[lit-ideas] Re: 21. century European anti-Semitism
- From: Erin Holder <erin.holder@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2004 15:43:27 -0400
God damn it, I did the "definately" thing again. Shoot me, please.
Erin
Where the Leafs shall slaughter the Sens in Game 6 (pretty please)
Quoting Erin Holder <erin.holder@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
> I would say that pretty boys are definately abused by the other kids at
> school,
> but maybe that's just me, and pretty girls are, more often than not, just
> flat
> out harassed, risk being ostracized if they don't put out, are subjected to
> an
> over abundance of degrading remarks, even when crossing the street, moreover,
>
> find themselves lumped in with backbiting cliques that really don't care one
>
> whit about them. Perhaps that wasn't your point, but still, I don't know
> what
> school you were lucky enough to go to, where everyone didn't get their just
>
> deserts,
>
> Erin
> Toronto
>
> Quoting BOROWIK LUCIENE <luborowik@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
> > "One side of the equation is pious -- keep the faith, preserve the
> > culture -- and the other side is violent and destructive -- destroy the
> > outsider, homogenize the culture -- but isn't it the same feature of
> human
> > thinking with regard to group identity?"
> >
> > The violent side of the question is more about hating whoever is
> different
> > from whatever people expect.
> >
> > Why aren't pretty girls and boys usually abused by the other kids at
> > school?
> > Why is it usually the girls and boys who are *different* that are
> > constantly
> > attacked by their schoolmates?
> >
> > The hostility shows up early in life and goes on through the adult life.
> > When humans reach adult life, the same hostility finds beautiful labels
> > like
> > defending the faith, fighting for freedom, etc.
> >
> > Luciene Borowik
> >
> >
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