I wish our society was ok with..........

[the Princess]

Anyone wanna play??

For me the answer is:

Nudity:evilgrin: :bounce:

[skygazer]

1. Fair elections n/t

[fluffernutter]

2. breastfeeding.

[rbnyc]

13. I agree.

I just do it anywhere, anyway. So far no one has asked us to leave a place, but I can tell some people wish we would.

[Debbi801]

14. I second that...

I'm still nursing my youngest (who is 2 1/2). Now that he's older, it isn't as much of an issue because he can wait until we get home, drink from a cup, etc. I used to hate the looks we'd get when he was younger.

[CatBoreal]

I once had to drive 8 hours with my month old daughter...

...and I stopped at rest station along the highway, found a nice shaddy tree and plopped myself down to nurse her.

There were other people there, so I was discreet and used a crib blanket to cover up.

I over heard an older woman (had to be in her 60's and definitely pre-formula) say to her husband.

"She's nursing. That's disgusting!"

before they left.

Since when is feeding one's child disgusting?

[tigereye]

53. I never had anyone say anything to me

and it is a very good thing. I can't believe that anyone would be so unenlightened as to complain. Keep on feeding, gals!

[Gothic Sponge]

3. Banishing Neocons

:D

[StopTheMorans]

4. using cattle prods to combat overaggressive PDA

[JVS]

5. obeying traffic laws

[terrya]

6. Same-sex marriage

[the Princess]

10. I agree

But right now stupidity and ignorance rule our country - mores the pity. And shame on our country

[fluffernutter]

16. i agree, good one.

[dolo amber]

26. Same-sex relationships, period

Homosexuality, period. Who wants to live in a world without disco and fashion? :hi: :*

[terrya]

38. Sweetie, Fran Leibowitz said it best about that subject:

"If you take away homosexuals from popular culture, you're pretty much left with "Lets Make a Deal"

Ok, I'm paraphrasing Ms. Leibowitz. I'm not sure of the exact quote.

But, more importantly...you're right. :-)

:hi:

[dolo amber]

44. "Let's Make A Deal" indeed!

That's just too grotesquely horrifying to contemplate...:cry:

[Rambis]

7. Nudity

Puritans!

[the Princess]

12. Damn provintial country!

NUDITY RULES!!!!!!!!

[KitchenWitch]

8. Merging

Gods, no one in Minnesota knows how to merge on the freeway!

[Lydia Leftcoast]

9. not being into sports or dumbed-down pop culture

:-)

[Metatron]

11. Free healthcare for all.

And, public funding of the arts.

[rbnyc]

15. people who are gender-different...

...transgender, intersexed, crossdressing, butch, or just living outside the typical perception of one's gender role. I wish society were not so hung up on gender.

[the Princess]

18. OH good point

Everyone who is outside the "norm" of what society thinks is "normal" is made to feel *wrong*. I hate that and being a full figured woman I get that shit all the time. I hate it.

Being different is one of the few pleasures in life. Who wants to be like everyone else anyway??????

[rbnyc]

20. I love your avatar!

And being full-figured rules!

[the Princess]

27. Thanks

And being full figured does rule - men love it! And I had more dates then my single skinny girlfriends when I was single. And now they're all divorced and I'm happily married and they all want to know how to meet a man like CO Liberal. And the truth is there aint no other man like him! LOL

[frictionlessO]

29. Gods I love it when you say things like that Rb! Thanks and agreed!

[rbnyc]

30. Thank You!

That makes me feel really good!

:D

[TexasBushwhacker]

48. Oh geez, I saw a program about intersexed people

There was one woman who, as an infant, had a clitoris that was so large that it looked like a tiny penis. The doctor convinced her parents that she would be considered a freak if they left her as is, as if the whole world is going to know what's in her panties! Anyway, the doctor just cut it off! She no longer has a external clitoris, so she can get sexually excited, but can't have an orgasm. Geez!!!

There was another woman with a similar "deformity" who thankfully was left intact. She lives as a lesbian she said she and her lover are quite happy with her tiny penis, thankyouverymuch.

[Harry S Truman]

60. Hugs to rbnyc!

Thanks for that. Why can't people celebrate difference ... and gender freedom??

