Sunday, December 14, 2008
Where is the love?
This is a comment on Jen's post, but I decided to put it up here on the main wall with hopes that more people will see it. Jen I totally agree with you. People do discriminate pretty heavily. I'd like to touch a little on what you said when you mentioned that people dislike people just because they do drugs, or do something that a opposing party dislikes, or doesn't agree with. The argument I'd like to make is that people get too caught up with people's inadequacies to see what neat people they really are. For example, I have a booger little brother who is 16, who is a really good guy, but does have some drawbacks. He is big for his age at 6'2" and 190lbs. and is not a bad looking guy. As a result he is a bit on the arrogant side. He also likes to drink and smoke when he gets a chance. I don't agree with this for reasons apparent, and neither does my other brother who is 19. My bro that is 19 has a strong dislike for him because of his faults. True it is that they are faults, but that shouldn't interfere with your ability to enjoy people. People are all different, and we should not cut ourselves short by cutting them short.
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This post reminds me of my mission. If I didn't talk to people because they smoked or drank or were a little weird, I wouldn't have talked to hardly anyone. Just because people have some drawbacks doesn't mean that you can't still be friendly to them. This however doesn't mean that we need to make these people our best friends. You do have to be careful about the group/crowd you get involved in though. This is because hanging out with such a crowd can prove to be a bad influence on you individually. I definitely believe however that people should never be treated poorly because of their bad actions or certain characteristics.
I really like this post. People really do think that when you see a smoker or a guy with lots of tatoos that you just judge them right away and think that they are all that bad. We need to just respect everyone and still be friendly, because we don't know what they have been through in their life. I really agree with Alex that we shouldn't treat people poorly and just say that they are bad people. We need to understand. We can be kind and friendly to them. Most importantly respect them.
i also agree with this post. i really like alex's comment that we don't need to make these people our best friend but we shouldn't be mean or discriminate against them. i even catch myself sometimes,jugding people that have made bad choices, harshly. it is natural for me because i haved lived in utah my whole life right in utah county, there is not a lot of people that smoke and drink compared to other places in the world. when i was younger it used to scare me when i would come across people that were smoking or drinking, i thought that because they didn't do things that i agreed with made them bad. as i got older and met and talked to more people i totally realized that it was completely not true and in fact found out that some of the people i met that smoked or drank were some of the nicest people i have ever met.
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