Yes, I Guess I am A BAD American. I think playing with toy guns doesn't make you a killer.I think playing violent video games doesnt't make you act violent. Those that cant distinguish fantasy from reality shouldn't play with toy guns or play violent video games. I don't think being a minority makes you noble or victimized. I am a tolerant person, but I have the right not to be tolerant of others because they are different, weird or just piss me off. I know what SEX is and there are not varying degrees of it. If I received SEX from one of my coworkers on the job, it wouldn't be a private matter or my personal business. I would have been FIRED immediately. I know how to count votes and I feel much safer letting a machine with no political affiliation recount when needed. I know what the definition of lying is. I don't think just because you were not born in this country, or are a member of a minority (see above line about minorities) you qualify for any special loan programs, gov't sponsored bank loans, or any otherwise special treatment that any old joe random somebody wouldnt get, so you can open a hotel, c-store, trinket shop, or any freakin thing else. I thought the Taco Bell dog was funny. (Drop the chalupa!) I believe no one ever died because of something Ozzy Osbourne, Ice-T, Eminem, or Marilyn Manson sang, but that doesn't mean I want to listen to that crap from someone else's car when I'm stopped at a red light. But I respect your right to. I think that being a student doesn't give you any more enlightenment than working at Blockbuster or Jack In The Box (or McDonald's..) I don't want to eat or drink anything with the words light, Lite, or fat-free on the package. I don't hate the rich. If you earned it all and made a business - congrats. If you were born into it, lucky you! I'll not feel any different about you either way. I know wrestling is fake. Then again, so are movies and most of TV, but that doesn't stop you from watching them. I like reality shows, but cmon, we're into survivor XXXII and its starting to get a little old. I own a gun, you can own a gun, and any red blooded American should be allowed to own a gun, but if you use it in a crime then you will serve the time. A rubber band and a paper clip is a dangerous weapon in the hands of someone with malicious intent. I worry about dying before I get even. I think Bill Gates has every right to keep every penny he made and continue to make more. If it pisses you off, invent the next operating system that's better and put your name on the building. Ask your buddy that invented the Internet to help you. I don't believe in hate crime legislation. Even suggesting it pisses me off. You're telling me that someone who is a minority, gay, disabled, another nationality, or otherwise different from the mainstream of this country has more value as a human being that I do as a white male. Heck, if someone kills anyone, I'd say that it's a hate crime. I don't believe animals have more value than human beings. Tho the powers that be don't agree.. Example, Poach an elk and you'll be in the slammer fatser than you can say "boom". Shoot a person, they'll take it to court and fight for weeks to decide exactly if you did shoot the person, how you went about doing it your state of mind at the time,etc. and if your having a REALLY good day, you'll get off scott free. We don't need more laws! Let's enforce the ones we already have! I think turkey bacon, turkey beef, turkey fake anything sucks. I think tattoos and piercing are fine if you want them, but please don't pretend they are a political statement. They are like any other cosmetic - and if you think that having 5,000 pieces of metal hanging off of your skin makes you look better - that's up to you. But if I look at you strangely, I reserve that right. I will not be frowned upon or be looked down upon or be made to keep silent because I have these beliefs and opinions. I thought this country allowed me that right I will not conform or compromise just to keep from hurting somebody's feelings. Tho i'd rather not hurt feelings unless absolutely necessary. Yes, I guess by popular definition, I'm a bad American. TK is 17 and entitled to his opinion. ~till next time T.K. the opinionated