That's interesting however when asking myself the first question another popped up:

When in the history of my life would my father have the sense of humour to go along with a comedy skit? The answer is never, he'd never agree to a comedy skit therefore that would situation would never arise. If it did I'd be okay with it.

As for the second question I could care less. I agree with Carlin as far as germs go. If I am faced with something unsanitary I'll deal with it. The immune system needs practice and the only way that's going to happen is if I buck up and deal with it. I can wash my hands at a later point.

I'm politically neutral...I think. To be honest I don't really see things in the same manner as those who wrote the article. In every action their are a hundred subtleties that can occur, making a statement so black-and-white seems a little silly. I don't like confrontation however you have to be honest with yourself. I honestly think that half the stuff that goes down in politics (probably more) isn't told to us. I'm not a full-blown conspiracy nut however their is so much room for secrecy that it wouldn't be surprising to me if the actual situation is completely different from what it seems. I don't have any foundation for such claims I just don't think I can trust what's told to me by people who have a degree of control over the media. Sounds pretty silly when I actually type it out.

I'm getting off-topic though. I don't think I could slap my father because he'd probably do the same to me at an inconvenient time for me later down the line. At the same time I could care less if I touched a dirty faucet because I could always wash my hands at a later point.