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I’ve never been one to shirk in the face of controversy. I have been known to back down, and admit that I’m wrong.

So two deaths that are on the news happend, Terri Schiavo and the Pope.

I’ll address Terri first. My heart does go out to her family and her husband, however did we need to tie up the supreme court over a vegatable? She was brain dead, and I’m pretty sure that if she wasn’t she sure as fuck would have asked for a big mac or something.

I got sick of the “politics of life” spiel from conservative media. These are the same people that regularly schedule executions, and sport a constant boner about the war.

The sick part is that they want a less intrusive government, and taking away the right to die peacefully sounds pretty intrusive. How about this one you insane facist assholes, either pull the plug, keep her plugged in, it doesn’t fucking matter, mind your damn business and find some fucking terrorists or put some money in for t-cell research or something.

The Pope’s passing is a little closer to home however. I’m a catholic, albeit a bad one. I use my upbringing in the way of a shield, to make people laugh or to analyze things I just can’t explain.

But although me and the Pope didn’t agree on much besides the basic “Yes there is a God, killing is bad, Jesus is the man, and we can damn well eat whatever we damn well want to” I had a normal bit of respect for the guy.

My respect for him and my religion went up a couple of points when he didn’t go for the war, and he did not support Bush, and when I found out that the Catholic faith is down for evolution.

It went back down when I remembered I wasn’t supposed to be pro-choice, and my dream of starting a cartoon about a surfing, chain smoking, priest, who saves kids, and the planet from destruction, was dashed when Cardinal O’Connor sued me before he died.

But the Pope was my own version of the Dali Lama, except mom approved and he was a good guy that did add some progression to a 2,000 year old institution. So in honor for you Il Popa, you get the distinction of Dead Rockstar.

As for me, my move is basically complete. I got a new board, so I’m going surfing.