"jmk" wrote in news:1150119295.329485.190150
@c74g2000cwc.googlegroups.com:

Snipola
"You know," she said, "that's the first time since the accident six
years ago that I wasn't 'different.' I've got lots of friends at
school, and all that, but there, even with my friends, I'm, you know,
the burned one. At camp... well, we were all just *us*."
Snipola

Pardon me for borrowing this tale for my own purposes....

This story exemplifies the problem with society in which
those who are different for *ANY* reason are outcasted
and how some of those who are different make such an issue
of it that no-one ever accepts anybody.

A specific case in point. There's talk of Hillary running
for president. This Country is not ready for a woman President.
Nor is this Country is not ready for a black President. Why?
Because people will see them as a 'woman' President, or a
'black' President. When we see a person and say "they'd make
a good President" without regard to gender or race or any
other factor, then we are ready. BTW, some of our best
Presidents would never have been able to run today because
of their 'issues'.

Another specific example is how on applications for employment
there is a check box for race. Yet also on that same paper
is a statement that they do not discriminate. Does any one
else see the problem here? We're not supposed to base our
decisions on who's 'different' yet we want to know who is
'different'.

Yet another example was hurricane Katrina. When I saw the
pictures of the devestated neighborhoods, I said to myself,
"I feel sorry for those people". Then I realized 'those
people' were mostly black and knew that the media was about
to play the race card, which they did.

We should be proud of our differences and our limitations
and our advantages. We should never have to hide them for
fear of ridicule. We should look at another person and say,
"that's a fine human being", or "that's a lousy human being",
not because of what they are, but because of what they have
done.

I feel for this little girl because of the struggle she will
have for the rest of her life, but I also hold hope becuase
she has learned what 'humanity' should not be, and perhaps
she may be the one to make everyone realize what fools they
are.

I hope when grows up she becomes President.

And thank you all who volunteer for these flights.

Brian
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