I wonder:
If we were to discuss a church that burned down, would that be a religious discussion?
If we were to discuss a former senator killed in a plane crash, would that be a political discussion?
If we were to discuss a member of the clergy arrested for child molesting, would that be a religious discussion?
If we were to discuss our war on terror (against Muslim extremists) would that be a religious discussion?
If we were to discuss Senator Kennedy dying of a brain tumor, would that be a political discussion? (I know it be turned into one by the political junkies.)
We support and make heros out of people like convicted felon Martha Stewart.
Get a popular network television show by being like "Dog The Bounty Hunter." Not only served time for killing somebody, but recently arrested for circumventing the law in Mexico.
We've made folk heros out of bad people like, The bird man of Alcatraz, Billie The kid, Bonnie and Clyde, baby face Nelson, Al Capone.
National celebrity Jerry Springer provides us with an endless stream of the lowest life forms on the planet. OH, wait a minute, he use to be Mayor of Cincinnati.....that would be a political disusion. Sorry!
Now, remember that I too, once ran for public office and even considered running for Congress. So anytime you respond to me, it could be considered political.
General discussion turns political when somebody takes a general topic and paints it with a political brush.
