Posted by scratchpad on April 16, 2007, at 23:17:24
In reply to Re: Having problems - the homeless » scratchpad, posted by Phillipa on April 16, 2007, at 22:25:02
> SP what's this country coming too? Love Phillipa
Hmm... I bet Don Imus would have an opinion, if he hadn't been removed from the air. (And I wouldn't have wanted to hear his opinion, either.)
I think it is a serious deterioration of our society on a grand scale. A view of entitlement versus social responsibility. And I think that our political representatives dance around the real issues, as deftly as they can, so that the real core issues are not addressed.
Issues like bigotry. Racism. Misogyny. Discrimination of ALL types. The scales, as they say, fell from my eyes when I moved to Florida. At no other time in my life have I been witness to such outright expressions of intolerance, of so many kinds, from so many people. In every place I worked, I discovered such intolerances. It sickened me greatly.
I do believe that the discovery contributed in part to my fall with depression. So see so bare-facedly, the true nature of your neighbours and coworkers... it scared me to death.At the same time I believe that such attitudes and opinions can be educated into obliteration. Which is partly why I appreciate the stringent civility guidelines here.
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