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Re: And the message is as relevant today as if was then... 

By: oldCADuser in FFFT | Recommend this post (2)
Tue, 30 Aug 11 7:14 PM | 30 view(s)
Boardmark this board | Food For Further Thought 		Msg. 32358 of 65535
(This msg. is a reply to 32352 by Decomposed)
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And so the next time I read an article by a WHITE person complaining about something I'm supposed to keep that in mind when I consider whether that makes their arguments legitimate or not, eh? So now the color of a person's skin can be a 'conflict of interest'. Does this mean that men should only write articles about female issues and women confine themselves to only male issues, otherwise their position might be discounted as a possible 'conflict of interest'.

And besides, if you actually read the article you will see that the writer was NOT talking so much about what the picture depicted as happening back in the 50's, but rather about what this picture and the recent stories surrounding it being put on display is the White House, was causing in terms of commentary from so-called average Americans. The article was about the existence of racists attitudes in our society which are still lying just below the surface (as we have just experienced here ourselves) but when allowed to be shown in an anonymous manner (sort of like on some message board somewhere) that these latent views and hatred is easily exposed. THAT'S WHAT THIS ARTICLE WAS REALLY ABOUT, not the "crimes" of the last century, but the fact that the hatred and racism which led to those crimes is still alive and well in America today (as we have all just been exposed to).

Based on the last line of your reply it's quite obvious that you're so blinded by your own personal views that you can't see what was really being said by Mr. Sawyer in what he was ACTUALLY writing about and that my 'editorial comment' just reinforced it. But then we have YOUR comments, which did more to confirm exactly what TODAY'S real problem is than anything that I could have written in a one line response. So in some ways we have YOU to thank for providing the TRUE one line commentary which brings home the relevancy of Mr. Sawyer's article much better than my weak attempt... "Yup. I figured as much."




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Re: And the message is as relevant today as if was then...
By: Decomposed in FFFT
Tue, 30 Aug 11 4:58 PM 		Msg. 32352 of 65535

As I read this, I found myself wondering whether the author had a conflict of interest.

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Yup. I figured as much.

People need to get over crimes that occurred generations ago. Life is too short to harbor permanent resentment over things that happened to one's parents and grandparents.

Many of my own relatives were taken out into fields and shot. Fortunately, that was quite a long time ago. It's not happening now, and I'm pretty well set to defend my family should anyone ever try it again.

For me, that works.

I recommend certain other parties with perpetual chips on their shoulders get on with their lives as well. At some point, when so much time has passed, their once valid concerns simply turn counterproductive and ANNOYING.


On that basis, I want to make the point that this thread's subject line is the most ridiculous thing I've read in a long, long time. The problems today are N-O-T-H-I-N-G like they were then.

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