I've got an opinion... sorry about that.

I had an interesting discussion tonight that my Con Law professor sort of dragged me into. I guess I must have looked particularly attentive tonight (I can't imagine why), when all of a sudden I found myself defending my assertion that abortion shouldn't be subsidized by state funds. (To clarify, he asked for a show of hands as to who thought that state funds should and shouldn't be used to help poor people from getting abortions - I halfheartedly raised my hand that federal funds shouldn't be used like that).

My rationale aside, someone came up to me afterwards and asked me about what I had said, and it struck me as odd the way we kept skirting around and apologizing for any statement that might be construed as a direct assertion of how we felt, and what we thought was right. At least once in the conversation, I said "I may not have thought this through completely but I think..."

And afterwards, I was thinking a little bit. I may have been pulled kicking and screaming into a policy discussion I wasn't prepared for, but I'd like to think that I have thought long and hard about a lot of things, including abortion, and I have a valid opinion about that which is just as good as anyone else's. (Maybe better, because after all, I'm RIGHT, dang it!). So why do we do that? More to the point, why am I doing it? Am I (gasp) PC? Say it ain't so! And can I become less PC (and more accurate) by working on it? Will more assertions like "I'm RIGHT, dang it!" help?

In other news, Reeta's little sister is visiting this week, seeing her husband while he's doing med school internships here. It's gonna be a crowded week for our little 2 bed/1 bath apt.