Dear Dr. Solution ,
Well, the inevitable has happened–we had our first real disagreement last week. But then, all fertile land needs a little thunder and lightning to produce the rain needed for growth At any rate, we made the classic blunder of talking about politics when we didn’t know the other person’s position on the issue. As it turned out, she supports SLPP, while I support APC. Remember the two areas of discussion that judicious Sierra Leoneans try to avoid politics and religion? Now we know why. But we need to stay out of the fight because when it comes to the basic principles of right and wrong, I believe we’re both on the same side, anyway. We just need to avoid labeling the “right” way of thinking as the exclusive property of any one political party or candidate.
In any case, after I thought about it, I could see there were issues we both agreed on that were lost in the fervor of our discussion.The truth of the matter is that neither one of us will have any say in how or when that comes about, so there’s really no use in causing tension between us by debating issues that neither one of us can really influence.
I’m really sorry that things kind of got out of hand last week. Even though we feel very differently about the importance of Census result, I don’t think it’s something that should get between us. There are plenty of things that we do agree on, even when it comes to our finances. I am sure that she will forgive me this time, but Doc, how can I keep politics and religion out of our relationship going forward?
James
Waterloo
