the elephant on the end table

Apparently the colour of your skin isn't the only reason to have a problem with someone?

Baldness offend you Mee? :wow:
If the light hits it just right, it can be blinding. :csad: :cmad:
 
Is it just me or would any of you ever leave the Holodeck?

Okay computer this time I want, Natalie Portman, a trapeze, a kiddy pool full of vanilla pudding, a llama and a monkey riding a unicycle.

Make it so.
 
Chocolate > vanilla :o
 
Computer change that to Mee riding a unicycle.
 
I always keeps it civil. :up:
 
Bwahahahhahahaahahhaaha ...

Once again the laughter ... ahhh the laughter.

Wait Mee. If Chocolate > Vanilla ... where does Strawberry go? Tiger Tail?
 
If the light hits it just right, it can be blinding. :csad: :cmad:

"Blinded by the light,

Picard's Head was shining in the night ...

Blinded by the light,

Worf was wretching on Dax just out of sight ..."

:wow: :woot:
 
"Blinded by the light,

Picard's Head was shining in the night ...

Blinded by the light,

Worf was wretching on Dax just out of sight ..."

:wow: :woot:
Didn't need that image.:csad:
 
I rarely lose my temper because it generally ends in extreme situations. In any case, losing my temper is not the greatest issue as I will do the most damage in cold anger. And I am not talking about fist fights here.
 
I rarely lose my temper because it generally ends in extreme situations. In any case, losing my temper is not the greatest issue as I will do the most damage in cold anger. And I am not talking about fist fights here.

Are you in the right thread?
 
This isn't the "temper" thread.
This is the "racism/Star Trek the Next Generation/baldness" thread.
 
I remember the episode of TNG when they had Scotty guest star and he was asking for booze and the "alcoholic" drinks had no alcohol in it and he got mad so Picard gave him some of his private stash.

:up:
 
Yeah, that was sad to watch 'cause Scotty used to be so cool but there he was so fat and useless.
 
Scotty: What is this?

Data: ...It is green.
 
I have read this and find it interesting that everyone is quoting statistics and yet have not addressed the key issue.

There is one race. The Human Race.

Whoa.

That isn't / wasn't the Key issue.

Key issue was that sumbody stepped onto the Black Superheroes discussion on another board and said that 95% of whites are past racism,.. and that Black revel in it.

And was serious.

To have grey in your beard and have sumbody tell you that the slurs you suffered,.. the discrimination you went thru that thanks to the times has been documented was all because you "take great pleasure or delight in it."

What twisted fool can convince himself that 14 million People go around looking for something to complain about for the fun of it?

And then have the nerve to defend his posit by chopping information and ignoring documented fact.


(((((SHIVER)))))))

AND MY CHILDREN WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH HIM AND HIS BUDDIES SOMEDAY.

))))))brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr(((((((((((((:dry:
 
(((((SHIVER)))))))

AND MY CHILDREN WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH HIM AND HIS BUDDIES SOMEDAY.

))))))brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr(((((((((((((:dry:

Just got a wonderful mental image of varient raising a family of mini commandos...

THIS ONE'S FOR BUSHTAIL YOU ****ERS! :cmad:

:woot:
 
Just got a wonderful mental image of varient raising a family of mini commandos...

THIS ONE'S FOR BUSHTAIL YOU ****ERS! :cmad:

:woot:


No,...
Like their father they will stay below the radar and work toward what they want in life,.. not fighting the fools that waste time with this UNLESS they get in the way.
 
Whoa.

That isn't / wasn't the Key issue.

Key issue was that sumbody stepped onto the Black Superheroes discussion on another board and said that 95% of whites are past racism,.. and that Black revel in it.

And was serious.

To have grey in your beard and have sumbody tell you that the slurs you suffered,.. the discrimination you went thru that thanks to the times has been documented was all because you "take great pleasure or delight in it."

What twisted fool can convince himself that 14 million People go around looking for something to complain about for the fun of it?

And then have the nerve to defend his posit by chopping information and ignoring documented fact.


(((((SHIVER)))))))

AND MY CHILDREN WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH HIM AND HIS BUDDIES SOMEDAY.

))))))brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr(((((((((((((:dry:

Why do your children HAVE to deal with him and his buddies.

Can you not work with your children and hope/trust that others will have children what work for the betterment of the human race as opposed to looking back into the past and assuming the future will be more of the same?

My post was intended to show that now and the future need to be the focus for all people.

I posted King's quotes to show he wanted the future to be about brotherhood of all people not more of the same.

The gentlemen in question has issues that he needs to deal with. As do all of us.

That was the point.
 
Why do your children HAVE to deal with him and his buddies.
Because it is honestly a fantasy that those with his belief structure will be gone in less than 20 years.

Can you not work with your children and hope/trust that others will have children what work for the betterment of the human race as opposed to looking back into the past and assuming the future will be more of the same?
???
I am working with my children to see others as simply "people" with exception those who need to decide that they are better or are justified to do dirt because they are "different" in some way.
"looking back to the past?" (Chuckle) - With my kids "Class is in session" where when they run into a possibly racist situation they turn to me for the proper response.
This is real time,.. not History. Until those who can choose to look at them and then tweak their behavior to treat my children different "because they are black" go away,.. or at least control that initial reaction, I can't let them step out in the world completly unaware that such people may exist.

My post was intended to show that now and the future need to be the focus for all people.

I posted King's quotes to show he wanted the future to be about brotherhood of all people not more of the same.

And that came across too, (your intent and your point by posting King.), .... Props.


The gentlemen in question has issues that he needs to deal with. As do all of us.

That was the point.
Agreed,.. but he won't do it w/o someone pointing out how twisted he is.


Yes I said "twisted".

