"Masmojo" (sorry, don't know your name) said: *I think the point is (& this is lost in modern politics) that advocacy should be about everyone, you should not vote for or against anything or anyone based solely on how it effects you personally, but how it effects society as a whole. *
I agree with you here, and I agree too that I should not yank this thread too far in the direction of questions of race, discrimination, and so forth. But I personally am fascinated by ethnic and cultural differences, and if anyone wants to continue the discussion off list, I will happily participate. On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 11:20 AM, masmojo <[email protected]> wrote: > OK, well aside from your bucolic area of Albuquerque (which sounds awful > sweet compared to the one I've visited on many occasions on my nomadic > travels back & forth from Texas to Cali.) In most areas of the country > including where my mom used to live in Napa Valley low income people do the > majority of the menial tasks. Thats not an indictment, just the way it is > and their ethnic identity is less significant than their role in this > discussion. It's America and most of us are a mix of something, so it's > hardly worth mentioning. > It's also not relevant if it does not apply in your part of the country, > because it's true just about everywhere else. > Othering?, hmm that's an interesting view and I don't think that's exactly > what I am doing here, no quite the opposite I think!? I DO want to be > considered as one of those guys who parks his dept. Store bike in the rack > @ Walmart & I am more than happy to have them identify with me as a fellow > cyclist! Am I going to have them over to the house for cocktails? Probably > not, but hey ya gotta draw the line somewhere. > I think the point is (& this is lost in modern politics) that advocacy > should be about everyone, you should not vote for or against anything or > anyone based solely on how it effects you personally, but how it effects > society as a whole. The reality is that middle class persons (of ambiguous > ethnic origin) are and always will be a small, but vocal group & need to > consider others less entitled in their decision making process. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten ************************************************************************** ************** *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a circumference on the contours of which all conditions, distinctions, and individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu *Stat crux dum volvitur orbis.* *(The cross stands motionless while the world revolves.) *Carthusian motto *It is *we *who change; *He* remains the same.* Eckhart *Kinei hos eromenon.* (*It moves [all things] as the beloved.) *Aristotle -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
