GREETINGS,NAÏVE ARE THOSE WHO HAVE LOST HOPE IN HATE OVER TIME. THEY FAIL TO SEE THAT THERE CAN BE NO LOVE WITHOUT HATE. OPPRESSION IS NOT ONLY A DISTANT PROBLEM FOR THIRD WORLD SOCIETIES IN THE PAST. THIS AND MANY OTHER FORMS OF PREJUDICE ARE CLEAR TO VICTIMS OF HATE EVERYWHERE. WE MAY NO LONGER SPEAK OR ACT ON OUR ENTITLED OPINIONS. BUT THOUGHTS OF CONDEMNATION STILL LINGERS ON THE MIND. IN A FREE WORLD, PEOPLE PAY THE PRICE. THE RIGHTS THAT WE PURCHASED COME WITH FREEDOM. THEREFORE, WE ARE ABLE TO LIKE, LOVE AND HATE MUCH AS WE DESIRE. IN LIFE, I HAVE SEEN MANY EXAMPLES THAT PROVE MY CONCERN. IN EVERY ENVIRONMENT AND AT ANY GIVEN TIME, MY PRESENCE HAS BEEN FROWNED UPON. THE WEAK PHYSICAL APPEARANCE THAT I SEEM TO PUT FORWARD IS OFTEN TAKEN QUITE OFFENSIVELY. STIFF UPPER LIPS ON MY RIGHT, SNARES TO THE LEFT AND SOMETIMES A SHARP BLANK STARE FOLLOWED BY INNOCENT BUT UNNECESSARY COMMENTS OF DISAPPROVAL IS NORMAL TO ME. HOWEVER, THERE IS LITTLE TO NO CHOICE. DEDUCTIVE REASONING AND MAJORITY RULES WILL NOT ALLOW ME TO IGNORE THEM. IF EVERYONE IS RIGHT, I MUST BE WRONG. SOMEHOW AND IN MANY WAYS, I HAVE LEARNED NOT TO STRUGGLE, FIGHT OR ARGUE. WISDOM FROM PAST EXPERIENCES REMINDS ME THAT A WAR WITH SOCIETY IS WINLESS AT BEST. SO, IF I MAY OBLIGE, A FIGURATEVLY BURNING QUESTION THAT PLAGUES ME TO MY CORE IS SIMPLY, WHY? AMONG ALL THE MISFORTUNES ONE CAN CROSS IN A DAY, WHY MUST WE BURDEN OURSELVES HEAVIER WITH CRITISIZM? DO WE LIVE IN FEAR OF OUR NEIGHBOR THAT HE MAY CHALLENGE US? AS CREATURES OF THE SAME KIND, MUST WE ALWAYS BE GREATER THAN THE NEXT? OVER A LIFETIME, VIRTUE HAS ALLOWED ME TO REALIZE THESE TRUTHS ABOUT OUR RESPECTIVE CULTURES. HOWEVER, REALIZING AND UNDERSTANDING ARE WORLDS APART. ONE CAN SEE A FAULT BUT NOT NECESSARILY RECOGNIZE ITS VALUE. IN FACT, THE CONSIQUENCES OF OUR PREJUDICE HAS CONTINUED TO FADE INTO THE SKY OF POPULAR PUBLIC OPINION. OUR MINDS HAVE WEAKEND SO TRAGICALLY THAT WE OFTEN REFUSE TO THINK FOR OURSELVES WHILE DETRIMENTALLY RELYING ON FALSE STEREOTYPES OF IGNORANCE. IN THE END, STUPID IS THE NEW COOL BECAUSE DUMMIES NOW RULE.
GOD BLESS,
JEF
