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Ethnicity
a) Do you feel your ethnicity is a large part of your life?
I don't feel it at all, so it's more like I know it's a large part of my life. Only some ethnicities get to not think about it. What's that line in that Warner Brothers movie I was forced to watch? Bill Murray about Larry Bird: "Larry's not white. Larry's clear."
What is your ethnicity?
Irish mostly, and Italian. I think there's probably some English and Scotch in there somewhere maybe. Catholic, if that adds anything.
c. Is your ethnicity distinct from your national identity?
Not really. I'm American. I think with some people in the family tree going way back (by American standards, of course.)
d. Do you speak the same language your grandparents spoke?
Yes.
e. Great-great-grandparents?
I think so. Most of them spoke English definitely, but there might be some Italian in there. *is ignorant about this and must ask parents*
f. Do you have a feeling of solidarity or even simple recognition for people of similar backgrounds?
Recognition more than solidarity. I think everybody does.
g. What part does the perception of race play in your understanding of your own ethnicity?
Hard to say what part of it. If I think about my ethnicity it's obviously set against other ethnicities, which gets into race.
h. Do you feel your ethnicity is a matter of "blood" or descendency or do you feel it is cultural?
Cultural most of all, but the culture is based on people's perceptions of decendency or blood. Ethnicity literally means blood and decendency, obviously, but, for instance, I've never had anybody think I was "ethnically" defined by the ethnicity of my last name.
Politics
a. Do you follow politics?
Somewhat.
b. Are your politics similar to or wildly divergent from those your parents espoused when you were growing up?
Definitely divergent. (Interesting that on one hand it's just "similar" while on the other side it's "wildly" divergent, like if you're going to diverge it's going to be WILD!)
c. Do you feel your personal politics spring more from how you perceive your needs or from your personal morality? Something else? Tell me what you base your political decisions on.
Personal morality--but that is also tied to what I think is needed.I try to vote against the person who seems to want to screw up the world.
d. Do you feel that any political party or movement truly represents your values?
No. It would be weird to think something as impersonal as a political party represented an individual's personal values completely.
e. Do you feel any particular political party is looking out for your interests?
I think they probably all do or think they do in some ways, and not in other ways.
f. Have you studied history? How has this affected your political view?
Probably. I assume everything I've learned or experience has!
Sex
a. Do you feel sex is a moral issue?
Anything can be a moral issue.
b. Do you ascribe an inherent value to virginity?
No.
c. Do you feel that some sexual thoughts/feelings/or behaviours are acceptable for one gender but not for another?
No.
d. Is the "forbidden" somehow more sexually exciting for you?
I don't really think of "the forbidden" being a major kink for me, but it can be somewhat sexuallty exciting in some contexts.
e. Do you tend to be more passive or aggressive sexually?
Um, do you mean like in bed? I can be both.
f. Do you think celibate people are "better" people or simply have less of a sex drive?
If a celibate person is better than a non-celibate one it's not because they're celibate! I think there's probably millions of reasons why a person might be celibate. Less interest in sex is only one of them.
g. Do you feel sex between two consenting adults can be "wrong"?
It can be the wrong thing to do, sure. But not in the way this phrase is usually used. (I.e., sex between unmarried people is wrong, sex between two people of the same sex is wrong.)
h. Do you believe there are any inherent differences between the minds of men and women?
Yes, but usually when somebody claims there's an inherent difference that justifies whatever thing they're talking about it's bullshit.
i. Do you think strangers can have satisfying sex?
Yes.
j. Conversely do you think it is possible to have sex with the same person for 30 years and still find it exciting and fullfilling? What about hot?
Yes and yes.
Food:
a. Do you cook?
No.
b. Do you feel the use of mixes and prepared foodstuffs is a moral question?
Anything can be a moral question.
c. How often do you eat meals outside the home?
A lot if I count deli lunches etc. at work. But still, fairly regularly.
d. How often do you have a sit down meal at home?
That's how most of my meals are eaten. I sit on the floor.
e. Do you feel eating is a moral question? Do you feel you are a moral failure when take great pleasure from eating?
It's hard for me to imagine how eating becomes a moral question (eating a still living, conscious human being would be immoral!). I don't think it's a moral failure to take great pleasure from eating. (That's one of the weirdest ideas I've ever heard!)
f. Do you feel morally superior when you refrain from eating?
