So I have allot …. Allot of time at work to surf blogs, the internet and well, look busy. One thing I have noticed, and mine is no exception, is that there are several types of blogs out there. You have your rant blogs, your informative blogs, and the self promoting blogs. Some are fun to read, some are boring and others make me wish I never stumbled upon them in the first place.
As I think about them my thoughts move on to the future. What will generations down the road think if and when they find our mind vomit out there? (I know mind vomit is extreme but ….well use my blog for example) If you think about the past, we as a society communicated face to face more. I don’t think in the 1800’s there were Indians making smoke signals about a new blanket they just wove. Is it a sign of self involvement? Or do we feel a need to communicate to others and instead of talking to those around us we blab it out to blogs?
I know for me I used to blab my thoughts out to others but some have told me to try to be more PC and nice so …… now I blab on a freakin blog that very very few read just so I can fit in with society.
Somehow, sometime soon I feel I am going back to the old ways and open the flood gates. The water might get choppy but life is sure more enjoyable when you are in the rapids and not just floating down the river.
Friday, May 22, 2009
Monday, May 4, 2009
LABELS
Constantly we hear about how we need to be as one, the country needs to overcome racial and bias issues. While I do agree with this and hope that one day it will happen, I don’t hold my breath.
I don’t think it will happen because those same people who want or say they want to put the differences aside, cling so hard to the labels they are comfortable with. For example, how many rainbow stickers do you see attached to the back of car windows while driving around town? What is February known as? It isn’t Valentines Day or the month of love.
The stickers and the month are a “celebration of who we are” items, when in fact those items are labeling you and setting you apart from others. I think if we all said we are Americans or Anti-Americans (whichever you prefer) and left it to those two choices, maybe we would get along better, or maybe a huge war would break out and we would kill each other off. Either way, don’t you think it’s a step in the right direction to remove the labels from society?
I don’t think it will happen because those same people who want or say they want to put the differences aside, cling so hard to the labels they are comfortable with. For example, how many rainbow stickers do you see attached to the back of car windows while driving around town? What is February known as? It isn’t Valentines Day or the month of love.
The stickers and the month are a “celebration of who we are” items, when in fact those items are labeling you and setting you apart from others. I think if we all said we are Americans or Anti-Americans (whichever you prefer) and left it to those two choices, maybe we would get along better, or maybe a huge war would break out and we would kill each other off. Either way, don’t you think it’s a step in the right direction to remove the labels from society?
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