A little bit of funny in the night.

nestra: Heh. From the Buffista board, one of our gay males about the gay marriage bans that passed last night:
nestra: "I say we pull out, and make them cut their own hair, grow their own flowers, and cater their own damn weddings that would then be decorated in appalling colors by the straight wedding planners."
tzikeh: those kinds of laws going on the books, though - they're laws based on fear, not justice, and that's always the harbinger of the fight to come. And that fight is always won. Always. Laws based on fear never last.
nestra: The revolution will be *fabulous*!
tzikeh: *cracks up*

For our friends in foreign lands

"Americans."

We do hear this a lot from people in other countries. "Americans" think this, "Americans" do that. But - there are 300 million people in America. Three hundred million. And they are more diverse than in any other nation, anywhere, ever.

European populations, for comparison, totalling 300 million:

France: 60 million
England: 60 million
Germany: 80 million
Spain: 40 million
Italy: 60 million

Just a gentle reminder - before you are next tempted to say "Americans this" or "Americans that" - remember that number. And remember this one: 55 million. That's how many Americans voted for Kerry and/or against Bush. More than all the people in Spain. Close to all the people in France, or England, or Italy. ALL of them. 55,128,439, actually. And not all the votes are counted yet.

Please don't discount over fifty-five million people because their country has more voters who went the other way. And please - think before you say "Americans".

You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.