My people are hydroponic

2005-01-17 Thread Roger Borseth
Hi Gilberto I have been enjoying your discussions with the Baha'i friends, but I am curious what does your signature mean My people are hydroponic? Peace and Unity Roger At 01:00 PM 1/17/2005, you wrote: Subject: Re: Kitab-i-Iqan pgs. 3-4 From: Gilberto Simpson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 16

Re: My people are hydroponic

2005-01-17 Thread Gilberto Simpson
On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 17:02:49 +0800, Roger Borseth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Gilberto I have been enjoying your discussions with the Baha'i friends, but I am curious what does your signature mean My people are hydroponic? I sometimes do poetry slams and perform at open mikes. One piece I'm

Re: My people are hydroponic

2005-01-17 Thread Gilberto Simpson
On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 07:02:08 -0800 (PST), JS [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Maybe Baha'is are hydroponic too, because Baha'u'llah and his companions were exiled all over the middle east, and now Baha'is are scattered around the globe, and consider themselves world citizens first, then citizens of

Re: My people are hydroponic

2005-01-17 Thread JS
Gilberto, ??? There are more Baha'is in countries where Baha'u'llah never went to than there are Baha'is in countries He was exiled to. Secondly, Baha'u'llah taught that one is a World Citizen first, and that patriotism is subservient to it. India, African, the Americas, for example, make up

Re: My people are hydroponic

2005-01-17 Thread Gilberto Simpson
/religion/bahaist Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu -- My people are hydroponic __ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:archive@mail

Re: My people are hydroponic

2005-01-17 Thread JS
from one specific place. Even if theyare mixed in terms of what country they are from, white people couldsa! y that they are from Europe.When I think about it, the ways in whichmany people tell the story of where they are from is just differentfrom how I think about my own identity.T

Re: My people are hydroponic

2005-01-17 Thread Gilberto Simpson
On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 12:00:11 -0500, Gilberto Simpson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But alot of the **Cubans** I grew up around were either Mexican or Puerto Rican. That was meant to be Hispanic/Latino. My people are hydroponic __ You are subscribed