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This is an absolutely true topic. This topic is almost always shunned and untouched because they are afraid of being called racist.
Avenue Q had it right: Everyone IS a little bit racist.
A perfect example of why most people don't bring this up it right here: Whites only Guild thread. Read on to page three. He has a very good point.

I have actually in fact brought this up to my three best friends during Black History Month. I was shocked when I was quickly shot down by one of them. She said something along the lines of us not deserving one and then told me to be quiet. The other two quickly looked away. (Us four are all white, and we act much like a wolf pack. Alpha Beta Delta Gamma, They call me Alpha b***h because I like to argue and debate. So me and the one who told me to be quiet often conflict.)
I am a republican (hold fire, men!) and she is a democrat. I have a watchful eye on the latest political events and enjoy debating them, but every time I bring something debatable up, he silences it. I am getting aggravated with it.

And though I minorly expected the reaction from her, her tone of voice was not the usual. She was more defensive and quick. We are all white! So what?! Why cant we speak of it?

I admire the person who started the Whites Only Guild thread. Opinions count in this country, so why are so many white people ducking for cover?

Nice to meet you too. I've only just been invited to join, but I think I might put a link in my siggie already. Very enjoyable guild.

Yes, Avenue Q was not mentioned in your post. They adress topics that no one likes to touch, with puppets none the less! My friend won't even let me bring things up such as taking 'In God we Trust' off the coins.

I am a republican. I do not support Legal gay marriage. I think it should b e the churches desicion whether or not to marry them by religion. I am Pro-life. I am a hunter, so yeah. And I say until the job is done for Iraq.

I would have plenty of fun with that club.

"For every complicated problem, there is a simple, and wrong, solution." - HL Mencken

This rule applies to Iraq, Abortion, Gay Marriage, and even the "Under God" on the coins, dollar bills, and Pledge of allegiance.

In Iraq, I'd like to know how we ******** up in the first place. We got rid of a man who experimented chemical weapons on his own people, and discriminated against one certain religion. Now we are trying to rebuild Iraq, while trying to cut down the terrorist forces so they can stand on their own two feet and stomp out their own terrorist's on their own. Eventually, this will happen, and patience is key, so the simple answer would be to wait. But then, the simple option is almost always wrong. Now comes the complicated part. If we have patience, how many lives will be lost, and how many more frustrated citizens will turn to means of violence to get us out? We are currently locked in. If we remove now, the country will go into turmoil and collapse within its self and they will point the finger at the US and say that if we hadn't pulled out, it wouldn't be like this. If we pull out to late, the amount of troops lost will be devastating to our armies, and the hurt American families who lost sons or daughters will point the finger at the US government, and tell them they pulled out too late. Timing is everything in this situation. That is why I believe that a time schedule wont do anything. Due to the Iraq being unstable, the time record could be set in place, and we slowly pull out, and seemingly Iraq is getting better. True, maybe it is, but as son as we're almost out, it could relapse back into its before state, and then we aren't there anymore (or at least not a significant amount) and they point the finger at us again, and say we pulled out too soon. Iraq, I believe, is a topic I do not go in depth into because of the fact in its current State, Iraq is just too hard to judge.

The difference between Murder and Abortion is four inches. Four inches. In partial Birth Abortion, the difference between an Abortion and Murder is if they kill the baby/fetus is if its head is showing or not. I they kill the kid when only the top of its head is showing, It's Partial-birth Abortion, and legal. If four more inches down from the top of the head is showing, it's murder. That is just too close for me, and I call it murder. You can't say that four inches makes the baby its own person. Whether you like it or not, the body is no longer just yours. It is yours and the babies. At twelve weeks a baby can kick, smile, clench its fist and do all sorts of things. That is a living thing, not something you can just decide you don't want. You can always put it up for adoption. Gay adoption should be legal, and so why not?
And again, simply no abortion would be the simple solution. Now we get into detail. Which deserves more of the right to live? The mother or the baby? Most would choose mother, simply because they refer to the baby as a fetus. I choose mother because she pays her share of taxes rolleyes . If the mother has life threatening conditions in association with her pregnancy, she should be able to get a free (or covered by health care) abortion to save her life. Just about everything in the constitution has an exception, even freedom of speech (Freedom of speech, except that it may ensue a riot [yelling fire in a crowded theatre]) Therefore, why not abortion?

Ah, I got my Gay marriage fixed up in my last post. Due to separation f Church and State, They should be able to get married in State, but it should be up to the church to allow it. The state shouldn't force the Church to accept Gays if they don't want to. Another simple solution, but again, we must go in depth. Many things come attached with Gay marriage like a little Gay Something Package. Gay rights, Gay Marriage, Gay adoption. Gay's are people. They should have the same rights. Gay adoption should be legal, as that would be discrimination. I actually happen to be Theist. Therefore, I simply believe in a higher power, or someone more superior than anyone in the world. I don't have a particular religion at all. I don't feel the need to call him God. I can call him Bob i I want. I can call her Ethel. I don't feel an obligation to go to church, as long as I have faith that this being is there. (Although, I do find guilty enjoyment in iGod.)

Last I heard, the statistic for people in our country for taking Under God out of the Pledge was fourteen percent of the nation. In a democracy, Majority rules, so is such a small percentage changing so much? Is it because of all their loud and bitchy whining? Signs point to yes.

Speaking of which, what are your views on Translating the pledge into Spanish and letting Mexicans who do not want to learn the English version say it in Spanish?

You have no idea how nice it is to get a god and mature debate going. At school, I am told to shut up. With my cousin's, they insist all gays are fat, ugly, and should be shot and Iraq should be turned into a parking lot. And with debating with my Dad, He growls at me when he starts to lose and keeps going until I finally give up and stay silent, where he then laughs at me.... Yeah.. this is very nice.

I read your prostitution thread, and was impressed. You have managed to get me from against prostitution to unsure about it. Very well written.