My icon crediting philosophy

I don't care if people credit me in their userinfo pic page.

I'm too lazy to do it myself unless the iconmaker asks specifically in the icon post that we do so.

I work on the honor system that if someone uses my icon and they are asked about it, then they will faithfully say that I made it, and if they can't remember me (no shame there) then at least admit that they were not the maker. I'm trusting people not to go around parading it as their own. But it's an honor system because I don't care enough to find out if people actually are doing that sort of thing.

Oh.My.God.

In a few days, the 29th, Former President Clinton is doing a book signing at the same Barnes & Noble where I bought 2 anime DVDs on Saturday. Like, 6 miles from my house. Bill Clinton is going to be like 6 miles from my house.

Do I want to pay 35 dollars + tax for the chance to meet him? (Owning the book is a requirement for the event)

I don't know. I would, but I did just by 3 DVDs and I've spent a lot of cash in the last week. I can afford to, but do I *want* to afford to?

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So I was thinking aobut this gay marriage amendment thingy.

I was thinking about gay marriage in general. Thoughts I've had many times before but are alwasy sparked again by some stupidity I come across.

Far right conservatives always say "people don't realize how gay marriage is going to affect them."

Really. And how is it going to affect me, exactly? (assuming "them" and "me" is the straight person who might or might not get married one day)

Let's take it out of the context of "oh it's such a bad evil sin yadda yadda yadda."

Does it really make a difference to me economically or socially that two people that I never met who are getting married happen to be two men or two women instead of a man and a woman? I mean, really. There's lots of people getting married out there every day that I've never met... the bride could be a man in disguise as a woman and I wouldn't know.

If it doesn't affect me economically, socially, or infringe upon my rights as a person in any way, then we're back to the sin thing.

Since I don't believe in God, Christianity, the Bible, or anything that uses the word "sin" as a catchphrase, that doesn't carry much weight with me either.

Now we're down to simple choice:

A.) two people love each other and want to have the financial benefits that society gives to commitment-minded folk. The state says no and people cry.

B.) two people love each other and want to have the financial benefits that society gives to commitment-minded folk. The state says yes and everyone gets to have high-class cake and champagne.

Comfort a person in a crying fit, or eat a piece of really expensive cake that your host is paying for?

You choose.