Odd thought on friends and available categories

[redbird]

I mentioned this to wild_irises and she said to go ahead and post it.

If I'm ever tempted to think that my LiveJournal friends list is a valid cross-section of anything (with the possible exception of my social circle as a whole), I need only remember that there are more transgendered people on my friends list than there are Republicans (or Tories [1]). There may, in fact, be more space probes and fictional characters on my friends list than there are Republicans/Tories (and that is not an accurate reflection of my social circle as a whole).

If anyone who thinks I'm wrong about the numbers or proportions wants to come out as a Republican, please do.

[1] My first thought was just "Republicans," but considering the geographic distribution of my friendslist, it seemed only fair to throw Tories into the mix.

Comments

[ckd]

I think the war on terror is important, too; so important that we should have used those extra troops in Afghanistan first before doing anything with Iraq. I also think that I want a president who'll create jobs...starting with John Ashcroft's. Habeas corpus? Medical records privacy? States' rights, as in the twice-passed Oregon death with dignity act? I think all of those are important issues, and Bush's AG has been swatting them all as hard as he can.

[snippy]

We disagree. That's fine with me; I understand that most people don't see things the way I do. But presenting me with the same facts I already have and expecting that to change my mind is naive. I *live* in Oregon, I'm well aquainted with what the feds are doing to our laws. I fully expect the citizens of Oregon to keep fighting--that's our history. We've voted down sales tax at least five times, and voted down pump-your-own-gas at least that many, too. That doesn't seem like an area of great risk to me, unlike fighting Muslim extremists, which I believe to be the most important (and most likely to lead to damage) risk western culture faces right now.