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Re: Teaching racism
« Reply #45 on: May 03, 2009, 06:44:34 AM »
I'm sorry Shard, but I don't see it that way.  You don't think something if you don't, at least a little bit, believe it somewhere deep inside.
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Re: Teaching racism
« Reply #46 on: May 03, 2009, 09:03:09 AM »
While I certainly don't think it makes you "not racist" if you think these things and don't say them, I certainly do think it makes you a better person—self control, even for a racist (or especially for one, maybe) is a good thing, and having it is certainly better than not.
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Re: Teaching racism
« Reply #47 on: May 03, 2009, 09:14:44 AM »
If you think it but don't say it, then on some level you must know that it's wrong.
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Re: Teaching racism
« Reply #48 on: May 03, 2009, 01:17:28 PM »
If you think it but don't say it, then on some level you must know that it's wrong.

Exactly.
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Re: Teaching racism
« Reply #49 on: May 03, 2009, 04:38:18 PM »
There was an episode of House recently that had a guy who couldn't keep from saying the first thing that popped into his head. He was really ticked because he'd worked so hard his whole life not to do that.
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Re: Teaching racism
« Reply #50 on: May 03, 2009, 07:28:26 PM »
I remember that episode. He knew it was wrong, and he tried his hardest not to say those things.
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Re: Teaching racism
« Reply #51 on: May 04, 2009, 12:02:22 AM »
I got the impression he thought it was threatening his lifestyle, but not that he was guilty over it.
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Re: Teaching racism
« Reply #52 on: May 04, 2009, 12:19:37 AM »
I felt like he didn't want to say those things, especially to his wife, because he didn't want to hurt people.
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Re: Teaching racism
« Reply #53 on: May 04, 2009, 02:21:52 AM »
Yeah I didn't see any evidence of compassion in him.  It looked rather like narcissism to me.
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Re: Teaching racism
« Reply #54 on: May 04, 2009, 03:15:43 AM »
I totally didn't get those vibes from him.

Anyway, drawing on that example—A person's innermost thoughts are important; after all, Jesus talked about committing adultery in your heart. But I think that, like we can't control the temptations that beset us but only how we react to them, how we react to the thoughts in our heads is very important. If an unhelpful thought crosses our mind, do we dwell on it or push it away? The conscious choice to school our speech and not to say it out loud is a very important first step. What cometh out of a man defileth him, etc.
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Re: Teaching racism
« Reply #55 on: May 04, 2009, 03:33:57 AM »
I like your new little title, Ook.  "Assistant to Mr. Sanderson", heh.
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Re: Teaching racism
« Reply #56 on: May 04, 2009, 03:42:50 AM »
I agree Ookla, if one goes around spouting racial slurs surly that is worse then someone that merely thinks of them.
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