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

[yonmei.livejournal.com]

authorized by both the UN and the U.S. Congress

Well, except that Bush lied to US Congress to get their authorisation (making claims that Iraq was a threat to the US, which it was not), and could not get UN authorisation for his attack on Iraq (because the UN was less easily fooled than Congress).

they don't believe in unilateral action against an enemy that has taken a unilateral action against us

And you seem to be confusing al-Qaeda with Iraq. No connection.