Contrary to what you may read here,.. I don't obsess on the subject and only respond on color when someone makes the mistake of telling me how I am or how I will act because of color.

In this case,... he was living in some sort of Blissfull ignorance that followed some concept that minorities who notice or complain about injustice based on discrimination are just as bad as those doing the dirt.

Mostly because ANY reaction that was not a variation of "turn the other cheek" was a "racist" reaction.

(sick).
 
my jacked up sleepin schedule makes me miss all the fun :(

by the by the keep it civil statement is a direct response to two threads I started being locked due to stupidity and one thread actually being deleted I seems to attract those on the way out...
 
my jacked up sleepin schedule makes me miss all the fun :(

by the by the keep it civil statement is a direct response to two threads I started being locked due to stupidity and one thread actually being deleted I seems to attract those on the way out...

Things would be easier if the mods just banned the out of control folk who start foaming racism instead of punishing all of us.
 
yeah I had a couple of keepers in that last thread, never copied them before the thread was deleted... three posts, what's the record for causing an implosion?
 
Because it is honestly a fantasy that those with his belief structure will be gone in less than 20 years.


???
I am working with my children to see others as simply "people" with exception those who need to decide that they are better or are justified to do dirt because they are "different" in some way.
"looking back to the past?" (Chuckle) - With my kids "Class is in session" where when they run into a possibly racist situation they turn to me for the proper response.
This is real time,.. not History. Until those who can choose to look at them and then tweak their behavior to treat my children different "because they are black" go away,.. or at least control that initial reaction, I can't let them step out in the world completly unaware that such people may exist.



And that came across too, (your intent and your point by posting King.), .... Props.



Agreed,.. but he won't do it w/o someone pointing out how twisted he is.


Yes I said "twisted".

Contrary to what you may read here,.. I don't obsess on the subject and only respond on color when someone makes the mistake of telling me how I am or how I will act because of color.

In this case,... he was living in some sort of Blissfull ignorance that followed some concept that minorities who notice or complain about injustice based on discrimination are just as bad as those doing the dirt.

Mostly because ANY reaction that was not a variation of "turn the other cheek" was a "racist" reaction.

(sick).

I hear you.

I guess I dream too. Lofty dreams of a time when people don't look to their own interests first. When they look at character not colour.

Where they forgive the past and move on to a future together.

Where we all admit our sins of the past and present and try to be a race that looks beyond the narrow parameters of our hatred of "other" and seeking to right wrongs of the past that we have all been a part of and try to create a future where your kids, my kids and children of this world have a hope that looks beyond the exterior and treasures the interior.

It is a fantasy ... unless we actively work to change it. That is the part that continues to be our challenge and our calling.

The amazing thing about King and Ghandi is that their non-violence was the most powerful part of their approach. I recognize what you are saying in turning the other cheek. I hear that as well.

The question for me is do we go face to face and nose to nose and hash it out? Does coming alongside and trying to dialogue to a common point of reference mean anything?

Is it better to be Right ... than righteous?

Sorry. Just reading this dialogue reminds me that we live in a world of such despair and darkness some times ... and that King's Vision was so powerful because so many people of the Human race wanted to believe.

I am not so sure anymore that we do.
 
I hear you.

I guess I dream too. Lofty dreams of a time when people don't look to their own interests first. When they look at character not colour.

Where they forgive the past and move on to a future together.


The question for me is do we go face to face and nose to nose and hash it out? Does coming alongside and trying to dialogue to a common point of reference mean anything?

Is it better to be Right ... than righteous?

Sorry. Just reading this dialogue reminds me that we live in a world of such despair and darkness some times ... and that King's Vision was so powerful because so many people of the Human race wanted to believe.

I am not so sure anymore that we do.

Please understand.

I'm not preaching hate, I'm barely teaching tolerance for rude behavior to my children.

I'm teaching them to give the benifit of doubt to anyone who doesn't abuse them or try to do them harm.

This means that as long as you don't start none,.. there won't be none. For the most part they only have problems with people who ASSUME.

Examples:

Being told by someone on a camping trip that they can't swim and to stay in shallow water.
When they show they can both swim well,.. they are commended and labeled unusual.
I didn't suggest it,.. but the first defense that came up when I questioned why it was surprising was that "It wasn't because they were black".


Scoring in the upper 5th of their school in test scores,..... Yet even though I have them put in advanced classes for college Prep,... Having councelors bump them from those classes on two occasions apiece because even though they were doing well the councelors believed that they would "feel" better not going to college and looking into "trade schools" or Junior College instead.

In each case the classes were full and my children were replaced by white children.

Scary how bland and matter of fact they were about it until I got angry and let the whole office know that my children were not to be put on the fast track for ditch-digging when they are getting A's in Drafting, Electronics, and Physics,.... That the Prep classes in English, Math , and whatever passes for History would allow them to concentrate on what they really wanted to do in college.

Room was made for them each time,.. and when I FINALLY threatened to make it a race issue with the school district (Southern California) they stopped this silliness of deciding that even though my oldest wanted to become a vet / chef and the younger an electronic Engineer / Writer that they wouldn't really "be happier" in blue collar trade schools.

The worst part for me was the realization that there had to be hundreds if not thousands who's dreams are diverted based on color in exactly the same way.

I am teaching them (my sons )to work WITH people regardless of background,.. I just require them to make sure that those they work alongside earn their trust. If that person they are around (they could be black, white or blue) can't be bothered to give them the same base level of respect as I require my children to give others - then they don't need to be bothered with them.

You may find it hard to believe but they have made enemies by refusing to sit still and take abuse.

In the same breath I'm losing with one of them because he would rather be a pet than be his own person,....

Go figure.
 

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