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Yeah, I’m pretty much over basic human decency being dismissed because, “You guys, the law dictates…” like we’re a bunch of naive and silly little idiots. Guess what? The law is not some unchangeable force of nature we just have to reckon with. It was created by human beings. Therefore, it can (and should!) be reformed by human beings. This is true of pretty much every institution, as they were all created by (say it with me now) FALLIBLE. HUMAN. BEINGS. That means we have control over how the world operates!

So! “That’s just the way the world works” is not a useful explanation for much of anything. It is, at best, laziness and a desire to pass the buck. At worst, it is what you say to people to get them off your back when you want to continue enjoying privileges that others do not without feeling any guilt.

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gamesockson

Responding to the statement that ‘health care is not a right’.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. She’s a genius.

(via rosasparks)

Whatever you do, don’t tell conservatives - who love to ask “Where does it say that in the Constitution??? - that, say, the Constitution can be amended.

(via inothernews)

I agree with gamesocks. I posted the statement originally because I found it interesting, not that I agreed with it. Sometimes I post things I may or may not agree with because I find them interesting, either points of view, or tidbits of information. A lot of people have reacted to it, and a number have ‘liked’ it, and I don’t know whether that’s a good thing or not. They’re conflicting ideas that we’re still arguing over. I reblogged gamesocks later in the evening, agreeing with gamesocks and giving my own point of view on it, although it seems like no one saw it. The entry that I had posted, from someone else’s blog, to me, alluded to the fact to make good decisions to protect whatever you and your own. The blog is advice for a daughter. I know laws can change. Our Founding Fathers were fallible human beings. Intelligent, but fallible nonetheless. Like I mentioned earlier, law-making and bureaucracy make it difficult. I find it important that we “choose a profession and where to expand [our] political leanings and charitable giving.” The laws haven’t changed yet. I hope they do, because I always hope for the better. Until then, it is important that we make good decisions about our own lives and can choose to help others by doing charitable acts. Those are always going to be important because we’re human beings, not animals. The medical companies and government may like to treat us like we’re robots who never get sick, or like everyone has the money to pay for the rising prices of healthcare, but we all know that this is not the truth. We’re human. I do think things need to change.

“(On libraries) What’s great about them is that anybody can go into them and find a book and borrow it free of charge and read it. They don’t have to steal it from a bookshop… You know when you’re young, you’re growing up, they’re almost sexually exciting places because books are powerhouses of knowledge, and therefore they’re kind of slightly dark and dangerous. You see books that kind of make you go ‘Oh!’”

— Stephen Fry (via evileskimo) (via libraryland)