I was with my family the other day, we were just checking some stores out, when I heard a particularly loud conversation not too far away. It was hard to make out what they were saying, but I heard some of the typical anti-gay rambling. Now, I'm not of the persuasion myself, but two of my friends are, and while I normally don't care about what others say about me, I have an unhealthy habit of getting violent when my friends are targeted. I wanted to say something, but my mom wouldn't let me, she was worried...so, I sort of do and don't regret not doing something. And yeah, I understand violence really won't help matters. It's just like a natural impulse for me or something. I guess people like them are part of the reason I've lost hope for most of us. But then again, there's some really wonderful people around too, right?
__________________
Spiraling through life, we see many things and learn just as much. At the end of that spiral is yet to be seen or learned.
Yeah there are some really nice people out there, you only have to find them...then again that's easier said than done. Luckily I've found 4 really great people ( my best friends) who I respect and love so much. So nice people do excist, you just have to find them and not care about the other 75% of narrow minded people >.<
About the violent thing, I think everyone is protective of the people they love, if they're not they should be.
I'm not a violent person or anything but one time, one of my former friends got beaten up for no reason. I was right there and saw him hit her, and I just lost. I almost ended up beating the guy into the hospital. I cared so much for her that something snapped. This only happened once and it really scared me cuz I lost all control! But yeah if someone hurts the people I love they'd better watch out o_O
I've come across people who didn't respect other people's opinions but I usually ignore them, I sometimes even pity them. How can people be so hipocritical and narrow minded?
__________________
-For one Human Being to love another; that is perhaps the most difficult of all our tasks...The work for which all other work is but preperation...- Rainer Maria Rilke
i agree its human nature i mean i remember beating the tar out of some guy for calling my friend a fag.....i am senstive about this kind of stuff and alot of people are......so i can understand where you are coming from with this
__________________
i will be me and you be you and then maybe we will have hope for each other
I used to be a really violent person. If I saw anyone fighting anyone, I'd beat them both up and make them stop. Then my parents sent me to therapy and drugged it out of me, to the point where I still subconsciously won't defend myself if people start stuff. Yay for effectual parenting!
At the same time, I learned there are better ways to solve things than wth violence. Give me twenty minutes and someone's myspace page and they'll wish they'd never been born.
not that i've ever hacked into someone's email account and crashed it because they were picking on one of my friends. I'd never abuse the internet that way. Nor would I send pictures of all the violent homosexuals in the theatre department as a warning that further harassment would not be tolerated. because that just wouldn't be proper.
granted, i'm a cynic, so i'm certainly biased, but i see far more wrong in this world than i see right. people can be so narrow minded and so uncaring that it disgusts me. the irony is that i'm slowly becoming narrow minded about narrow minded people...they've infected me with the stupid! noes!
I used to be quite the violent person myself. I still have the psychotic tendancies to play out a persons death in my mind. That's beside the point however. I myself have to agree that there are great people out there. The rest suck!!!
Hmm...that's a dangerous, yet oddly fun habit, isn't it. XD Anyway, a friend of mine, my best friend actually, might be joining this board sometime soon. If he does, I hope you all will welcome him as nicely as you did me. He's a bit...'off', so to speak, but he is the most likable person I've ever met. He seems to get along with just about everyone he meets. :P
__________________
Spiraling through life, we see many things and learn just as much. At the end of that spiral is yet to be seen or learned.
i think i'm not a violent person, actually i am a very calm person i mean, i never hit someone for real...just my sister, but it was when we were kids so...it doen't count. XD~~
moes of time i don't mind what people say about me, but when it's about my friends i try to defend them with words, cuz sometimes words hurt more than a punch or a kick. ;D
I'm usually a gentle person. I have been known to snap a few times in my life. Some of those times resulted in violent outbursts that I later regretted. Sometimes when I snapped I completely blacked out of consciousness and woke up later to find that I did something bad. I'm not entirely sure why, but it had something to do with bottling up things.
Darling, no matter what you are, gay, straight, black, white or asian, people will hate you. It's unavoidable. Being gay is just another thing to add to the list of what they can pick on. Even people who are the majority of society. I mean, seriously, how many people do you know of that dislike Christians? People are bound to talk badly about a group of people at least once, even in jest.
Not that I agree with it at all; when I see people talking about Gays, I'm the type to speak up. But there are good people out there, I'm lucky to have met a few of them. =]
__________________
I Still Remember The Smile When You Tore Me Apart.
Ah...that happened to me once. The black out thing, I mean...I was honestly very scared when it happened. Due to that incident, though, I started trying to control myself...it was quite a while back, and I didn't have much in the way of guidance. My memory's always been rather bad, but not so bad as to loose so much like that, so I was really worried. According to a friend, I just sort of lost it. I'm really, really glad I wasn't holding anything at the time...
Forgot to say, I know what you mean, Sora. I'm thankful that I've found a few people that have more than hate in their hearts these days, yet even still intolerance grows in them. I try to get my family to see that, but they ignore me...I'm getting scared for them. >.
Remember to use the "Edit Post" link. Don't double post. ~Nobody
-- Edited by Nobody at 06:18, 2008-03-02
__________________
Spiraling through life, we see many things and learn just as much. At the end of that spiral is yet to be seen or learned.
There's ignorance in the world, and then there's people who stand up for them, just reading this thread is like, "wow, there are still people who care in the world, halleluja!" That in itself gives me hope.
My friend James and I were talking, and James is... in his thirties or something. He said he was happy in the increasing amount of tollerance and acceptance now in younger people, I have to agree there.
Sure, it's still bad, because there are the violent anti-gays and closed minded people, but it's getting better and it's a start.
I know how ya feel. I was at this social group thing. People gather, listen to live entertianment, whatever. And my friend warns me not to talk to a certain person cause if finds out you're gay/bi/tran whatever he will rant and rave forever on how you're going to hell. The entire night I swear to gawd it was all he talked about with other people.
So anyway there's probablly always gonna be other stupid ignorant people but we just gotta remember we're better then those kinds of people. :3
Hahahaahahh. I remember Charles Dickens once said something about two children named Ignorance and Want, and if we don't help children at a young age, that's exactly what they are going to become.
In shortttttttttttt, errr, I forgot the point I was going to make. xD Woops. I think it was that we should try helping kids now so that they turn into good people when they grow up.
__________________
I Still Remember The Smile When You Tore Me Apart.
I agree with that. Children should grow up to who they think they should be, but those who guide them should be certain to point them in a good direction, at least. ...I'm glad my mother did more raising than my dad.
__________________
Spiraling through life, we see many things and learn just as much. At the end of that spiral is yet to be seen or learned.
see some parents want you to be a certain way or have a certain job and they like build you up so that you get that job its like they lke to play puppet master its weird
__________________
i will be me and you be you and then maybe we will have hope for each other
