Us and.......THEM!?!

Aug 09, 2007 00:20


Two days ago I walked into Speedway as I normally do after work. I buy my usual pack of smokes and occasionally a six pack of brew. I noticed that there were a couple of families of african americans there buying fruit drinks and what-knots...no big deal. This particular Speedway is off the freeway in rural Ohio but you get a pretty mixed bag there ( Read more... )

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good thing I didn't read this last night! lucretiasheart August 9 2007, 15:15:48 UTC
I was so tired I would not have been able to appreciate what you had to say last!

Many excellent points here!

I think it is a primitive brain thing that insists on allocating everything "like me" and "not like me." I guess the problem is when you decide that NOT like me is BAD! Maybe not. Maybe not like me is interesting! That tends to be my first reaction-- "not like me, why?" And I check it out. Sometimes I like what I see, sometimes I don't-- but rarely is it that much of an issue. For other people, it's a crucial issue, and one that they use to form bonds with other "like mes".

Also? Thanks for the commentary on the LJ/6A "scandal." Yeah, the kids who run LJ are being stupid again-- big shock. But is it really worth all this fuss? Not to me. There are so many more important things to get passionate about. The worse thing that happens is some obscure kid-cuddling "fandom" blogs get wiped. Ooooh. Scary.

How about the presidential executive order allowing the president to take OVER the country via martial law WITHOUT congress that was just signed into law without oversight? HUMMM? How about the Chinese govm't saying you're NOT ALLOWED TO REINCARNATE into a llama without approval?! Ya wanna scream? There's bigger things to scream about, fer Pete's sake!

Oh well...

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Re: good thing I didn't read this last night! godlypunk August 9 2007, 19:56:02 UTC
I always wondered who "Pete" was and what his sake is all about. Never quite got that?..

It's mind boggling sometimes when you think about all that's going on in the world to create conflict over petty things.

It reminds me of a conversation my dad and I were having and the topic of gays came up. He was so passionate about it that it made me wonder... But to end the topic without much incident I stated simply. "Yeah, damn gays...their breeding out of control!" He sat there for a second with a look of bewilderment on his face as the logic sank in.

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