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Those who are perceived to be ‘on top’ are not normally given the option of criticising those who criticise them from below. This happens in every walk in life and at almost every level you can think of. It works with sports teams leading the league, countries who are dominant on the world stage, and of course between races. Because over the last 400 years the world has been dominated by European (and therefore White) society and cultural values, those who are not part of that sect are critical of it. This has been partially caused by the brutal treatment of the populations of people eminating from those different cultural backgrounds. It is very difficult for a man whose grandfather was tortured, enslaved and beaten by somebody who he considers to be no different to you or your grandfather, to treat you as an equal and to accept that you have a legitimate complaint to make. With time, this fades. In some countries, it’s quicker than others for cultural reasons. In the USA it will take quite some considerable time. Possibly, not even within our lifetimes. However, what speeds the process of forgiveness up is people accepting that history is regrettable, educating, and not relevant to how we should behave towards each other today. So, don’t feel threatened. Accept people are not going to listen to you from time to time, but don’t get angry about it. Don’t lower yourself to the level you’ve just risen from.
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Name : Wiggy, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Age : 25, City : Manchester, State : NA, Country : United Kingdom, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,Fear can be categorised as either being rational, or irrational. Rational fear is when you’re scared of something you know to be dangerous – e.g. fire, drowning, bullets being fired at you. Irrational fear is when you think something is dangerous, but in fact it isn’t. Such fear typically occurs because something isn’t understood but there is a perception it could be damging. The human mind creates a feedback loop, and before you know it, everything and everyone can become the enemy. Gay marriages are seen as the encroachment of the homosexual community into an institution (marriage) that is historically a used to partner a mother and a father and defining a family. Some people just don’t understand why you would get married if it was not to start a family. Some people think it defaces a tradition they hold dear. Some, just don’t understand homosexuality full stop, and so irrational fear becomes the dominant force in their thinking.
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Name : Wiggy, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Age : 25, City : Manchester, State : NA, Country : United Kingdom, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,OK, first off, alcohol is a drug. However, it is so prevalent in Western society, that they are likely to be exposed to it at some point and they’ll want to try it. It is therefore, perhaps best, if you teach them at an early age to deal with it responsibly than it is to let them discover how harmful it can be on their own without your supervision/care. In Europe, the attitude to alcohol is generally much more liberal than in most other places. In France, it is typical for children to have a small glass of weak wine with their evening family meal from quite a young age – perhaps as young as 5 or 6. As a result, alcoholism whilst a problem in France, is not as prevalent as in some countries. Also, teenage binge drinking is almost unheard of. In England, where alcohol is seen a little more like it is in America, teenagers are actually allowed to drink in pubs if accompanied by their parents and if drinking wine with a meal, from the age of 14. This is hardly ever seen though and children are not expected to drink except on special occasions. In England, perhaps as a result, teenage binge drinking is almost an epidemic and teenage alcoholism is the highest in Europe. I was first exposed to alcohol to the point of getting drunk around 12 (champagne, a family wedding) but it didn’t work with me – I ended up becoming almost alcoholic as an 18 year old, probably due to me not being regularly exposed to it as part of my normal life. I considered it ‘special’. I would suggest that if you allow your teenagers at around 12-13 to have a glass of wine with the family meal on a regular basis, they’ll have a mature attitude to the drug as a whole. If occasioanlly as they get older they have a couple more glasses, the feeling of drunkeness won’t be the elixir that can harm them when they get to college. In my mind, that’s responsible parenting.
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Name : Wiggy, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Age : 25, City : Manchester, State : NA, Country : United Kingdom, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,Ask yourself this: when you see a member of the opposite sex that you like, how do you feel? You know that tingly feeling, the heart skipping, the butterflies in the stomach? Is that the way you were born to react, or is it a lifestlye choice you’ve made? Once you’ve answered that, I think you might have answered your own question…
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Name : Wiggy, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Age : 25, City : Manchester, State : NA, Country : United Kingdom, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,