No.
g. Do you ever pass judgement on strangers based on the items in their grocery carts?
LOL! No, but they might be passing judgment on me based on mine. Sometimes they do it out loud.
Religion
a. Do you believe in a god or gods?
Not exactly. I think they can be real in so far as what I think they are.
b. Do you feel your god/s is/are personal and are concerned with the minutiae of your daily life?
Since I think people create the gods they worship in their minds--since that's the only way they can understand them even if they're objectively real--if you think they're interested in the minutiae of your life then they are.
c. Do you think other people who believe as you believe are inherently better people than those who have different beliefs?
So are people better based on which God they believe in and how they believe in them? Well, people can take their own bad beliefs and turn them into a God based on those beliefs. In that case I'd probably find their god just as annoying as they are.
d. If you could wave a magic wand and convert everyone on earth to your belief would you? Why? Why not?
Yipes! No. That's like a Twilight Zone episode waiting to happen.
e. Were you converted from one religion to another?
I don't think I've ever believed in any religion strongly enough to call it a conversion.
f. Was your religion inherited, as in do you worship and believe in much the same fashion as your parents and grandparents before you?
I inherited a religion from my parents but don't consider myself part of that church. As they're not very religious either, we're not too different on that score.
g. To what extent are your religious beliefs cultural? Or to put it another way are they the prevailing beliefs and customs of your social set? Is your religion "normal" for your area?
In Manhattan "normal" covers just about everything--which is a good thing.
h. Does the god of your understanding play favorites or does it love everyone more or less equally?
Depends on the god. Some are more human and like some more than others. But if we're talking about the deity force of the universe behind all imagined gods, for instance, I think that would love everyone equally.
i. Does the god of your understanding condone killing?
Depends on what's killing what or who's killing who for what reason.
j. Does the god of your understanding play favorites with one gender over the other?
No.
k. Does god as you understand it care if teenagers masturbate?
I think that would be like asking of god cares if teenagers daydream. Have at it, teenagers!
l. How does your god feel about sex?
That it's one of many parts of life.
m. Same sex marriage?
Exactly the same feelings as heterosexual marriage.
helkamariaEthnicity
a) Do you feel your ethnicity is a large part of your life?
I don't feel it at all, so it's more like I know it's a large part of my life. Only some ethnicities get to not think about it. What's that line in that Warner Brothers movie I was forced to watch? Bill Murray about Larry Bird: "Larry's not white. Larry's clear."
What is your ethnicity?
Irish mostly, and Italian. I think there's probably some English and Scotch in there somewhere maybe. Catholic, if that adds anything.
c. Is your ethnicity distinct from your national identity?
Not really. I'm American. I think with some people in the family tree going way back (by American standards, of course.)
d. Do you speak the same language your grandparents spoke?
Yes.
e. Great-great-grandparents?
I think so. Most of them spoke English definitely, but there might be some Italian in there. *is ignorant about this and must ask parents*
f. Do you have a feeling of solidarity or even simple recognition for people of similar backgrounds?
Recognition more than solidarity. I think everybody does.
g. What part does the perception of race play in your understanding of your own ethnicity?
Hard to say what part of it. If I think about my ethnicity it's obviously set against other ethnicities, which gets into race.
h. Do you feel your ethnicity is a matter of "blood" or descendency or do you feel it is cultural?
Cultural most of all, but the culture is based on people's perceptions of decendency or blood. Ethnicity literally means blood and decendency, obviously, but, for instance, I've never had anybody think I was "ethnically" defined by the ethnicity of my last name.
Politics
a. Do you follow politics?
Somewhat.
b. Are your politics similar to or wildly divergent from those your parents espoused when you were growing up?
Definitely divergent. (Interesting that on one hand it's just "similar" while on the other side it's "wildly" divergent, like if you're going to diverge it's going to be WILD!)
c. Do you feel your personal politics spring more from how you perceive your needs or from your personal morality? Something else? Tell me what you base your political decisions on.
Personal morality--but that is also tied to what I think is needed.I try to vote against the person who seems to want to screw up the world.
d. Do you feel that any political party or movement truly represents your values?
No. It would be weird to think something as impersonal as a political party represented an individual's personal values completely.
e. Do you feel any particular political party is looking out for your interests?
