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"Intolerance"

The events of today have kind of put into perspective which console is best, what game is best and who is dumb for liking Nintendo etc.

Who gives a toss if Gates wants to release a new games machine?
Who cares if the PS2 has more polygons than Dreamcast.

We need to get a perspective and learn to tolerate, understand and accept that I like something different to you and that's cool.

It's when people start to shout and scream to drown out the voice of someone else that resentment starts.
Might be someone having a go at you for liking Microsoft, might be someone deciding a fly planes into your buildings because you fight over oil.

Shame on this race for finding reasons to hate and fight.
No way to live, and this is what happens.
If nothing else comes of this today, perhaps we might be a little slower to attack someone because they look funny, talk differently to you, have different skin, like a different video-games machine.
Bigotry, hatred, envy, intolerance, violence and hostility stem from the basic refusal to listen to someone else and try to understand them.

I am ashamed to be on this planet today.
This is why I joined Amnesty International, this is why I take issue with racists and other forms of stupidity.
Because if you ignore and look away when we something that upsets us, it leads to this kind of sick action today.

Goddamn.
That's all I can say, goddamit.
My Uncle works in The Pentagon and Quantico Marine Base, and I can't find out if he's ok or not.
This suck, and the biggest emotion I have is one of shame.

Damn this planet, damn this species and damn those that refuse to talk and listen.

"I am ashamed to be on this planet today."

It is not you who should be ashamed.

RastaBillySkank wrote:
> semajal wrote:
I know how you feel as i have lost both my uncles
> and
> a couple of other relatives.

I'm sorry Semajal. I'm so
> sorry...

im sorry but that should have read grandad. One of my uncles died in the second world war.

Semejal, I can't say anything but I feel deeply for you, I have no idea what to say, do, or what you're going through. I'm sorry for what humanity has deprived you of.

I dreamt of massive destruction. I can't remember what happend only that everything was destroyed and i was the only human left.

I hope this is not a preminition of what is to come.

semajal wrote:
I know how you feel as i have lost both my uncles and
> a couple of other relatives.

I'm sorry Semajal. I'm so sorry...

RastaBillySkank wrote:
> If I tell you what I'm about to tell you I'm sure you're not gonna
> believe me, but hell I don't care.

Last night I dreamt of a lorry
> jackknifing off the motorway and caroaming down off Big Ben (OK
> little weird but...) and killing all the people down the
> bottom.

And in my dream I saw the drivers dead head and it was
> grinning.

I will get some sleep tonigh but I'm sure it will be
> haunted by terrible nightmares.


That is a twisted dream. I hope it never happens.

My mums sister lives in new York and my mum is really worried.

I hope we can all be compassoinate to other people and not be rude or offensive.

I know how you feel as i have lost both my uncles and a couple of other relatives.

I wish I could think, then I wouldn't feel so empty.

If I tell you what I'm about to tell you I'm sure you're not gonna believe me, but hell I don't care.

Last night I dreamt of a lorry jackknifing off the motorway and caroaming down off Big Ben (OK little weird but...) and killing all the people down the bottom.

And in my dream I saw the drivers dead head and it was grinning.

I will get some sleep tonigh but I'm sure it will be haunted by terrible nightmares.

I am so very sorry Goatboy. Why would anyone be possessed to something like this? and suicide at the same time...

I am not gonna get to sleep tonight.