tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17058563.post113265039367172580..comments2023-10-25T02:13:10.234-07:00Comments on Roc Rebel Granny: A little more on Christian ReconstructionistsGrannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17283823157675990935noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17058563.post-1132709711146187222005-11-22T17:35:00.000-08:002005-11-22T17:35:00.000-08:00Race?When I grew up I never considerd it as part o...Race?<BR/>When I grew up I never considerd it as part of life. I hosenstly never really noticed people of other colour or had a concept of the whole idea of foreigners. In Canada everyone comes from somewhere else and we are all Canadians. I had friends of all colours and creeds and never throught anything of it. That was before moving to Japan. Here race and colour are a big deal. I can spot a foreigner a mile away now and I honestly do not like this ability. I noticed myself using it when I visit back in Canada and pray that the ability goes away after I return. I dont like it, it doesnt feel right.Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16551607753054004591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17058563.post-1132685559860682112005-11-22T10:52:00.000-08:002005-11-22T10:52:00.000-08:00hope you had a good night's sleep... :)))here th...hope you had a good night's sleep... :)))<BR/><BR/>here the biggest racial minority isn't Afro-Caribbean minority, but Asians, which here means people from India, Pakistan and that region of Asia. <BR/><BR/>but, interestingly, all restaurants, including any kind of takeaway are closed on Christmas. it's celebrated here as not only a religious holiday, but a national one as well. in fact everything is closed on Christmas, all shops, movie theaters, everything.<BR/><BR/>and most things are also closed on 26 December, Boxing Day... <BR/><BR/>digressing... sorry!<BR/><BR/>I try to ignore groups that are so full of hatred and ridiculous ideas. not because I want to bury my head in the sand. (I can't, if I don't know aleady, then because Spencer is very informed, and tells me all the latest he's heard on the net) but mostly because I feel that giving attention to those so determined to cause uproar and controversy is like rewarding a naughty child during a tantrum. however, that is not to excuse their fallacies, but one thing I have learned is that the best way to fight these kinds of prejudices and bigotries is with love. <BR/><BR/>However, those bent on power will use whatever means necessary... then some kind of intervention is needed.<BR/><BR/>so, there is a fine line between allowing people to have their opinions and allowing them to have power over a great number of people. Look at Nazi Germany. or Zimbabwe, Sudan, and North Korea, just for a more current perspective. but, did it help for Bush to call Iran and NK an 'axis of evil'? (minus Iraq, after Saddam was overthrown) I don't think so. a big stick never really solves anything...<BR/><BR/>keeping people informed is paramount, so that really nasty groups can be neutralized, or at least kept small. the more we know, the more we can keep these kinds of hatemongers on the outer fringes. I'd like to think that the USA is still a country of freedoms and rights, and that if a kind of movement that chooses to usurp those rights tried to amass power, they would be soundly defeated. <BR/><BR/>Remember David Duke? Or Pauline Hanson? See this link... <BR/> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauline_Hanson <BR/><BR/>I think it just takes enough media coverage... maybe the press is quiet concerning these people right now, but I can't see it staying that way, if they continue...<BR/><BR/>sorry about the long post. there is a recipe on my blog, to make amends... :)))ipodmommahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06581681803719510867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17058563.post-1132673162337439552005-11-22T07:26:00.000-08:002005-11-22T07:26:00.000-08:00I will find the book and mail it to you. But ther...I will find the book and mail it to you. But there are no promises on when. Likely before 2005 is over! Trying to be realistic here.<BR/><BR/>The race stuff is so odd for me.<BR/>Not that we are perfect here in Canada - oh my no, not a bit of it - just that even where I live, which is considered the most red neck part - race just isn't a part of daily life. The word itself isn't.<BR/>Why? I'm not sure.<BR/>Hope you have a good day.Gawdessnesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00890880211424269234noreply@blogger.com