I think they probably all do or think they do in some ways, and not in other ways.
f. Have you studied history? How has this affected your political view?
Probably. I assume everything I've learned or experience has!
Sex
a. Do you feel sex is a moral issue?
Anything can be a moral issue.
b. Do you ascribe an inherent value to virginity?
No.
c. Do you feel that some sexual thoughts/feelings/or behaviours are acceptable for one gender but not for another?
No.
d. Is the "forbidden" somehow more sexually exciting for you?
I don't really think of "the forbidden" being a major kink for me, but it can be somewhat sexuallty exciting in some contexts.
e. Do you tend to be more passive or aggressive sexually?
Um, do you mean like in bed? I can be both.
f. Do you think celibate people are "better" people or simply have less of a sex drive?
If a celibate person is better than a non-celibate one it's not because they're celibate! I think there's probably millions of reasons why a person might be celibate. Less interest in sex is only one of them.
g. Do you feel sex between two consenting adults can be "wrong"?
It can be the wrong thing to do, sure. But not in the way this phrase is usually used. (I.e., sex between unmarried people is wrong, sex between two people of the same sex is wrong.)
h. Do you believe there are any inherent differences between the minds of men and women?
Yes, but usually when somebody claims there's an inherent difference that justifies whatever thing they're talking about it's bullshit.
i. Do you think strangers can have satisfying sex?
Yes.
j. Conversely do you think it is possible to have sex with the same person for 30 years and still find it exciting and fullfilling? What about hot?
Yes and yes.
Food:
a. Do you cook?
No.
b. Do you feel the use of mixes and prepared foodstuffs is a moral question?
Anything can be a moral question.
c. How often do you eat meals outside the home?
A lot if I count deli lunches etc. at work. But still, fairly regularly.
d. How often do you have a sit down meal at home?
That's how most of my meals are eaten. I sit on the floor.
e. Do you feel eating is a moral question? Do you feel you are a moral failure when take great pleasure from eating?
It's hard for me to imagine how eating becomes a moral question (eating a still living, conscious human being would be immoral!). I don't think it's a moral failure to take great pleasure from eating. (That's one of the weirdest ideas I've ever heard!)
f. Do you feel morally superior when you refrain from eating?
No.
g. Do you ever pass judgement on strangers based on the items in their grocery carts?
LOL! No, but they might be passing judgment on me based on mine. Sometimes they do it out loud.
Religion
a. Do you believe in a god or gods?
Not exactly. I think they can be real in so far as what I think they are.
b. Do you feel your god/s is/are personal and are concerned with the minutiae of your daily life?
Since I think people create the gods they worship in their minds--since that's the only way they can understand them even if they're objectively real--if you think they're interested in the minutiae of your life then they are.
c. Do you think other people who believe as you believe are inherently better people than those who have different beliefs?
So are people better based on which God they believe in and how they believe in them? Well, people can take their own bad beliefs and turn them into a God based on those beliefs. In that case I'd probably find their god just as annoying as they are.
d. If you could wave a magic wand and convert everyone on earth to your belief would you? Why? Why not?
Yipes! No. That's like a Twilight Zone episode waiting to happen.
e. Were you converted from one religion to another?
I don't think I've ever believed in any religion strongly enough to call it a conversion.
f. Was your religion inherited, as in do you worship and believe in much the same fashion as your parents and grandparents before you?
I inherited a religion from my parents but don't consider myself part of that church. As they're not very religious either, we're not too different on that score.
g. To what extent are your religious beliefs cultural? Or to put it another way are they the prevailing beliefs and customs of your social set? Is your religion "normal" for your area?
In Manhattan "normal" covers just about everything--which is a good thing.
h. Does the god of your understanding play favorites or does it love everyone more or less equally?
Depends on the god. Some are more human and like some more than others. But if we're talking about the deity force of the universe behind all imagined gods, for instance, I think that would love everyone equally.
i. Does the god of your understanding condone killing?
Depends on what's killing what or who's killing who for what reason.
j. Does the god of your understanding play favorites with one gender over the other?
No.
k. Does god as you understand it care if teenagers masturbate?
I think that would be like asking of god cares if teenagers daydream. Have at it, teenagers!
l. How does your god feel about sex?
That it's one of many parts of life.
m. Same sex marriage?
Exactly the same feelings as heterosexual marriage.
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