tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12582298.post943528629671330454..comments2008-09-26T10:31:17.787-07:00Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10875910395291494520noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12582298.post-33361263151465194522008-09-26T10:31:00.000-07:002008-09-26T10:31:00.000-07:00"Magneto was Polarizing"<BR/><BR/>My comment about "different" wasn't (actually) to make you define it. It was to make a point. I don't think it can be. "Different" is a lie. Well, not a lie. Just so fundamental as to be meaningless. Everybody's different. So, "different" doesn't matter, unless you impose false or arbitrary criteria to lump, categorize and pigeonhole people together, which is far too common in society, business and everything. It's done by the prejudiced who want to do people harm, and it's done by folks who seemingly have your best interest in mind but just want to build a "base." And it's done by people who want to "belong" (but once they do, they immediately create an "other," who are "different").<BR/>"Different" is a concept. It is not a reality when everybody is "different."<BR/><BR/>Which brings to mind one of my favorite Monty Python moments in "The Life of Brian," when Brian exhorts the crowd: "Look, you're all individuals!"<BR/><BR/>And the crowd yells back in unison, "YES! WE ARE ALL INDIVIDUALS!"Yojimbo_5http://www.blogger.com/profile/12791996320278381516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12582298.post-70394447556763074142008-09-24T20:59:00.000-07:002008-09-24T20:59:00.000-07:00I, too, admire the grit of the your little civilly disobedient provocateur, as I feel that power cannot be given, only taken. At the same time, I think that resistance alone can never build anything enduring, and that separation is, in the long run, failure.<BR/><BR/>Remember, even Malcolm X (El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz by then) repudiated many of his earlier positions after his Hajj, including his separatism.Walakahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15937932225623126280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12582298.post-60190729705890748942008-09-24T18:29:00.000-07:002008-09-24T18:29:00.000-07:00Thanks for the comment Jim... I've made an edit to reflect your request to better define "different."Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14226555790210323906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12582298.post-69239591050125036682008-09-24T14:25:00.000-07:002008-09-24T14:25:00.000-07:00He might be your littlest rebel.<BR/><BR/>But he's probably like the comic-book guy on "Simpsons."<BR/><BR/>Plus, define "different."Yojimbo_5http://www.blogger.com/profile/12791996320278381516noreply@blogger.com