i'm not voting. i'm an atheist.

the anarchist

on the street for my job, a few canvassers and i ran into these two kids. maybe thirteen years old. they were loud. and i think they were stoned.

they asked what we were doing, and we told them about getting people to vote in the election. and we asked them if they could vote, who they would vote for. which i'm glad for. almost.

the louder of the two started saying the phrase "i'm not gonna vote ever, i'm an atheist." and i told him it really didn't matter whether he believed in god or not. and he gave me this look like i was crazy. it was then i realized that he probably meant "anarchist". and it was funny every time he repeated that phrase. because he did repeat it. a lot.

his friend kept saying "can you vote if your gay?" the inflection in his voice suggesting maybe he didn't think it was right. i told him "of course." but that didn't seem to answer his question. because he kept asking it. over and over.

and then nader was brought up. they said they wouldn't vote for kerry or bush. so i asked if they were going to vote for nader. and they said "the treehugger? no way!" and went on to say how we need to cut down trees for, like houses and stuff. and log cabins. 'cause we need log cabins. and paper. we need paper too. and on and on.

and to prove his steadfast resistance to environmentalism and "treehugging", the louder kid went over to a small sapling tree and jumped on it snapping it in two. he then stomped on it a few more times to make sure he got it. all the while mumbling about how we didn't need trees. that they're "stupid".

it was almost scary.

kids these days. psh.