[stylist] forming communities

[LoriStay at aol.com]

What's that old saying?   Birds of a feather?
People with religion, race, culture, etc. do often find homes within each 
other's neighborhood.   Then they establish communities.   so your next door 
neighbor may be a relative stranger, but the person two houses over is part of 
your community.
No matter what we think would be ideal, this is what we do.   I see nothing 
wrong with establishing communities, whether based on religion, or 
communication, or anything else.   What would be wrong would be to persecute others who 
live nearby because they are not the same as we are.
That said, blind people do not find the need to live near each other, but 
communities form nevertheless.   Who are your friends?   Who understands you?   
Maybe your bonds are strengthened through email, or telephone calls.   They are 
still in existence.
Lori

In a message dated 12/29/08 11:45:15 AM, jbron at optonline.net writes:


> John, When I said groups should go off and live on an island I was being
> facetious.  What you are defining are people who live according to their
> reality which happens to be different from the mainstream.  It doesn't make
> anyone's situation right or wrong.  None of us are black and white
> characters defined according to someone else.  We are all individuals with
> the right to be ourselves.  We live in a society.  That society defines some
> limitations as to what we can or can't do.  For example, I can't walk into
> your house, grab something I want and walk out without facing the
> consequences of that action.  I'm a woman.  I define my role according to my
> religion and society.  I was made a woman, not a man.  I don't look like a
> man, act like a man or stand up when using the bathroom.  This definition of
> me is not suppressed because of what I am, but I enhance who I am by being
> me.
> 




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