Re. Tolerance - I'm growing to hate that word as well. And the fact that private schools are less tolerant than public - this is my surprised face. Really. I'm incredibly surprised.
Re. Noose - I actually called the SAPD to protest and they were pretty surprised to hear about it. Their reaction was one of people caught flat-footed and both the initial person I spoke to and the watch commander said they'd look into it. Whatever that's worth.
Re. Anti-gay AGA - The 'may' in 'may lose his job' hurts my brain.
Finally, I very much wanted to attend the Jon Stewart Rally, but wound up DVRing it instead. For me, it will go down in history as one of the great moments in American history. Jon Stewart proved himself the greatest statesmen of our age when he brought together 150,000 (minimum) people of all races, creeds and orientations and got them to unite and BE Americans for a few hours. His quote, "These are hard times, not end times" may just be my new motto.
Yeah, he's just a comedian and not an orator, but what he did was incredibly subtle in it's simplicity. When was the last time you heard of 150,000+ people getting together with no animosity, no stepped on toes and no PROBLEMS coming to bear between them? As far as I know (and if someone knows differently, I'll be sad), there were no fights, not even angrily raised voices among those who attended. It was 100% positive and how often can you say that when that many people are in a crowd? Seriously.
However, as part of his keynote speech he pointed out that we do it every day. He showed traffic flowing into the tunnels in New York, where people let each other go and behave in a civilized fashion every day and where those who ride the berm and cut in front are the shunned exception, not the rule.
What can I say? It moved me, :). And this is my only Jon Stewart icon, but since it's from one of his greatest TV moments, I think it's appropriate, ;).
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Date: 2010-10-31 08:52 pm (UTC)Re. Noose - I actually called the SAPD to protest and they were pretty surprised to hear about it. Their reaction was one of people caught flat-footed and both the initial person I spoke to and the watch commander said they'd look into it. Whatever that's worth.
Re. Anti-gay AGA - The 'may' in 'may lose his job' hurts my brain.
Finally, I very much wanted to attend the Jon Stewart Rally, but wound up DVRing it instead. For me, it will go down in history as one of the great moments in American history. Jon Stewart proved himself the greatest statesmen of our age when he brought together 150,000 (minimum) people of all races, creeds and orientations and got them to unite and BE Americans for a few hours. His quote, "These are hard times, not end times" may just be my new motto.
Yeah, he's just a comedian and not an orator, but what he did was incredibly subtle in it's simplicity. When was the last time you heard of 150,000+ people getting together with no animosity, no stepped on toes and no PROBLEMS coming to bear between them? As far as I know (and if someone knows differently, I'll be sad), there were no fights, not even angrily raised voices among those who attended. It was 100% positive and how often can you say that when that many people are in a crowd? Seriously.
However, as part of his keynote speech he pointed out that we do it every day. He showed traffic flowing into the tunnels in New York, where people let each other go and behave in a civilized fashion every day and where those who ride the berm and cut in front are the shunned exception, not the rule.
What can I say? It moved me, :). And this is my only Jon Stewart icon, but since it's from one of his greatest TV moments, I think it's appropriate, ;).