10-27-2011, 12:01 PM
(10-27-2011, 07:07 AM)Namaste Wrote:unity100 Wrote:and now someone is equating that political correctness concept with kindness and compassion, saying they transcend language, race etc etc.
If that 'someone' is indeed pointed at myself, I never made such a connection.
The point is this; we're all different, on our own paths. Choosing love in the moment - the most useful thing one can do in our lives - entails kindness and compassion. That means thinking of other selves. If you know that the mannerisms of your own culture can offend others, you have the choice to not do so.
That choice is your own free will, and is neither right or wrong. I'm not telling you what to choose, rather simply highlighting the fact that being considerate of others is a means of polarising positively.
all these differentiations and explanations, but in the end it boils down to what i said. obliging with american political correctness which is valid and in question in some parts of america.
if i KNOW that the mannerisms of my, and many other cultures, can offend another culture's some percentage population somewhere, why do i change my mannerisms ? do the rest 80% of the world, have to oblige with the perspectives of some 80 million in america ?
(10-27-2011, 08:22 AM)Oceania Wrote: Unity, i did not say Steve invented the personal computer. he developed and built a personal computer and he was a big part of popularizing the personal computer so that any moron can use it. in those days noone had one ecxept people who worked with computers. also, he was the one who introduced beautiful fonts and other art aspects to computing. something i take great pleasure in. he was an artist soul and a computer geek. the marriage of such aspects makes for something impactful. if i am wrong so be it.
well, yes you are wrong. this is why i have linked you those articles, and gave statistical figures. first, at no time apple devices had constituted more than 10% of computer units sold and used, so therefore you cannot say that he popularized personal computer. what popularized personal computer, was ibm pc being allowed to be produced under license. this created so cheap and so varied pc compatibles that they made their way into every small business and every home. back in 1992, a pc was sold around equivalent of $2000 here. in 1993, it was $1000 and it came into a range that a middle class family could afford, and thats how my family bought one for me. its no different for the rest.
as for the beautiful fonts, there were graphical interfaces and kits that were being used in graphical and typesetting sector. it is true that apple had cornered that market in early 1990s, but this does not mean that there werent other kits and oses, software being used in that sector. not to mention that there is no correlation in between these and popularization of 'pretty fonts'. what you speak of, has been the natural result of graphical oses coming into use. as in 'windows'.
(10-27-2011, 08:43 AM)Oceania Wrote: as for social conventions. i have to agree with Unity, that i never understood such fakery until later in my life when i've started merging a little more with normal people's views. politeness, the ways things work on this planet. it's not cold fakery for evil purposes, it's being considerate, and holding your tongue for personal reasons. to smooth things or avoid undue conflict. or just a habit you've learned. it's oil for the machine. you can say these are things that make the world the shithole it is. or you can say, "hey, this world is a work of art." i don't like the bad parts but i've learned to love this planet and its unique beauty, social flaws included. i mean, when i was a kid i was blindly honest and tried to explain things to the Nth degree because i felt like the telepathic aspect was missing.
fake, is still fake and dishonest. there is no way of alleviating this spiritually. you may show reasoning to your higher self or social memory complex totality, saying it was not to 'hurt' the feelings of the other person, and this may get some approval from compassion side, but it will not get approval from wisdom side. it will be in contrast of blue ray. and blue ray, is higher in vibration than green. nomatter how some may not like it. and anyone who is intending to go further than green, will have to cope up with that fact and that ray's properties.
all that said, we are people who are pursuing advanced spiritual information which shatters many of the society's conditioning already. if we cant be honest in between each other, is there a chance of being honest to ourselves.