Termyn8or
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I must say that I am flattered by all the attention.
I have created a monster. With one word I have set in motion a diatribe that is not likely to die off soon. An old saying comes to mind: "Me thinkst thou dost protest too much".
When I was young I was chided by a friend of the family for having long hair. He was bald. Get where I am going here ?
We are ALL racist, but we do not act upon it in today's society. How we "control" ourselves is up to each individual. As one grows up in this society one also sheds, or suppresses their old childish whims. A persons response (or reaction) to being called childish is directly proportional to their faith that they are indeed beyond those whims. If one has really given them up, they shrug it off, if they are jusr barely out of it they might take offense.
It was just one word. Might as well feed the monster now. What's done is done. Even if this thread were deleted, or even the whole forum, or even the whole internet simply disappeared tomorrow, the monster still lives.
Perhaps it is my nature to be controvesial, my local friends would probably agree with that. But then if we travel out of town, it is I who gets to find a decent pizza shop. In such a case I must apologize to all the German, Arab, Swiss, Dutch, Chinese and other pizza makers. Sorry folks, it is a tossup between Italians and Greeks who makes the best pizza.
If you don't want to be a racist, throw the pizza away and eat the box.
Go ahead and live in the box. We are all the same under the skin, except for differences in intellect (NOT level), affinity for certain foods, likes and dislikes and even suseptability to certain diseases. But all the same, the differences do not matter.
God, I am in awe of the damage caused by this stupidity. It is proven that people of different lineage need different diets to be healthy. The food pyramid might as well be the tower of Babel. If you feed a Haitian a McDonald's hamburger he will puke. That Indian stuff some people rave about and can't get enough of, you know the stuff you occasionally find a cockroach in, is not for me. I tried it, bugs and all. Too bland.
What has shaped my tastes ? More importantly, what has shaped theirs.
We are the most advanced and complicated species on this planet that we know of, and we are all the same under the skin. OK, I am going to open a pet shop. When a customer comes in looking for a labrador, I will sell him a poodle. If indeed we are all the same under the skin, they are too. After all they are a simpler form of life. They are all the same under the skin. After all if you walk into the vet's office with a lab or a poodle he will call it a dog right ? proof positive from an authority.
Labs have a problem with ear infections, but we can't pay special attention to that, don't we care if the poodle can hear just as much ? Paying special attention to it must be wrong. It is unfair somewhere.
If a doctor really wants to not be racist, he should not check a Black person's blood pressure, it is unfair to others, unless you apply exactly the same diligence to all.
Whether you are a 250 lb. construction worker or a 130 lb. accountant you need the same "perfect" diet because we are all the same under the skin. Of course the caloric intake must change, but the ratio between meat, veggie, carb should be exactly the same right ?
This is the kind of bullshit that gives the US the biggest medical bills in the world, but Japan is catching up. Why don't people understand ? I have my theories but if you want that mail me, I will NOT put it out in this forum, no way. I have learned my lesson.
A few years ago some researchers were almost censured because they put out reccomendations specifically for Black people to fight their higher tendency for high blood pressure and heart disease. Dammt, they were trying to HELP PEOPLE ! This is ridiculous.
I savor the differences in different types of people. They are interesting and stimulating. When the day comes that we really are all the same, please stop the planet and let me off.
Prejudice is knowledge. Racism is intrinsic. Bigotry is a bad result.
My (auto) mechanic is of German descent, and the politically correct crowd may want to point out the advantages of a Volvo to a Benz, but aren't they then saying I need a Swiss mechanic ?
Here's a nice statement from a racist, Black people can claim one thing for the most part that Whites cannot. They did not abandon their country to be here, they were kidnapped and sold into slavery. That in and of itself was bad enough, but remember Roots ?
People of European descesnt can, in many cases, trace their origins and savor the differences. Live their heritage if they choose. Black people have it alot harder. Having been ripped away from their life it is harder to trace whether they were South African, Nigerian or whatever. It is like putting all the Germans, Italians, French etc in one box "Euro-American". It doesn't fit. Understanding one's lineage is important to understanding one's self. The progeny of slaves are at a serious disadvantage here.
There has been talk of reparations for the Black people here. I am all for it, as long as the money comes from those who profited from this atrocity. Nobody in my family did it.
Understand this, I didn't do it, my people are not like that. I will not patronize Walmart because of their practices, supporting slave, or semi-slave labor. I will not buy a new TV, because it is built by the same type of labor force. While I have nothing against the people who actually work and build or sell these things, I do not want to support their masters, err employers. Their exploiters.
And, my friends, this system is coming to a town near you. Look at the American economy. The people who own the government tirelessly work very hard to impoverish the US. Why ? Look at the labor pool. The rich do what is needed to enlarge the gulf between the haves and the have nots.
Go ahead, push the lid up on your box and have a look. Don't be scared. Doesn't pay to be scared, because they will come and take you from your box eventually. Got that nice high tech job making about $60,000 ? Guess what, not for long. Let me clue you in, if you make $60,000 a year you are not a have, you are a have not. Best hope that you don't live so long as to be conscripted to make bombs for one tenth of that. That is where it is headed.
I'm not mentioning race, because it does not matter. I'm sure there are plenty of Polacks around who have sold out and rake the economy over the coals for their own gain. I have not.
I have a certain ethic as to how I make my money. As the haves use their money to survive without survival skills, they become weaker and weaker. Sooner or later the have nots will prevail, and all our little boxes will be open. Yes I have one too, I admit it.
In fact I saw a little light peeking into mine recently, when I realized that any racial reference is a slur to some people.
I never wanted to alienate anyone. Call me what you will. Just don't get out the sticks and stones, I didn't. I used one word. Just don't listen to me on the phone in an adversarial situation when I say "Look, I got a f_____ J_____ lawyer that'll tear you a new (_|_) hole !". Believe me, I won't mention it here again. Some simply can't handle it, as if there is something to handle.
Now I gotta go check on my other monster. Thanks for all the advice, and believe it or not, thanks for the criticism as well. I will set my word processor to eliminate about 400 words and replace them with biomass.
T
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