Why I Hate Conservatives!!!

Rosa,also check out the history museums of NYC. If there is a Greek American museum I will let you know. Had you seen on reruns the tv series Kojak starring Telly Savalas? He plays a NYC police detective.

 

Thanks guys, I'll keep these ideas in mind. Most of my NY friends live in Brooklyn and I'll be staying with them, so the Church Avenue walk is certain. Is it that dangerous though? I mean, do people lock themselves indoors at night out of fear or are you suggesting this cos I'm a tourist? The areas where I've been living in London also have a bad reputation, but at least the main streets don't go dead at night. Also I've heard Brooklyn is getting gentrified as well...

 

Lets tackle this one question at a time...

-Is that part of Brooklyn dangerous...yes and no. But, the reason I say travel that area in particular during the day is because New York will always be New York. (There are a few bad "apples" that spoil it for everyone where ever you go.) Im about 6'3" 260 and I didnt walk Caton Ave (near the park) at night. Have I done it...yes. Was it smart...HELL NO! Better safe than sorry.
(*There are certain "rules" to live by when in NYC that make traveling its streets relatively safer than they all ready are. If you want my opinion I would be happy to share them with you.)
-Yes, lock your doors and windows (unless you have bars on them) at night. Again...better safe than sorry.
-I see gentrification as an 21st century, evolutionary process bound to happen to any major city with an affordable housing crunch and a large, neglected urban area. (The number of tv shows and books about how to "flip a house" is staggering...although our recent economy has cooled that fire.) Im honestly conflicted about the effects of gentrification, but I do know its a fact of life for alot of major cities, and "poor" people standing in the way of big business usually get ran over.

 

Rosa, go to the website of the Greek Museum:http://www.greek-museum.org
Also here is their addy: heritage@greek-museum.org Ask them on the location and others you want to know.

 

Oh man... that last thing is depressing but true... I've been helping out neighbours trying to keep homes and small businesses, and as hard as we fought the outcome hasn't been good. The only reward has been meeting some great people and building a support network. But I still think that if someone is unfairly evicted (and there are lots of dodgy deals going on around here) I don't see why they should go quietly. Also there is so much pressure & hype from local government in favour of gentrification ('regeneration') that I find it hard to see it as 'natural' and not as the result of deliberate policies.

 

Amen, Effie!! :smt038

Jelly, you're right...abortion shouldn't be a man's choice...but it shouldn't be a woman's choice either. Check out this site www.abort73.com If that site doesn't bring a tear to your eye and make you stop and think, than something is wrong. Day after day, week after week, hundreds of thousands of unborn babies are slaughtered in the name of a woman's right to choose. Those babies did nothing...they didn't get a choice in the matter...they didn't even get to take their first breath. Every year there are more babies LEGALLY MURDERED by abortion than there are wiped out by car accidents, abuse and disease - combined. So saying that abortion is okay, that it's a woman's choice - i beg to differ. What if your mother had decided to abort you? Or if your grandmother had decided to abort your mother? Think of a child in your life that you love...what if their mother had decided to abort them? How empty would your life be without them? Think of all the possibilities of diseases that could possibly have been cured, or social problems that may have been answered, had these aborted babies been given life and the opportunity to grow up. No one thinks about these issues...they just view abortion as this "medical procedure" that doesn't effect them. People have a funny way of approving and supporting certain issues if it's not put up in their face for them to look at.
Look at that site...watch the videos...and then tell me if you're still okay with it.

 

In a perfect world, war and racism wouldnt exist, we would have a cure for cancer, and there would be no need for abortions. Be its not a perfect world.

If our government said that it would care for the "unwanted" (gosh, that sounds cruel) children who were concieved instead of aborted, I would say outlaw abortions tomorrow. But our government (especially the current administration) cares so little about its current citizens-veteran benefits, financial aid for students, and social prgrams for the poor and underprivledged are being cut to pieces-I would hate to imagine how poorly these children would be treated by our federal government.

Now I know your thinking "why does it have to be the government's responsibity? These men and women created them, why dont they take care of them?" Which goes back to fairy-tale land. If these people were responsible in the first place, there wouldnt be a need for the abortion. (You could tax them for 20 years for the cost of rasing the child...what am I saying...
could you imagaine our government raising children? Either turning them into soldiers or these kids recieving the type of deplorable care our veterans and mentally disabled recieved.

Unfortunately, in my opinion, abortion is the lesser of two evils.

 

Oh, and nice pic of you and your husband, superchic, and welcome the wwbm.com.

 

thanks for the welcome!

i do agree that it would be terrible to have the government raising "unwanted" children. but at the same time, i have to think that if people weren't so willing to have sex at the drop of a hat...abortion wouldn't be nearly as big of a problem. if people would just think about the possible consequences of sex before they jumped in the sack, the world would be a better place. personally, i feel that if a person believes they are responsible enough to have sex, than they should be responsible enough to deal with the aftermath. that said, if they did use protection and still got knocked up...what's wrong with adoption?

 

There's nothing wrong with it, but seeing that we have thousands..., no THOUSANDS, of kids each year that go unadopted and age-out of the system with no idea of what its like to have a family, I dont see adoption as the answer. Also, I know kids who didnt get adopted becoming adults who spend years of their lives trying to piece together the heritage and bloodline, and continually asking themselves why no-one from their family wanted them. (I know this is a slippery slope but this is something I wouldnt say unless I hadnt actually met kids who grew up in homes and shelters. Talking about sad stories... (Yeah, I know, its better than being "killed" in an abortion, but still...)

 

yeah, you do have a good point. maybe people should refrain from sex until they are prepared or comfortable for the possibility of a child. that would work, but sadly, i don't think it's very realistic this day and age. back in the 40s & 50s when sex was still viewed as something sacred, and people were virgins when they got married...we didn't have such a problem. it's unfortunate that noone values sex enough to wait anymore. :roll:

 

p.s: what part of florida are you in?

 

Ive been slowly working my way down the east coast, for one reason or another. Right now I live in west palm beach. And you...

 

west palm is a beautiful area! right now i'm in the greater tampa bay area, lakeland to be specific. i grew up near gainesville...and me and the hubby are moving back there in a couple weeks.

 

what part of tampa. I lived there for a while. I used to live in temple terrace behind the cash & carry right off of 56th st

 

i'm not actually in tampa...i'm in lakeland, it's about 25 miles from tampa. i'm kind of familiar with the temple terrace area. i like tampa - it's a decent place to chill.

 

Sorry, wasnt paying attention. I heard that lakeland is a nice area, also. Do you see yourself ever moving to tampa, or are you and your hubby small-town people?

 

well, my husband pretty much grew up in richmond, va so he's used to the city. i on the otherhand am a small town girl. lakeland has been nice - i've been here 5 years for school - but i'm ready to get back to my roots in gainesville. i grew up on a 20-acre farm in the country...i miss that!