. These days people are becoming bored with the Bible and thanks to Television/Radio/Internet, we've seen a 120 year decline of Religion in general and are much more open to new possibilities and ideas- whether or not you think they are or are not correct. We see violence on a more localized scale such as schools and homes now. It used to be the divorced woman/man across town and now half of marraiges end in the same fate. I'd say to stick with the morals."
I do not see that people are open to new ideas other than christianity a bad thing. The only reason most people are christians is because that is what their parents were, and they have never questioned it. I feel that everybody should take a step back and take a look at their religion and other religions out there, and decide which one fits them or makes the most sense to them.
As for the political parties being almost the same, I partly agree. For most people who dont take a great deal of interest in politics, picking the major canidate from either party will probably not affect them. As for those who are interested in politics, they see the major differences in the parties and also notice the effects of each decision made by a politician more.
I dont know if it was brought up or not, but i dont believe that slavery is completely a racial "thing". Back when GB and the US were in the slave trade, there is absolutely no way they could have gotten slaves from africa without the permission of the Kings of the different African tribes. These kings didnt care what color the person they were selling into slavery was, just as long as they either got their money or got rid of an opposing tribe. Of course, after the boats left africa and headed to their destination, it was completely a racial "thing." People have always been after money, which I would say is a leading cause of slavery. The Childrens crusade, for example, was comprised of many europeans, and when they got down to the Mediterrian sea, they loaded boats to go to the middle east and fight their "holy war." Most of the boats didnt go their, instead they went other places(most) where the children were sold into slavery.