Patrick's Place

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Saturday Six

1. V is for VACCINE: Do you believe children should be required to be vaccinated before they’re allowed to attend public schools? Why or why not?

Yes. The number of people who have been proven to have had reactions from vaccinations is remarkably small, the study that caused the uproar saying that vaccinations were dangerous has been repeatedly discounted by further studies, and the diseases being vaccinated against are killers. If you don't want to vaccinate your kids, then home-school them far away from the rest of the kids in the world. Having ranted, however, I do think there must be a way to figure which small percentage of children react badly to the shots before they are vaccinated.

2. V is for VALOR: Whom do you know personally that you consider to be particularly courageous?

Lots of people: my brother was a firefighter (and before that, and EMT and a cop). Several people at my church get up to face the day in spite of multitudes of reasons they could easily just ... not.

3. V is for VALUE: Which store do you feel generally offers the best deals on things you want?

Ultimately, the small stores. Yes, you can get whatever more cheaply at Wal-Mart, but you're paying through the nose in other ways: lack of backup if something goes wrong, lack of training for staff if you have questions, and the fact that almost everyone that works there is barely being paid enough to live on.

4. V is for VEGETABLE: Which single vegetable do you tend to use most when you cook?

Corn, I guess.

5. V is for VERTIGO: What’s the tallest building you’ve been inside?

I've been in the two big ones in the City of Big Shoulders. Once each; I resent having to PAY to ride an elevator, at least I resent paying $15+ for that privilege.

6. V is for VULCAN: Who is your favorite Star Trek character?

Picard. Of course. DUU-UUH! lol