ignorance
November 11, 2009
- An insular upbringing can be repressive. Many Fundamentalists churches sought to maintain the faith of their flock by discouraging higher education. Enlightenment was a catalyst to revolt.Blind Patriotism can be a detriment to truth. Being fed the party line and/or being influenced to believe that what one’s country does is always right, can cause revolt when truth is known. I revolted. ...
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August 27, 2009
- Is it bad manners or ignorance? No, I am serious. How many of us have the exact upbringing as our neighbor? I was reared in the deep south on a soybean farm. Perhaps you were raised in a large city of Canada or Mexico. A local cultural tradition in New York might be totally wankered or unacceptable in Finland or England. It is the same in business or in religous sects for what is common tradition ...
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August 9, 2009
- Fear is the mind killer, Frank Herbert wrote. However, fear is but half the equation of domination. The second half is hopelessness.We saw, clearly demonstrated in the early years of this century, the ease with which fear and hopelessness saturates freedom.The insane activities of a single man ignited another's drive for revenge, which bled into the thoughts of the people. Led by his fanatic need ...
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August 7, 2009
- If you think education is expensive — try ignorance.- Derek C. Bok http://www.bookreporter.com/community/quote/index.asp What a wonderful quote, short concise, yet heavy with meaning. A provocation to thought, particularly in these times of recession when we argue over the value of sinking our tax dollars into education. What does it mean? We westerners forget, for instance, that ...
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June 12, 2009
- Anti-Semitism has been a fact of my life for its entirety, from the first time, at age 5 or 6 I was told I was going to hell because I did not believe in Jesus, to the countless times I was called a “stupid Jew,” a kike, a baby killer, and a host of other names; from the time when, after the tent revivals rolled into town and everyone got “saved” (for the first or fifth time) the saved ...
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July 12, 2008
- (First published on blogcritics.com) It has been widely reported that liberals are more pessimistic than conservatives. Although I am not sure I buy the research I certainly fall into the liberal progressive pessimist category when it comes to the political process and the American public’s ability to read and think, seriously, about both the candidates and the issues.Because we don’t. ...
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