[Harry S Truman]

61. Hugs to rbnyc!

Thanks for that. I agree totally. Why can't people celebrate difference ... and embrace real gender freedom??

[Susang]

17. Decent, affordable, accessable public transportation

[sadinred]

19. veggies..vegetarians I mean. Or at least I wish society was

NOT okay with cruel meat raising methods. I wish they were okay with paying more for happy cows on healthy farms.

Flame me. (?) :nuke:

[the Princess]

21. I'm not gonna flame you

You're right

[TexasBushwhacker]

39. I agree

I'm a omnivore, but I would much prefer that more attention was paid to how these animals are raised, while they're alive. For one thing, grass fed beef, that's hormone and pesticide free, ISN'T unhealthy. It's naturally lean and has a good fatty acid profile. Same thing goes for free range chickens and the eggs they produce. Fortunately these products are pretty available in Austin, although they aren't cheap.

HOWEVER, I would also like "acceptance" of us omnivores, who eat veggies AND some meat, by organizations like PETA. I was much more sympathetic to their cause when they weren't so radical. Now it seems like they scream MURDER if you aren't a vegan wearing nothing but cotton and shoes made of recycled rubber. Can't we just all get along?

[sadinred]

52. yes. The veggies have to accept meat eaters too. I eat meat

but try to stick to free range which is expensive!!!

I was vegan at one time and didn't buy leather. All I could afford was Made In China, which of course supports awful inhumane treatment of Humans.
Everyone has to accept that everyone else is only doing the best they know how. You are right.:hi:

[scarlet_owl]

22. Marijuana. Maybe then the laws would be lifted.

Nudity is a close second.

[the Princess]

28. I agree on Maijuana

It's just stupid that you can but alcohol but not a joint.

[SOteric]

23. Those who don't meet a whimsical fad standard for beauty.

[TexasBushwhacker]

24. Average weight, average bodies

It seems that people are either THIN, or FAT. There is no happy medium anymore. I was looking at a website yesterday that sells clothing made from organic cotton. The biggest size of their t-shirts was a Large, which they said would fit a size 12 - 14, but they had a note at the bottom of the page that they tend to "run small".

Now the average woman in America is a size 14. That means half of us are BIGGER. I'm not advocating obesity, but something's wrong when your "plus size" models are 5' 10" and a size 14. A size 14 on a gall that's 5'10" doesn't mean she's fat!

Sometimes I think we're getting better, but then I see almost daily reminders that everything is just the same. It used to be that the smallest size you could get in regular clothes was a size 6. Now there are women's clothes available in size 4, 2, and even ZERO. I think the overemphasis on thinness, rather than eating healthy and being fit encourages anorexia (there are even "pro-ana" websites) and pushes some people the other way. If I can't be a size 8, I might as well be a size 18!

It just galls me that Renee Zellweger looked so cute and curvy with her Bridget Jones pounds, but that's considered FAT. Now she's back down to her regular weight, where she looks like she could be blown over by a strong breeze, and among other things, has NO BREASTS. Jennifer Connelly has gone the same "too thin" route. She used to have a beatiful, old Hollywood curvy voluptuous body. Now she's just another Hollywood stick figure. ARGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!

[the Princess]

34. I agree

It's madening isn't it? And when did women who look like young boys become sexy?? Women have curves it's how we are made.

[tigereye]

57. here's a GoGos song on that very topic

Throw Me A Curve
Written by the Go-Go's

Wishing there was less of you?
Are you really sure
How much less is more
Girls are shapely by design
Exactly what you've got
Is so easy to adore

CLOTHES HANGER LOLLIPOP
MAGAZINE PHOTO OP
BUT I'D RATHER BE A PIN-UP GIRL
THAN ZERO SIZE

THROW ME A CURVE NOT A STRAIGHT NARROW LINE
THROW ME A CURVE AND I'LL SHOW YOU MINE
GET THE MESSAGE IT'S DIVINE
THROW ME A CURVE IT LOOKS SO FINE

Microthin is way too in
I'm not so sure
I'd rather just be me
Seems everybody in the world
Thinks that x-ray girls
Are the only way to be

CLOTHES HANGER LOLLIPOP
MAGAZINE PHOTO OP
BUT I'D RATHER BE A PIN-UP GIRL
THAN ZERO SIZE

THROW ME A CURVE NOT A STRAIGHT NARROW LINE
THROW ME A CURVE AND I'LL SHOW YOU MINE
GET THE MESSAGE IT'S DIVINE
THROW ME A CURVE IT LOOKS SO FINE

[anonymousdemocrat]

37. I agree with you

Curvy women are very cute.

