Point of View

I recently received an email from a Raging Pencils visitor who took the position that my cartoons were actually middle-of-the-road, politically speaking, rather than "left", or far left for that matter. I think she has a point though I'm confused by all this conservative/liberal crappola. After all, why is the idea of arming every citizen with a gun a conservative idea? That's as bizarrely liberal as one can get.

So just to make it clear, here's where I stand on the issues:

Religion: Moderates accept all religions. Liberals think the Flying Spaghetti Monster is the bee's-knees. Conservatives worship money.

Abortion: Conservatives think it should be illegal. Moderates think it should be the final option. Liberals bring protection.

Guns: Moderates think everyone should have the option of owning a gun. Conservatives think everyone should be required to own a gun. Liberals want to move to Sweden.

Homosexuality: Liberals think it's genetic. Moderates think it's fine as long as it's kept indoors. Conservatives are against it until they're caught at it.

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I've been pondering this odd idea of mud-genesis lately and I wonder what the process might have looked like had I been there to witness it. Would the mud-person (And you're a Mud Person, too, if you believe this clap-trap) have instantaneously transformed from humble dirt into a living, breathing human or would each grain of sand, silt and worm-poop have laboriously altered its structure, atom-by-atom, into nerves, connective tissue and assorted cable-ready meat?

Considering that Yahweh supposedly snapped his fingers and created the whole of creation why didn't He simply abracadabra humans into existence, too? This mud-into-man story reveals nothing but historic man's primitive grasp of biology. In essence, it's first century science fantasy offered as comfortable, easy-to-swallow fact.

=Lefty=
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