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Originally Posted by njbchbum
mgjim -
i suppose it does...but i still cannot say that i agree with you...most of all re the concept that thoughts have to be assigned a weight - a thought is a thought - it means a lot to some and nothing to another - so what? do you survey people on how much they believe in their thought on a scale of 1 to 10? do you judge people on what you think the weight of their thought is?
i see validity in a more philosophical way rather than a legalese way; and sort of like in debating where something is valid or has more validity if a conclusion cannot be contradicted.
one never has to stop being against something or even in favor of something...they just need to accept the reality that regardless of how they feel about something, others will see it differently.
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njbchbum -
I don't think we're that far apart on this issue except for this - I was in an inter-racial marriage and whenever I believed that we were the victims of racism it held a lot of weight with me and my wife. We experienced this from both races, by the way.
After my wife passed away, I experienced it less but my bi-racial kids still have to deal with racism on a daily basis.
When it becomes a part of your life, it carries more weight. When you don't have to deal with it, it carries less weight.
The problem is that people generally act on their thoughts whether they admit it or not.