:shrug:

Society's fucked-up..

[sadinred]

42. I agree with you about Renee. I thought she looked great.

I do think that stick thin is not as In as it once was. But look at all the lo carb crap out there. We're all obsessed, it's really sad.

I had planned on starting a thread today asking for how to gain weight. (Maybe later.) I would love to look like Renee Z did a few months ago.

[TexasBushwhacker]

45. She went hi-carb

Nothing will make you gain weight like processed carbohydrates. She said she'd eat a dozen donuts a day. I'm overweight and just the thought of that makes me barf!

Actually, for people who have a "sweet tooth" and their target foods (those they overeat) are high carb, a low carb diet is a good start. I do not, however, approve of all the low carb products out there like low carb candy, low carb ice cream and such, that's full of artificial sweeteners. Low carb means that for a while, you eat lean meat and non-starchy veggies. It's not really so unhealthy.

[sadinred]

46. How can someone look so good stuffed with

donuts? My face would be a mess!!
Thanks for the info though, maybe I will increase my donut intake a little bit. :donut:

[mongo]

25. Pornography

I can be arrested any day of the week for selling a movie.

Really, I wish that our society was more comfortable with sex in general.

And of course to second some of the posts here, gay marriage, nudity, traffic laws, free health care - the list goes on and on.

[undergroundpanther]

40. I wish

Our society would be tolerant of most differences,pluralism...
but A sane society would draw the line at bullying,abuse ,corruption and domination,of anyone that is not hurting others.That domination game people do to others is the real danger.And bullies are helluva intolerant,of anything they don't like..and they will not live and lety live either,and leave people who aren't bothering them alone, because they are the real social control freaks.

[CornField]

31. sexuality

and all it entails.

[RagingInMiami]

32. Liberals

How did it become such an evil word?

[BigMcLargehuge]

33. dressing up as a giant robotic crab and chasing

delivery trucks down the street

[the Princess]

36. Whatever floats your boat.

Go for it!

[Bouncy Ball]

65. Leave it to you to make me chuckle at work, Big!

[Cerridwen]

35. Human sexuality

I think that might encompass a few ideas here.

Of course, it won't do much for how people drive, er, maybe.

:evilgrin:

[Texasgal]

41. Animals

In general....ALL animals not just domesticates.

[BigMcLargehuge]

43. I like even the ugly scary ones too

a product of a steady diet of National Geographic I think.

[Texasgal]

47. Religious Freedom

I just thought of that one....

[C_eh_N_eh_D_eh]

49. the emergence of new ideas that might contradict current conventions.

[Deja Q]

50. Allowing people to be individuals, instead of being like doped up lemmings

All wearing the same style, liking the same spoon-fed media, and so on.

This is a free country, yes? So why do we all have to be the same?

Even the youth all do the same thing in a faux attempt to (a) be individuals and (b) be liked by their peers.

:crazy:

[the Princess]

56. What makes you think this is a free country?

Just askin.

[sniffa]

51. me

[the Princess]

54. Aaaaaaaahhhhhh

I'm OK with you sniffa. :pals:

[sniffa]

55. thank you

:D :D :D

and jesus is just aLright w/ me.

[the Princess]

59. You're welcome

:toast:

[joeybee12]

58. Democracy!

Most people aren't--they believe in it only for themselves and when it suits their purpose. Repukes especially.

We sure as hell have a long way to go.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

62. their rights to swing their fist ending where my chin begins

[ernstbass]

63. legalization of marajuana and

doing away with mandatory minimum sentencing laws

[Liberalynn]

64. Liberal Democrats

and intellectualism.

[Bouncy Ball]

66. Everyone having access to health care.

The free and open exchange of ideas (not feeling threatened by mere words).

Weirdness, goofiness, absurdity, nonconformity.

Slowing down and taking time to enjoy life rather than feeling compelled to DO MORE, BE MORE, BUY MORE, WORK MORE!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thinking of the well-being of people in other parts of the world, too.

Etc.