Principle 1: Don't criticize, condemn, or complain.
The key thoughts about this principle are:
People don't like criticism and will blame everyone else for their shortcomings.
You will get a better response if you don't criticize a person.
Only problem is, he never said what to do if you want to strangle the shit out of somebody.
Anger management? Kiss my ass, how about an AK47?
Well, I'm being good. My sister is a Jehovah's Witness and she tells me that according to the Bible all will have to answer for their actions regardless. So I will leave it to God. I hope he has an AK47.
I only peeped at the second principle. It's about how what people really want more than anything is to be important. I'm not ready to go back to having sympathy for people right now. The more compassionate I became in the past, the more people walked right over me. If I could find the line between empathy and being a fool I'd probably erase it.
Doofus , the 4th generation caveman, was at it again on Saturday. He had help from someone I'd never expect to lower her standards. This is; however, in keeping with what Carnegie said about people wanting to feel and be important. However, he makes a good point: It's how you get your feeling of importance that counts. I didn't have much time to think about it, because we have this debate coming up. My team is anti-death penalty and we will have to explain why capital punishment should not be used. For me the US Catholic Bishops summed it by saying:
"We cannot teach that killing is wrong by killing."
So either outlaw killing and find other ways to torture the killer or put them in prison for life. I don't like compromise when it comes to laws. Humans are very capable of error. Remember when you were a kid and your mom told you not too drink soda cause it was no good for you and then she'd go and pour a glass of Coke? That's how the death penalty comes across to me. Of course, I will not use this in my debate, but I feel it makes a strong argument. It's hypocritical and perhaps takes away from the integrity of the justice system that enforces it.
Other than school and job hunting, Im considering moving to Brooklyn. My sister told me she went to one of the malls there. She had a big smile like she found Candyland as she told me that there were actually black people in the mall that didn't work in the food court or the freak store ( usually one of those stores that sells 'alternative' clothing). To an outsider my sister might of appeared insane. However, I salivated. In our mall the only blacks you see that are employees, either work in the food court, do janitorial stuff, or there is usually one black person that gets to work in the freak store. Ever so often this changes and we see one or two in the department stores. However, my sister spoke of a place where black was the absolute majority and it was in the United States about 50 miles or so from my home!
I know someone is going to read this and misinterpret this as some form of racism, but it's not the truth.
When the mall was about to open there was this mall job fair that took place for a week. People of all colors were walking around inquiring about jobs. On the opening day, you only saw the black people in the food court. There was one store that was black-oriented and it didn't last very long, because it had nothing anyone black or white would want to buy in the first place. See, I'm keeping it real.
Anyway, bottomline is, I want to move to this particular section of Brooklyn now. I'm tired of feeling like a damn alien. I swear Alien Nation was about black or mexican people living in the United States. Why do I feel alienated? or how do I mean alienated? Well, it is simple. In the grocery store, the cashier feels more comfortable with a customer the same race, I am black, and majority of cashiers in my area are white or mexican. So when the cashier gets to me after been very light and friendly with the previous white customer, he or she sorts of tightens up. It really is an unconscious thing with them, but I live in the darn store and I always say "Please" and "Thank You". I even bag my own groceries when I do my major shopping. There is an exception though, this one white male cashier. He and I are on first name basis ( I go there a lot) and he is always courteous and professional. Never do I receive that weird 'tightness' from him. My sisters notice the same behaviors too, so I know it is not me. Anyway that is what I sense at stores in my area. I think maybe they have bad experiences with black people in the store, but it is no excuse. If I counted every bad experience I've had with a white person it would take up most of servers that support the Internet. I still to this day take each person for their personality before passing judgment. But for once I want to go to a place where I don't feel like an alien other than my freaking family reunions.
Tired of typing now so quick reminder list for myself:
Wtf is Bush doing? Iraq, Kissinger, irradiated meat.
Feminism: honor killings and yahoo message boards
Can I or Can I not be licensed to own a gun for my personal protection? Is that in full effect or not?
