Hi
Carl you say Frankly, we have been conditioned on how to receive
information.
what information?
is it information to hear each time when is massacre if is not name
associate with Muslim or Islamic then is mental ealnes?
but if is name associate with Islamic name he muss bee terrorist even if he
don't know what that mean or if is his motives something ales, but steel he
is terrorist by USA media.
Carl why we don't have complete investigation?
if you don't know I do know,
because he is white and more good thinks for him he is from how American say
grate Brittan,
that why we will never know what is happened in Oregon.
-----Original Message-----
From: Carl Jarvis
Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2015 8:17 PM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: Mental illness or terrorism?
Exactly so, Roger. As you have pointed out so many times, words have
real power.
Following my recent medical procedure, an ablation of the heart, a
friend dropped by and commented that I was looking alert in a very
relaxed way. I took it as an attempt to let me know that I was
looking much improved.
After he took off, I turned to Cathy and beamed. "I'm a fast healer.
Sturdy Pioneer stock does it." Cathy said, "Alert in a relaxed way?
You have your pants unbuckled and your zipper down, and your hair
looks like a herd of ducks slept there all night."
Suddenly I had lost that feeling of well-being and told Cathy, "Think
I'll hobble to bed and take a nap".
Whether we admit it or not, we subconsciously respond to words. Some
words have broad definitions and can be used to guide our thinking.
Some words have very different meanings for each of us, and must be
used carefully in order to be effective. Often the first verbal
impression sets a tone that is hard to overcome. A local TV reporter
put it this way. "Are Seattle teachers putting their own demands
ahead of their students well being? As teachers turn their backs on
their duties, harried parents scramble to find safe care for their
children."
No one said the teachers had no right in demanding a decent wage, but
I had the impression of a bunch of hard faced men and women turning
away from little children who are weeping and begging to be taught.
And how many of us have been one of those harried parents? I put in
my time as a single parent.
Each of us responds to this news item from our own experiences. But
most of us will be feeling empathy for the harried parents and worried
over the safety of the children. The teachers become just a bit more
removed from our sympathies. And yet, many of these teachers are
parents. Some are single parents. They are struggling to provide for
their children, too. But by the words chosen, and the emphasis placed
on the harried parents and the children's safety, these teachers
become "things" rather than equal members of the community.
Frankly, we have been conditioned on how to receive information.
Until we decide that it is our responsibility to think about what is
being fed us, and why, we will go along, being tugged this way and
that without ever understanding that we are being played like puppets
on a string.
Carl Jarvis
On 10/4/15, Roger Loran Bailey <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Have you ever noticed that when one of these mass shootings is
perpetrated by a white guy it is always explained as mental illness and
when the perpetrator is anyone else it is terrorism?