Friday, September 30, 2005  Bartending Blues   The Blue
Cosmopolitan 1 1/2 oz. vodka 1/2 oz. Blue Curacao 1/2 oz. lime
juice 2 oz. white cranberry juice 1 cup ice     Is Anyone Really
Surprised?  Thanks for the Memory to Naked Villainy.  There was
a time when I thoroughly bought into a way of thinking that
utterly rejected the idea of a "Slippery Slope". I held the view
that each and every decision was made on its own merit and had
no causal relationship to any prior or subsequent decision. But
I was wrong. I've seen the slippery slope at work far too many
times to cling to that ill-informed belief.  Especially when it
comes to moral, ethical, and legal issues. Once an allowance is
made for any type of activity, it becomes easier, more
acceptable, and more likely that we will make allowances for
other activities of that type. A shift in degree is always a
much easier obstacle to hurdle than one of type.  Case in point,
the definition of Marriage. My own religious, moral, ethical,
and political views regarding