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10905, RE: Lighten Up
Posted by kemetian, Fri Oct-12-01 06:44 PM
Yimhotep

>heh.forgive for me being shallow, i
>forgot what an intellect i
>was dealing with.

u r forgiven.

>ok even though there is really
>no point in debating such
>an absurd and racist point
>lets think for a moment:

explain the absurdity and the racism. have u read any of the other posts? this "racism" thing has been dealt w/ ad nauseum.


>if all white societies are built
>on fear, as you claim..
>
>
>what about rugged indivdualism/manifest destiny?
>sending people to the moon?
>countless wars,invasions and genocide? (i mean
>killing a shit load of
>people isnt usually what scared
>people do.
>storming beaches at normandy/war in the
>pacific/)
>how did a bunch of scared
>whiteys manage to keep blacks
>under the yoke and kill
>all the indians?
>

u r making my point for me exactly. now that u've come out of the wading part and into the 3 ft section come w/ me to the 12' section. if u can, clear your mind of the opinions u've formed and let's journey for a moment nyc_rootsfan.
let's say that u r deathly afraid of snakes. u r walking along a path and b4 u a snake presents itself. u as 1 who fears snakes will do one of 2 things:
1) run away
2) or smash it until u r sure it's dead

ppl who are afraid of insects smash them or run away.

r u familiar w/ the term homophobia?

ppl who are scared of homosexuals do one of 2 things:
1) they avoid homosexuals like the plague
2) or they beat homosexuals to a pulp

both reactions are as a result of fear.
now revisit the examples u gave me.
sending ppl to the moon - running away
all the rest: smashing/killing/destroying.

both actions are as a result of fear.

now u r saying that it is not fear that causes all of the examples u gave. so what is it then?


>(im not endorsing the above just
>making a point)

i'm sure you're not, anyone could tell from your last paragraph that you r just not that kind of guy.

>let me ask you, are you
>implying that fear is a
>trait more inherit in white
>people then other races or
>do you think its sociological?
>
>if its sociological are you implying
>that it is only americans
>or all 'white' societies..


countless wars invasions and genocide is not limited to european-_americans_ i don't think. take a look-see at King Leopold, that Rhodes guy so many ppl are happy to attach their names to, we can go all the way back "since the time of Heru" or all the way forward.


>i think what your trying to
>get at, albeit in the
>wrong guise, is that westerners
>value life, or value their
>own life, because they have
>the advantage, and dont need
>to use their bodies as
>weapons out of desperation.

no this is not what i am "getting at."

>being divisive and hating other people,
>is not a meritous course.
>for one who seems to
>loiter over some sense of
>spirituality (based on your footer)
>i would suggest you look
>inside yourself. all humans are
>99% the same genetically, there
>is no gene for race.
>
>if you dislike it here, you
>are free to leave, go
>to africa, go to egypt,
>go to rwanda, im sure
>youll find its paradise there.

or where would we b w/o the classic line? and if i do that, will u tell your ppl to clear out of Africa?
seriously man quit splashing back to the baby part of the pool, u were making progress!
Shemhotep
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"Be not arrogant because of your knowledge. Take counsel with the ignorant as well as with the wise. For the limits of knowledge in any field have never been set and no one has ever reached them. Wisdom is rarer than emeralds, and yet it is found among the women who gather at the grindstones."
-The Book of Ptahhotep(excerpt)