You Know Your Church is Conservative When...

Guy = the father in one of the main families in the church




Guy: So, how's work life treatin' ya? I bet you learn a lot.

Me: Yeah, mostly I'm learning to become bitter about the injustice of the legal system.

Guy: Yeah, but what about that Supreme Court decision today? At least they've got one thing right! Second Amendment! [I swear he might have said Fourth Amendment]

Me: But I don't like that decision. I hate guns.

Guy: I guess up in Washington [D.C.] all of the bad guys have guns and the good guys don't.

Me: I don't think the "good guys" should have guns, either. One person does not constitute a "militia."


He laughed me off rather good-naturedly and our way of "agreeing to disagree" was to agree that it would be acceptable for civilians to protect themselves and their property with paintball guns. I decree that the use of painball guns in self defense constitutes a reasonable and non-deadly force.

I get really upset at this definition between the so-called "good guys" and "bad guys" now, especially with this controversy over GITMO. Don't the "bad guys" have the same rights as the "good guys," even if they broke the law? Isn't that the foundation of our justice system? Plus, I don't like people calling my clients "bad guys," even if they have done horrible things.