Posts From The Human Side Of Dane

There are probably a handful of people out there who would just be shocked to hear the idea that I have a Social Conscience. After all, I am an unabashed Laissez-faire Capitalist and Libertarian. I’m very right leaning in my economic ideals. So it comes as a surprise to some that I am pretty left leaning in my social ideals.

Others, who know me more closely aren’t nearly as surprised. I reject such notions as Gay Rights, Women’s Rights, Men’s Rights… Well, lets cut that list short and just say that I believe that a right is a human dight or it is not a right at all.

If marriage is a right, then it is a right that belongs to all people everywhere, notwithstanding their personal hormone soup or that of their partner’s hormone soup. If speech and expression are rights, then they belong as much to the nazi as to the preacher, as much to the hater as the lover (unpopular expression is the only reason to regard such a right).

Now, I fully understand that this category is going to dilute this blog to some extent. This is not a political blog, or a policy blog. It isn’t a charitable blog or and activist blog. This blog, ultimately is intended to become a for profit venture. Yes, Virginia, I just said I want your money; Remember I did say I was a Laissez-faire Capitalist.

But the fact remains, whatever the impression some may have of me, that I do have this social conscience.

To that end, I have registered with Bloggers Unite, a site that provides bloggers with events to blog about on specific days for social change. The goal is to have all of these bloggers posting about a specific subject on a specific day to help raise awareness of the issue.

Now I probably won’t do every issue that comes along, there are just a lot of issues out there. But I will be joining at least one event each month and posting about it in the Social Conscience category on this blog.

Up front, I am partial to issues that deal with children, and to those that deal with veterans. So I’ll be looking for events that involve those, but there are other things I care about as well, and I will remain open to many things.

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