Originally posted by Cpt. Valerian
LOL.
Yeah. But I'm a compulsive flirt. I jokingly told this same teacher, Mrs. Rice (you should ask Dragon Bard -- she's fine as all get out) that by this time next year, I'd be legal and she and I could run off to Montana.
She signed my yearbook and ended the paragraph with "Montana is waiting..."
That was LOL inducing.
Originally posted by Cpt. Valerian
She might've been serious, though. Haha.
There was a teacher who ran off with an eighth grader in Lincoln. They got to Mexico. (I'm not sure about the age.) The story still makes me laugh.
Animal Rights:
The "animal rights" issue is a difficult one for me. Scientific objectivity demands a clear look at a situation that I feel deeply connected to. I'm concerned about the welfare of our planet's wildlife, but at the same time I recognize that animal testing leads to tangible, real advances in the human standard of living. Clearly there must be a middle ground between PETA and poachers. Finding it is a challenge because I have a tendency to make blanket statements and generalizations that are always (🙂) broken by circumstance and exceptions. The only stable position I have found is that scientific testing, if monitored and kept to strict guidelines that ensure humane treatment of animals, is okay. Hunting for sport/pleasure is not. Farming, (Google: "The Meatrix"😉 is borderline: I dislike hunting but recognize the need for meat/animal products. I see it as a necessary evil. I am offended by fur, and I find leather to be gross.
Also, the concept "humans are higher life forms" is so contrary to my worldview that I don't know where to begin to dispute it.
Re Read: sorry for the incoherent rant- it wasn't even amusingly angry. I'll think the next one through and give a better answer later.