tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post9219911912062322388..comments2023-10-25T05:30:54.507-04:00Comments on Oh Get A Grip!: You've got to be taughtAshe Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03390519279886657608noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-64821036079121531332008-09-23T10:14:00.000-04:002008-09-23T10:14:00.000-04:00This is wonderful, Cindy. I agree with you 100 per...This is wonderful, Cindy. I agree with you 100 percent.Regina Carlyslehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06316730032624449669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-82697008433782884322008-09-18T10:01:00.000-04:002008-09-18T10:01:00.000-04:00Great post, Cindy. I'm trying everything in my pow...Great post, Cindy. I'm trying everything in my power to "teach" my son to be tolerant of other people's beliefs or cultures. Change starts with us. What the next generation does with our efforts only time will tell...James Goodmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08807865320537867045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-17510734054249551412008-09-18T07:14:00.000-04:002008-09-18T07:14:00.000-04:00Go, Cindy!On the politics thing: I recommend www.f...Go, Cindy!<BR/><BR/>On the politics thing: I recommend www.factcheck.org. It's a nonpartisan web site that fact checks all the presidential candidates' ads and speeches and other campaign paraphernalia.<BR/><BR/>It's disgusting to see how blatant the lies can be, but the frequency of one candidate's out-and-out, bald-faced, dirty-pool lies has more than made up my mind to vote for the other guy (not that there was much question to begin with, I have to admit).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-83073396149204341442008-09-18T06:16:00.000-04:002008-09-18T06:16:00.000-04:00O Cindy, what a wonderful person I see here! I lov...O Cindy, what a wonderful person I see here! I love the way you see this!<BR/>I agree a hundred percent with all you say! Indeed, I feel that the children finish all their 'real learning' by the age of eight ( the learning that comes from wonder and questioning). After that they are fed with ready made knowledge and beliefs. And beliefs are such that they are always theoretical and tend to make a person follow the herd mentality. So blinded people become by their beliefs, so deep does this eons of teaching goes in human consciousness, that even when the Truth stares people in their face, they want it to conform to their beliefs rather than the other way round. And it is quite understandable why the people react or respond this way. It is because, They ARE what they believe , that they have invested so much in believing and reaching to where they are, that when faced with truth, they find it might kill them as they are. Like I always say, it is not as easy like taking off of your clothes , but like the peeling off of your skin. <BR/>This is what the society has made of their children, and knowingly or unknowingly they do so much harm.The Priests, the Politician, the Parents and the Professors, all do that!<BR/><BR/>I came across a blog post that made fun of a democrat running for an office by calling him 'Mouliyan'. I pointed out that he should be ashamed of himself ( since the word is European slang meaning 'black nigger' ) and soon the blogger removed my comment and enabled comment moderation. <BR/><BR/>I do not know why they criticize so much when they themselves can't take criticism! But the sad thing about the truth is that it does not always console you...<BR/><BR/>My recent post is about sexual discrimination, but has been dealt in a very different way and has evoked some very interesting response. If you have time, please do come and check it!Monahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08615034229525061880noreply@blogger.com