Alive, but dead?

I hate it when parents tell us what to do, when to do it, and how to do it. They dont need to tell us these things, most of us are more than capable of making these decisions for ourselves. For example, do we really have to rake the leaves repeatedly over autumn. Cant we just wait til theyre done falling and then rake them, that way it only trakes one time. I mean is anyone really going to walk in our backyard and say it looks horrible? If our parents are really this subconscious about things like this. Then why bring us, the ones who could care less, into their own personal conflict. If they really care that much about it, when they create their own objectives, why dont they complete them theirselves? Is it too much to ask? And if you try to explain this to them, they play the parent card. Which ultimatley means, no excuses, theyre right and were wrong, end of discussion. That really pisses me off, and its the same for the majority of the adults around here. Even people in a political office. They say they want to help the world, and make the middle class better. Or are they? They want to decrease taxes for the poor and middle classes, and increase for the rich and i'm all for it, really. But think about it. If we decrease taxes for the middle/poor classes and then increase for the rich, then the rich people; who own most of the major stores corporations, etc. Won't be getting as much profit as theyre used to, so what happens then... pay cuts, and we get fired. Which takes us back to where we were or even worse. Then the kids, us, get the crap end of it. When all the way through, we had nothing to do with the conflicts. It's like as though were living and breathing, but everyone else is in control of our lives. When in fact, it seems to us like were dead. They make the decisions for us, they make the world what it is, and they're the ones that screw it up. I just cant wait til it's our turn...

Opinion or Fact? Whose to say there not the same

Recently, I was at school and was confronted on a certain contraversial view. A classmate of mine decided to disagree with my teacher on a certain law only used in a few states. The student said it should be outlawed, and the teacher said it should not. They argued for awhile both making very distinguished points on the issue. But while listening I couldnt sit and not question some of the so called "facts" they were proposing. But then I thought to myself, who am I to say what is a fact and what is a an opinion? Why should anyone be allowed to hear one persons view and say it isn't correct. Even if it isn't right doesnt mean it's not a fact, when it very well may be. The technical definition of opinion is "the expression of a belief that is held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof". But then again, who is to say what is positive knowledge or proof. Sure we know for an opinion to be true it should have something supporting it. But for example I'm willing to bet the first person that suggested we should bury the dead, was critcized by his peers. Saying it was inadequate or not proper. But his opinion became more well known, and is now supported by a vast majority of the entire human population. So we then decided to find facts to support his opinion also, such as the cadaver is sickening and shouldnt be in sight. So I guess what i'm trying to say is don't take somones opinion and say it can't be possible or will never come to be. Because there may very well be facts that support it, but no one has took the time to search. So be respectful of opinions because they are the base and ground of where facts came from.