Re: I'm amazed!gishkishenhJune 12 2011, 16:56:40 UTC
I love LOVE your input on everything Mbala! You have a crazy analytical mind that lends a new perspective on every situation... most of the time, perspectives I have no even thought of. I never considered the "Information as commodity" concept.
I like that concept.. 4 out of 5, eh? Well, I'll be sure to claim the 5th "right" more often then not. ;)
Why are you sick again? That's not right! I'll be in TO doing a media/press junket Wed-Fri, let me know if you need soup! Or, you know, the services of a nurse practitioner.
I have (some) Scottish ancestors but guess what, I do not know the history of the Clans, how to play the bagpipes or what the tartan colours represent.
The difference between assumptions, anecdotal knowledge, gossip, myth, and history, archeology, anthropology is a matter of education.
The "I AM" response bothers me in many ways. By accident of birth you are born one thing or another. The wisdom of the elders is not bestowed upon you. To claim birth rite is to also accept the responsibility of learning the history and culture and to pass it on as accurately as possible. To do otherwise makes you just another wanna be trying to co-opt the culture and tradition of a people for your own benefit or amusement. We used to call them "posers" - is the term still used? (I am old, yo.)
Dar, you are the SWEETEST THING! I'm well taken care of, thank you. Mom and the Aunties made more then enough soup- 3 huge pots. Actually, you wouldn't happen to have a home-made remedy for curing a small dry and phlegmy cough would you? This flu-thing is running it's course fast as I have been drowning it with liquids and vitamins... so I am going through 2-3 days of symptoms in 1 day. The last stop is the cough.. and I want to nail that before it gets to my bronchies.
Yes, "Posers" is still a common used term. Well, at least in my sphere... I dunno what the kids are using these days, I'm 30 and my lingo still swings. XD But you put it in a tea-cup when you said "By accident of birth you are born one thing or another." My term for that is "Default"... no one chooses their race, gender, or ethnicity when they are born, so when people parade it like the "Best choice there is" I sit there dumbfounded.
ive always been more intellectual than emotional with my emotions under control. i never really understood why emotional people acted the way they did. recently i had a bit of a breakdown and my emotions have been on the out of control side ever since....its affected my health and various other aspects of my life but its also brought me new understanding of the way other people are affected by things. that being said i think i see a link between emotional people more readily listening to someone who is of an ethnicity than someone who is not regardless of the information presented. while a less emotional person might weigh the merits of what is said more....sadly it seems there are way more emotional people out there :\ i hope you can find a solution to dealing with "authority" types and and i hope you can kick this flu thing soon. i don't know how much of your mind is occupied with the "authority" problem but could it be that your frustration with it has added to your being unwell?
i totally agree about the value of emotions. i have recovered a lot. right now i'm trying to find a balance between keeping my emotions under control but letting them flow freely at the same time. its pretty awesome. i can't really say i didn't have emotions in the past its just that i could shut them off at will. i could have an arguement and get upset but in the next moment turn around and concentrate on a different task. it was like always being in the middle. i didn't have any of the low lows that people have and i couldn't understand behaviour that was affected by that excess of emotion. but on the flipside i didn't have the high highs and could never have concieved of the immense fuel that state of being can provide :D
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I like that concept.. 4 out of 5, eh? Well, I'll be sure to claim the 5th "right" more often then not. ;)
But then again, maybe I am wrong! ;)
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I have (some) Scottish ancestors but guess what, I do not know the history of the Clans, how to play the bagpipes or what the tartan colours represent.
The difference between assumptions, anecdotal knowledge, gossip, myth, and history, archeology, anthropology is a matter of education.
The "I AM" response bothers me in many ways. By accident of birth you are born one thing or another. The wisdom of the elders is not bestowed upon you. To claim birth rite is to also accept the responsibility of learning the history and culture and to pass it on as accurately as possible. To do otherwise makes you just another wanna be trying to co-opt the culture and tradition of a people for your own benefit or amusement. We used to call them "posers" - is the term still used? (I am old, yo.)
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I'm well taken care of, thank you. Mom and the Aunties made more then enough soup- 3 huge pots.
Actually, you wouldn't happen to have a home-made remedy for curing a small dry and phlegmy cough would you? This flu-thing is running it's course fast as I have been drowning it with liquids and vitamins... so I am going through 2-3 days of symptoms in 1 day. The last stop is the cough.. and I want to nail that before it gets to my bronchies.
Yes, "Posers" is still a common used term. Well, at least in my sphere... I dunno what the kids are using these days, I'm 30 and my lingo still swings. XD
But you put it in a tea-cup when you said "By accident of birth you are born one thing or another." My term for that is "Default"... no one chooses their race, gender, or ethnicity when they are born, so when people parade it like the "Best choice there is" I sit there dumbfounded.
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