tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6451292.post110222264042070774..comments2023-05-04T06:59:06.563-05:00Comments on PRAGMATIK: Once you go black.Pragmatikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02688961186209218751noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6451292.post-1102598221939946012004-12-09T07:17:00.000-06:002004-12-09T07:17:00.000-06:00Related (on a deeper level) post you might like:
G...Related (on a deeper level) post you might like:<br /><A HREF="http://www.blogger.com/r?http%3A%2F%2Fupsaid.com%2Fsarsparilla%2Findex.php%3Faction%3Dviewcom%26id%3D124">Gloss</A> <br /><br />you need to read to the end of the commentsSalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04241907951700887861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6451292.post-1102566700463784072004-12-08T22:31:00.000-06:002004-12-08T22:31:00.000-06:00Left unchallenged? I suppose that's true.
If your...Left unchallenged? I suppose that's true.<br /><br />If your opinion has a profound objection which you were not consciously aware and noone is there to voice it, then it goes unnoticed - That's true. It usually takes inspiration outside of someone else to spark change, for an individual cannot live for himself alone, but needs influence. Opinion and criticism helps to strengthen and reaffrirm one's belief since it is a test of what they preach (or practise), making for an positive not a negative.lucidityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03636463322607880111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6451292.post-1102513917682879792004-12-08T07:51:00.000-06:002004-12-08T07:51:00.000-06:00Those T-shirts sound really cool; is that from Gan...Those T-shirts sound really cool; is that from Gandhi? <br /><br />I was reading about that Christian requirement on your blog the other day. It's really strange, and it sounds like a good idea that they're re-evaluating it.<br /><br />Yeah, sometimes it seems like people are so...comfortable with their strange points of view and exclusionary values that they don't see why they should or could or would change. Sometimes I wonder if pushing ideas like racial-equality and equal treatment regardless of one's sexual preference is not as bad as fundamentalist Christians trying to push their beliefs on me in order to save my soul, or something like that.<br /><br />But I think that values like racial equality, sexual equality, equality regardless of sexual preference or religious affiliation are all HIGHER values -- not just points of view held by "progressive" people. Aren't they just "right" and to be held by all?<br /><br />But then again, I sound like a fundamentalist or extremist. I suppose it's a weird circle.<br /><br />Nonetheless the test could be love and hate. Advocating a set of principles based on love and acceptance seems like a good way to go. And that means loving and accepting everyone, even fundamentalists and haters, I suppose. <br /><br />I'm rambling:)Pragmatikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02688961186209218751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6451292.post-1102483385427103332004-12-07T23:23:00.000-06:002004-12-07T23:23:00.000-06:00Actually, John, my college is dealing with this is...Actually, John, my college is dealing with this issue. My college is predominately white, Christian, upper-middle class college. In the By-Laws, faculty have to be members of a Christian church to be hired and remain professors. There is ONE African American professor on the staff. Diversity has become a big issue that the college has been trying really hard to ignore. A Commission has been formed to re-evaulate the Christian requirement, but issues like sexuality are being ignored. It isn't even listed in the list of "gender, race, religion (for students, that is), and handicap." The t-shirts for the college's Gay/Straight Alliance this year read:<br />"You must be the change you wish to see in the world."<br />That's all well and good; but, as I'm learning, no one wants to change. Not really. Not here.JLohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00872360544211950700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6451292.post-1102480844303504322004-12-07T22:40:00.000-06:002004-12-07T22:40:00.000-06:00True, deeply-rooted beliefs are hard to change whe...True, deeply-rooted beliefs are hard to change when they are challenged, but they seldom change when left UNchallenged, I think.Pragmatikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02688961186209218751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6451292.post-1102472542682835572004-12-07T20:22:00.000-06:002004-12-07T20:22:00.000-06:00Two words: Nationalism [and the] Illuminati.
I ma...Two words: Nationalism [and the] Illuminati.<br /><br />I may believe in possible false beliefs, like the ones I have in secret organizations, but they're MY beliefs. Someone judging someone uoccurs because they clash with eachothers own beliefs. It's a cycle that either makes sense or doesn't. If you bash someone's take on things, they can do the same right back at you.<br /><br />It's very seldom that an equilibrium is achieved whan deep-rooted beliefs are challenged. Racism and sexuality are deep-rooted.lucidityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03636463322607880111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6451292.post-1102462471624743292004-12-07T17:34:00.000-06:002004-12-07T17:34:00.000-06:00LOL!
:)LOL! <br />:)Pragmatikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02688961186209218751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6451292.post-1102458690405744392004-12-07T16:31:00.000-06:002004-12-07T16:31:00.000-06:00>"Before 1967, I would not have been allowed to ma...<I>>"Before 1967, I would not have been allowed to marry the person that I did, because she is black and because I am white."</I>Also, because you wouldn't have been born yet.<br /> <br />Many places still refuse to let unborn people marry and, sadly, I don't see this changing until and unless the unborn march upon Washington in their millions.Salhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04241907951700887861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6451292.post-1102446926570777812004-12-07T13:15:00.000-06:002004-12-07T13:15:00.000-06:00your disappointment in the state of affairs at the...your disappointment in the state of affairs at the moment attests to your patriotism to me...if you didn't give two shits about america, honestly, it wouldn't bother you that things aren't the way they should be...<br /><br />and let's face it. things are in no way the way they should be. i love my country too... and the ideals that it should be standing for but isn't at the moment...<br /><br />i'm sure no place is perfect, but we're capable of being a hell of a lot better than we are as a nation.... and i'm in agreement with your righteous anger;-)Alcarwenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03186862142704540206noreply@blogger.com