Klukie
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Mon Oct-18-10 09:47 AM
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Life is unfair if we choose to let it be so |
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I choose to fight for fairness....so you bet your ass I will be voting DEM in the upcoming election!
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Mon Oct-18-10 09:50 AM
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1. "Life isn't fair." ... |
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I fucking hate that expression. It is a defeatist license for abdication of our responsibilities as citizens.
What it really means: "Life isn't fair, so let's just give up and not do anything to fix that."
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Klukie
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Mon Oct-18-10 09:51 AM
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That statement was what prompted me to post this.
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Mon Oct-18-10 10:26 AM
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But we can be just.
Peace is not the absence of violence, but the presence of justice.
We need not wage, war. We need to wage some justice.
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Mon Oct-18-10 11:12 AM
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12. Except life really ISN'T fair. |
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Little kid dying of cancer while person who abused their body for 6 decades is still alive. Someone who helps other people everyday killed by a drunk driver who was so selfish he couldn't care enough to find another way home.
The reality is life isn't fair.
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Mon Oct-18-10 11:17 AM
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13. Yeah some things are out of our control....obviously... |
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so in that respect yes you may be correct....but that little kid may have never gotten cancer in the first place if we funded more cancer research than we did WARS!!!
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Mon Oct-18-10 08:23 PM
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21. There are different circumstances. 1. If you're in an unpleasant |
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situation, and you find that you could do something to change the situation, by all means, do it. 2. If you're driving alone late at night far out in the country-side where there is nobody around, and you get a flat tire, and it's cold and raining to boot. Most people would throw a fit first. But whether you throw a fit or remain calm and in a good mood, the tire still has to be changed under unpleasant conditions.
It would be wiser to remain calm. The fit one throws consumes a great deal of emotional energy, but it doesn't change anything. It certainly won't change the tire. Could we learn to ACCEPT the situation and change the tire with calm and grace? The tire still has to be changed, and we'd spare ourselves a good deal of emotional unpleasantness and wasted energy. It's also common sense to learn to accept WHAT IS (something that has already happened and can no longer be changed)-- and with good grace.
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Mon Oct-18-10 09:52 AM
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3. I choose to fight for fairness too - |
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but I agree with Emma Goldman on voting - "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal"
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Mon Oct-18-10 10:08 AM
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7. Emma Goldman was wrong. |
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Voting put the people in office who:
Created Child Labor Laws Ended Slavery Established Universal Suffrage Created The Civil Rights Act Created Social Security Created Medicare
And many, many more things we now take for granted. Voting is still our most powerful tool in this representative republic. Emma Goldman was simply wrong about this.
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Mon Oct-18-10 10:10 AM
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Mon Oct-18-10 11:21 AM
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I can't believe any DUer would suggest that people not vote. I suppose Republicans would want that - but what purpose would it serve for progressive socialist to have Republicans in power?
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Mon Oct-18-10 12:48 PM
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16. Emma Goldman isn't a deity. Just because she said something |
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Edited on Mon Oct-18-10 12:51 PM by MineralMan
does not make what she said true. No doubt, she said some things that were true. This wasn't one of them. Every statement needs confirmation before being tossed around as if it's gospel. Anarchy is not much of a model for government, anyhow.
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Klukie
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Mon Oct-18-10 03:53 PM
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17. Gotta admit I have never heard of her....and I don't think what she said is true. |
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Mon Oct-18-10 06:49 PM
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20. Emma was an anarchist and I don't agree with everything she said, |
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but I do agree on this quote. I wish it were not so.
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Mon Oct-18-10 09:56 AM
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I think of it this way: Life is unfair enough, so society shouldn't have to be.
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Klukie
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Mon Oct-18-10 09:57 AM
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I may have to steal that thought!
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Mon Oct-18-10 11:02 AM
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11. Steal away, my friend |
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Mon Oct-18-10 10:01 AM
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6. Wow I can't believe that this statement would get an unrec!! |
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Well....I guess I shouldn't be too surprised...Dems seem to have a hard time fighting.
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Mon Oct-18-10 10:13 AM
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9. And another unrec....Christ I am an Independent trying to light a fire under the dems ass.... |
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Mon Oct-18-10 11:19 AM
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14. Unabashedly supporting Democrats here makes certain people angry for some reason |
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Not sure why, but some can't stand the idea that a poster would say something positive supporting Democrats without also including a sharp criticism as well. :shrug:
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Mon Oct-18-10 04:00 PM
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who gets to define this "fairness" you are willing to fight for?
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Klukie
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Mon Oct-18-10 04:16 PM
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19. I'll leave that up to reason and justice |
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Tue Oct-19-10 08:43 AM
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22. Sorry, but it doesn't work that way |
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especially in a free country who's founders did not believe the desires of one should trump the individual rights of another. What is fair for one, is unfair to another and our intentional failure to acknowledge that simple fact has created this divide we now face as a country.
In order to fight for fairness, you must define what it is to you AND respect what it is to another. Otherwise, you are just pissing into the wind.
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