tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22678097.post8903346593783647638..comments2024-03-27T13:36:21.967-04:00Comments on .OPTIONS for a Better World: An Rambling Update on the Turtlekjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15122196887043345981noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22678097.post-21283268280808246192015-04-09T17:18:57.748-04:002015-04-09T17:18:57.748-04:00Snow, I deleted your comment. I wasn't comfort...Snow, I deleted your comment. I wasn't comfortable with publishing your expectations and criticisms of me. I think we've tried our best and we've exhausted the currency of mutual respect. I wish you well, but please, no more. Best wishes always, kjkjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15122196887043345981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22678097.post-71030382965870449552015-04-08T23:51:10.264-04:002015-04-08T23:51:10.264-04:00Thanks Kay xoThanks Kay xokjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15122196887043345981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22678097.post-62952346061594560542015-04-07T21:40:08.954-04:002015-04-07T21:40:08.954-04:00Expect the best but prepare for the worst but neve...Expect the best but prepare for the worst but never give up hope EVER.<br />Wishing the best for you always.Kay G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07228498846814735537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22678097.post-14400596599044575002015-04-07T12:21:04.885-04:002015-04-07T12:21:04.885-04:00Thanks, snow. Each of us has certain areas where w...Thanks, snow. Each of us has certain areas where we give our energy. My support is abundant but my energy isn't. I'm passing on this but I hope you know I wish you everything good. <br /><br />Love<br />kjkjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15122196887043345981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22678097.post-62242784949164007242015-04-06T15:01:44.614-04:002015-04-06T15:01:44.614-04:00“i know there is a strong and negative reaction to...“i know there is a strong and negative reaction to atheists but i was referring to civil rights violations.”<br /><br />Atheists who fight against religious oppression—which I very much doubt that your friends do—are regularly penalized in much the same way as homosexuals and blacks. To understand this fully, I would recommend a $40 subscription to Freethought Today, the newspaper of an organization that fights against religious oppression in the same way that the ACLU fights against a variety of oppressions I’m sure it’s a cause that you could in good conscience endorse, so I can assure you that your $40 won’t be spent for something of which you don’t approve. If you don’t want the newspaper for yourself, you can always donate it to your local library. Even if they will accept it, you might find it interesting to see how long it takes for it to be stolen from the shelf. I wouldn’t recommend this newspaper to you if I didn’t believe that it would open your eyes to a world that you’re sadly oblivious to, a world that you’ve expressing an interest in knowing more about. If you don’t to subscribe, I can at least send you a few back issues.<br /><br />Love, SnowSnowbrushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00436087215476479042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22678097.post-69416661012118561522015-04-06T12:17:01.852-04:002015-04-06T12:17:01.852-04:00snow, i know there is a strong and negative reacti...snow, i know there is a strong and negative reaction to atheists but i was referring to civil rights violations. (police stops, court proceedings, housing rentals, job applications). these are circumstances where discrimination and profiling may be instantaneous because of appearance. i don't mean to minimize your experiences or facts, snow. <br /><br />i'm also aware of my own experiences, in that i have friends who are atheists and they live as they wish and aren't targeted or harmed as i know you have been. <br /><br />myself, i think i'm pretty keenly aware of oppression throughout the world. i don't want any oppressed group to be arguing about who's more oppressed and i'm sorry if i've given you that impression,<br /><br />love<br />kjkjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15122196887043345981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22678097.post-12275655471582727922015-04-05T13:31:13.926-04:002015-04-05T13:31:13.926-04:00“I wish I had a better sense of how your rights ar...“I wish I had a better sense of how your rights are civilly violated . I think it's more difficult to be gay or black or Muslim”<br /><br />When I was a teenager in Mississippi in the ‘60s, there was an endless stream of newspaper editorials denying that black people were oppressed in Mississippi, and I still don’t doubt that they were written in good faith. You’ve read the Pew Study about atheists being more hated than gays, blacks, or Moslems, and you’re read posts I’ve written about oppressionh, yet you still don’t get it. You get gay oppression because it effects you, but you’re blind to the oppression of nonbelievers, although it’s very much like the oppression of the other groups you’ve mentioned. The only advantage that atheists that have—over some groups—is that as long as they keep their mouths shut, no one will know. Small wonder that most of them keep their mouths shut.<br /><br />Love,<br />SnowSnowbrushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00436087215476479042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22678097.post-15773157916089901282015-04-04T00:08:26.032-04:002015-04-04T00:08:26.032-04:00Hi snow, I owe you a reading or two :-)
Laws to p...Hi snow, I owe you a reading or two :-)<br /><br />Laws to protect religious people from oppression? Do you mean the happenings in Indiana and arkansas? Because that protection is as ass backwards as righteous people could make it. <br /><br />I wish I had a better sense of how your rights are civilly violated . I think it's more difficult to be gay or black or Muslim <br /><br />Love<br />kjkjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15122196887043345981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22678097.post-43323853266111152952015-04-04T00:04:21.318-04:002015-04-04T00:04:21.318-04:00Zoe, I didn't know this was you for a bit :-) ...Zoe, I didn't know this was you for a bit :-) not moving yet, but in due time. Thank you for your thoughtfulness. Yes, changes here. And I'm calm !<br />Love<br />kjkjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15122196887043345981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22678097.post-4384587117247134912015-04-04T00:02:01.876-04:002015-04-04T00:02:01.876-04:008, I love this too. Somehow this reminds me about ...8, I love this too. Somehow this reminds me about something I read about trees: that we just accept them and don't wish or try to change who they are<br /><br />Love<br />kjkjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15122196887043345981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22678097.post-54108136075284760592015-04-03T23:59:20.471-04:002015-04-03T23:59:20.471-04:00Amanda, I love this! Thank you xo
