What would your causes be?

angryyoungman

my cause would be to stop people who don't realize sarcasm doesnt translate on a computer from posting threads which other people won't realize is suppossed to be a joke

dunkman

i'm campaigning for Tibet to stay locked up.

i'm also campaigning for packets of nuts NOT to have the disclaimer "warning: may contain nuts"

i'm also campaigning for the release of Mark Chapman and Charles Manson so they can both go on Celebrity Survivor.

FinsburyParkCarrots

angryyoungman wrote:

my cause would be to stop people who don't realize sarcasm doesnt translate on a computer from posting threads which other people won't realize is suppossed to be a joke

But sarcasm and irony do translate on a computer, unless you're situated in certain geographical and cultural take-everything-literally zones. I think George Bush is fighting for the cause of compartmentalising the 'net.

Heineken Helen

_Crazy_Mary_ wrote:

Do not get pregnant if you cannot afford the $6k it costs in doctor/hospital expenses.... How can you afford a child if you can't even afford the medical bill?

Free health care for everyone

Cosmo

writersu wrote:

If you could develop some causes, some not really well known ones, what would they be?

Here are a couple of mine...........


1. Please free Michael Vick and restore his career; and put his cousin in jail.

2. Please tell the envrionmentalists that drilling in Alaska is better than paying $4 a gallon for gas.

3. Please tell P.I.T.A. to leave me alone at the circus.........

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1. Michael Vick is a dick and deserves to pay the penalty for his illegal actions. It is called, 'Justice'.
2. A policy that basically says, Screw our kids because we are too fucking lazy to change our addictive behaviour is probably not the best policy. How about we roll up our sleeves and finally admit that our addiction to fossil fuels is is not a good thing and seek alternative fuel sources and curb our wasteful habits.
3. I agree that P.E.T.A. can be a bit hardcore at times and I don't like some of their tactics... but, sometimes that is what is required to get people's attention. P.E.T.A. has also been instrumental in creating no-kill shelters for cats and dogs that idiot people disgard.
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Causes I am currently a part of:
I voluenteer to crew for the local Breast Cancer fund raising. I actually pay the 250 bucks that I would cost the event by donating to Walkers who need to raise upwards of 2,000 dollars to participate. Breast Cancer has taken some of my friends and I will continue to help raise funds for research and education so no one else has to lose a mom, sister, friend, aunt, cousin, co-worker or neighbor.
I am also a member of the SurfRider Foundation since 1990. I believe that we need to take care of our oceans, instead of abusing it.
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A cause I would like to see is one where we put our money where our mouth is and actually Support our Troops. Right now, as soon as they are out of uniform, they are treated like shit. If a kid says they are suffering from P.T.S.T... believe them instead of telling them you don't believe it exists. A 'Gratefull Nation' does not treat War Veterans like shit. That is what an Ungrateful Nation does.

writersu

angryyoungman wrote:

my cause would be to stop people who don't realize sarcasm doesnt translate on a computer from posting threads which other people won't realize is suppossed to be a joke

um, is that me?????

seanw1010

writersu wrote:

Ok let's pay all the more for gas, make the assholes from foreign countries richer, but heaven forbid; do not cut my trees, dammit (kind of like "take the kids but LEAVE ME MY MONKEY!")...

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wasnt there something at some point about how it was projected that if we were to drill in alaska it would affect the price of oil by less than 1 cent per gallon?

writersu

seanw1010 wrote:

wasnt there something at some point about how it was projected that if we were to drill in alaska it would affect the price of oil by less than 1 cent per gallon?

I hadn't heard of that but it could very well be. I just was going by what I had heard before and I just thought it was not very wise to pay our enemies all of that money.

Cosmo

writersu wrote:

I hadn't heard of that but it could very well be. I just was going by what I had heard before and I just thought it was not very wise to pay our enemies all of that money.

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Maybe if we just bought the fucking oil and said, "Gracias, motherfuckers", instead of meddling in their domestic economic/political affairs, they wouldn't be our enemies. I mean, Japan buys Middle Eastern oil... why don't they hate the Japanese? Because the Japanese do not try to change the Middle East.
It would also help if we admitted that Israel makes errors in judgement. Maybe, if we didn't alway jump to Israel's defense when they do fuck up and just said, "Hey, Israel... you fucked up" instead of making excuses for them, we would not have enemies over there.
They don't hate us because of our Freedom.. they hate us because of what we do... not who we are. Change what we do and maybe their view of us will change. Staying this course will insure that things remain the same.

AmentsChick

Cosmo wrote:

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Maybe if we just bought the fucking oil and said, "Gracias, motherfuckers", instead of meddling in their domestic economic/political affairs, they wouldn't be our enemies. I mean, Japan buys Middle Eastern oil... why don't they hate the Japanese? Because the Japanese do not try to change the Middle East.
It would also help if we admitted that Israel makes errors in judgement. Maybe, if we didn't alway jump to Israel's defense when they do fuck up and just said, "Hey, Israel... you fucked up" instead of making excuses for them, we would not have enemies over there.
They don't hate us because of our Freedom.. they hate us because of what we do... not who we are. Change what we do and maybe their view of us will change. Staying this course will insure that things remain the same.

<applaudes>

Well said!!!!!

writersu

Cosmo wrote:

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Maybe if we just bought the fucking oil and said, "Gracias, motherfuckers", instead of meddling in their domestic economic/political affairs, they wouldn't be our enemies. I mean, Japan buys Middle Eastern oil... why don't they hate the Japanese? Because the Japanese do not try to change the Middle East.
It would also help if we admitted that Israel makes errors in judgement. Maybe, if we didn't alway jump to Israel's defense when they do fuck up and just said, "Hey, Israel... you fucked up" instead of making excuses for them, we would not have enemies over there.
They don't hate us because of our Freedom.. they hate us because of what we do... not who we are. Change what we do and maybe their view of us will change. Staying this course will insure that things remain the same.

I know............really I do. It's our arraogance that makes us think as Americans that we have all the answers while we can't even see that our own youth is crashing against the wall due to our own lack of responsibility.(I am a huge disponent of daycare; when it is not needed for financial need that is, not when there is no choice..........) for our own kids.

I know we are not as we should and I agree with you.