Reply #4: I am 55 and I get sad

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My daughter's friends come here for advice a lot. One came last fall and was terrified about telling her dad she was pregnant because she was afraid she would get beaten. I told her to come here but she was too afraid and no one where she got the abortion warned her of the bleeding. The dad is a Generation Xer. Another male friend of my daughter is a rah rah McCain until I finally asked him when he was going to enlist. He was horrified at my suggestion. The war should be fought by anyone but middle class. I sat him down and had him read draft proposals and told him McCain has no objection to the draft.

They have no empathy. A homeless person deserves it and should have planned better. The word "whore, bitch, retard" are used with no thought. Some of their religious beliefs are so off the wall and then I find out their church is listening to Dobson. I have a couple signed up to do a hunger walk to help supply food banks in October. They have no freakin clue. I tell them to take an ancient history class before they start spouting like fools on gay rights. We can only educate them one at a time. Some parents are thrilled with me but at least they kids are questioning. The big shocker was that pro choice doesn't mean recruiting for abortions, it means letting woman make the most difficult decision of their lives, protecting women and practicing contraception.