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kjAmanda, I love this! Thank you xo<br />Love<br />kjkjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15122196887043345981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22678097.post-36230697127880553692015-04-03T23:58:31.781-04:002015-04-03T23:58:31.781-04:00No piles for me, mark :-)
Love
kjNo piles for me, mark :-)<br /><br />Love<br />kjkjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15122196887043345981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22678097.post-32045553505123671072015-04-03T23:57:49.951-04:002015-04-03T23:57:49.951-04:008, difficult sometimes, and too, amazing
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kj8, difficult sometimes, and too, amazing<br />Love<br />kjkjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15122196887043345981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22678097.post-58595232040879202062015-04-03T23:56:17.802-04:002015-04-03T23:56:17.802-04:00Deb, I think you know enough
Love
kjDeb, I think you know enough <br /><br />Love<br />kjkjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15122196887043345981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22678097.post-31022891833660934042015-04-03T23:55:28.864-04:002015-04-03T23:55:28.864-04:00Thank you, Mim. xo to the moon and back!Thank you, Mim. xo to the moon and back!kjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15122196887043345981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22678097.post-52270666180702414232015-04-03T17:46:24.338-04:002015-04-03T17:46:24.338-04:00"if it's despair may I know I have accumu..."if it's despair may I know I have accumulated enough strength."<br /><br />You're more self-assured than I.<br /><br />In following the news, I guess you know all about the laws to protect religious people from oppression (real or imagined), but why not laws to protect atheists, we certainly need them more.<br /><br />BTW, you said you were going to come back and read the posts that you read the comments to. If you haven't, I hope you will respond when you do, as I always like hearing what you have to say.Snowbrushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00436087215476479042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22678097.post-21135916760465298302015-04-02T19:11:07.951-04:002015-04-02T19:11:07.951-04:00Oh kj I have been remiss in being here and didnt r...Oh kj I have been remiss in being here and didnt realize so much had happened and is happening. I am so sorry to hear about your mother . I didnt realize you were selling your home here ... I knew you planned to but didnt realize it was now.... Im glad to hear you are catching up with the processes and also letting life just happen as it does without resistance. Take care, Ivy/ZoeAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11630958840521397718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22678097.post-7707905084951217412015-04-01T17:48:19.134-04:002015-04-01T17:48:19.134-04:00I just ran across this quote and it seemed appropr...I just ran across this quote and it seemed appropriate here:<br /><br />Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished - Lao Tzu8thdayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17139355263412766126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22678097.post-4608428411994210242015-03-30T10:51:56.674-04:002015-03-30T10:51:56.674-04:00Your lovely and poignant post reminded me of Yeat&...Your lovely and poignant post reminded me of Yeat's Eternity poem:<br /><br />He who binds to himself a joy<br />Does the winged life destroy; <br />But he who kisses the joy as it flies<br />Lives in eternity's sun rise. Amanda Summerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00942636545948440422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22678097.post-41152951779432260852015-03-30T07:19:36.173-04:002015-03-30T07:19:36.173-04:00It's cool do what you can as you can and most ...It's cool do what you can as you can and most importantly don't worry about any piles, unless they are from a neighbors dog. Then you have an immediate issue to deal with.the walking manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10058913927297370740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22678097.post-26800869758306904222015-03-27T15:34:45.918-04:002015-03-27T15:34:45.918-04:00Being nostalgic and wistful and grateful and hopef...Being nostalgic and wistful and grateful and hopeful is a very good way to approach life, I think. That and child-like excitement (that smile says it all : ) It all makes for an amazing journey.8thdayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17139355263412766126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22678097.post-509304866703078642015-03-27T07:51:04.763-04:002015-03-27T07:51:04.763-04:00"Life doesn't work that way. Just knowing..."Life doesn't work that way. Just knowing that fact has prepared me to expect the best and the worse, depending, to be ready for either. If it's joy, may I put my hand out and grab it while it's flying by; and if it's despair may I know I have accumulated enough strength."<br /><br />I think that this is what age and experience bring. I think this is called wisdom. I'm slowly learning it as well. My life so farhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16721270441968035994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22678097.post-60965601632837223822015-03-27T05:56:51.638-04:002015-03-27T05:56:51.638-04:00hmmm - I sense a change in your voice. I like it. ...hmmm - I sense a change in your voice. I like it. Glad to hear it. Sending love to my turtle friend (love the image) Mir Stellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11495494141449206207noreply@blogger.com