Chip – you didn’t hurt my feelings, believe me there is nothing you could say that could hurt my feelings. I just don’t understand why some people have to point the most irrelevant things in people’s blogs and then have to be a complete a-hole about it. There is no point to it. To me is shows a lack of respect for yourself and for others. And the respect factor is one, of many, reasons why a lot of things in our society are messed up.
Now that everyone has confirmed no hurt feelings I just want to be sure that there will be no frivolous law suits coming from the posters regarding the contents of some of these posts….
And what “culture” would that be WooX3? Please explain yourself instead of intentionally be vague about it. Why don’t you enlighten us with your so-called “wisdom”? I hope you sensed the extreme about of sarcasim in that last statement.
I have to ask you though… are you seeing the glass as half-full or half-empty?
I think in the first post, WooX3 was referring to people who sue over frivolous things. (Using frivolous in a legal context, not a literal sense, just fyi.) To take that statement personally is to make a conscious decision to do so.
Where he/she tells you to “get over it” is definitively directed toward you, obviously. However, the statement about athletic prowess is again, in my humble opinion, directed to the athletes and comparing the value of education vs. the value of sports. I fail to see where that comparison is a racist remark.
I think professional football players are SUBSTANTIALLY overpaid, given their contribution to society and tendency of making the news for poor personal choices. In the same vein, I think our educators and hard-working families should be earning much better wages in comparison. That’s basically saying the same thing WooX3 is. Is what I said also a racist statement?
My aunt and cousins are black. My aunt is old enough to remember having to drink from a separate water fountain and ride on the back of the bus. She experienced terrible, blatant racism. However, she doesn’t think every neutral or negative remark about a sports star or celebrity who happens to be black is a racist comment. Yet her youngest son has that attitude and it really upsets her. She feels like over all, he is treated more fairly by society in general than she ever was growing up.
I agree with you that racism exists and it will always lurk somewhere in ignorant minds. Unfortunately, there’s nothing you or I can do about that. We can’t erase ignorance.
However, when things are vague, you might try seeing them as neutral or even positive. What have you got to lose? If you’re hunting for racism, you’re sure to find it. If you’re hunting for fairness, you’re sure to find that as well. There comes a point when the choice is yours.
And before anyone says anything, I know that I misspelled “sarcasm” and should have used “being” instead of “be”. Just in case someone wanted to comment on that or point that out to me, as some people around here like to do.
Sorry Oh Boy, but I can’t agree to no suits until I find out how much money the poster have and who has the deepest pockets. With all her degrees I am betting it might be African Pride. Since she has already slandered me and many of the posters by calling us racists I think she would be a good starting point.
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Chip – you didn’t hurt my feelings, believe me there is nothing you could say that could hurt my feelings. I just don’t understand why some people have to point the most irrelevant things in people’s blogs and then have to be a complete a-hole about it. There is no point to it. To me is shows a lack of respect for yourself and for others. And the respect factor is one, of many, reasons why a lot of things in our society are messed up.
Now that everyone has confirmed no hurt feelings I just want to be sure that there will be no frivolous law suits coming from the posters regarding the contents of some of these posts….
Do we all agree on no suits????
And what “culture” would that be WooX3? Please explain yourself instead of intentionally be vague about it. Why don’t you enlighten us with your so-called “wisdom”? I hope you sensed the extreme about of sarcasim in that last statement.
LOL. That’s funny. No suits here.
I have to ask you though… are you seeing the glass as half-full or half-empty?
I think in the first post, WooX3 was referring to people who sue over frivolous things. (Using frivolous in a legal context, not a literal sense, just fyi.) To take that statement personally is to make a conscious decision to do so.
Where he/she tells you to “get over it” is definitively directed toward you, obviously. However, the statement about athletic prowess is again, in my humble opinion, directed to the athletes and comparing the value of education vs. the value of sports. I fail to see where that comparison is a racist remark.
I think professional football players are SUBSTANTIALLY overpaid, given their contribution to society and tendency of making the news for poor personal choices. In the same vein, I think our educators and hard-working families should be earning much better wages in comparison. That’s basically saying the same thing WooX3 is. Is what I said also a racist statement?
My aunt and cousins are black. My aunt is old enough to remember having to drink from a separate water fountain and ride on the back of the bus. She experienced terrible, blatant racism. However, she doesn’t think every neutral or negative remark about a sports star or celebrity who happens to be black is a racist comment. Yet her youngest son has that attitude and it really upsets her. She feels like over all, he is treated more fairly by society in general than she ever was growing up.
I agree with you that racism exists and it will always lurk somewhere in ignorant minds. Unfortunately, there’s nothing you or I can do about that. We can’t erase ignorance.
However, when things are vague, you might try seeing them as neutral or even positive. What have you got to lose? If you’re hunting for racism, you’re sure to find it. If you’re hunting for fairness, you’re sure to find that as well. There comes a point when the choice is yours.
And before anyone says anything, I know that I misspelled “sarcasm” and should have used “being” instead of “be”. Just in case someone wanted to comment on that or point that out to me, as some people around here like to do.
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I also realized that “about” should be “amount”. I try to type so fast that I don’t even realize what I am typing sometimes.
Sorry Oh Boy, but I can’t agree to no suits until I find out how much money the poster have and who has the deepest pockets. With all her degrees I am betting it might be African Pride. Since she has already slandered me and many of the posters by calling us racists I think she would be a good starting point.
I have considered a lawsuit against Imus for his insult to my intelligence, but I have never listened to him. I missed out on the big bucks.