Posts made by gaganraj

who needs science....

RickW its all a matter of perspective. if you haven't been on the receiving end, its easier to disbelieve/not perceive its existence in particular situations. i grew up in the 70s too. i didn't miss any racial tension. it was right there in my face everyday. i guess that is why people are still sensitive about it. i think by the time the kids born in the 80-90s are grown, many people will hold the same (valid) point you do.

the image can be deconstructed in many ways, but the message, in the context of the US, its historical relationship with african americans and other minorities, is clear. At least to me.

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http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/jonathan_haidt_on_the_moral_mind.html

whats not to like? Is it because I said something negative about old white men? woops.

fair enough. i think that is a pretty universal sentiment - not wanting to get killed. just don't let your own fear and paranoia of muslims or anyone else make you bust out that shot gun and kill someone needlessly.

ouch. I thought our culture was trying to move beyond this. but i think its the exact opposite. I see a rise in ignorance and hatred.

I highly doubt you're truly informed on the subject. Rush Limbaugh doesn't count as 'education.' Education is informing yourself on a broad range of opinions and facts on the same subject. Pro and Con. If you've done this, then despise on.

You know who the FIRST person killed in retaliation after the terrorist attacks on 9/11 was? A sikh man. The sikhs, who's entire culture and religion was galvanized around a response to muslim oppression and tyranny. A sikh was murdered.

that is what happens when its ok to 'despise.' Innocent people die needlessly. Does this make sense? you're just as guilty as islamic terrorists who 'despise' america.

old white men are perpetrating hate instead of understanding. how is that for political correctness?

edit: as acrimonious my response sounds, I do respect the fact that you can have any opinion you want - its the violence and hatred that seems to be expanding in the US that i find frightening.

i could care less whether you feel guilty or not. that isn't the point. the point i'm making is that you're unable to see beyond a tiny narrow view point. do you hate the japanese because of pearl harbor? what about disgruntled army vets because of McVeigh? Russians because of the Cold War? Does this come across? The world isn't black and white. its all a shade of grey. Do you really fall for the propoganda that easily? Who is the evil empire this week?

Try and challenge yourself beyond a knee jerk reaction to something you're unfamiliar with and obviously scared of. Let me rephrase. Your views aren't racist. They are uneducated, reactionary and unenlightened. At least if you're educated on the subject, your hate can be a little more informed.

where did you develop these xenophobic and racist views? And if you think fundamentalists christians are not dangerous, think again. Bush is a fundamentalist christian, and at his hand he is murdering thousands in the middle east. How does that sit with Jesus?

I agree with much of what Paris is saying. How can we be a 'light on a hill' when people are fearful of a candidates name? How are we in any way an enlightened society? McCain graduated 5th to last in his class and was, in his own words, reckless and egotistical. He is typical of an elitist, white establishment that has mislead the country into believe we are a 'christian' nation blessed by 'God' and taken them into a war for a valuable and vanishing resource. How can anyone be mistrustful of a man that has worked his way from nothing to being the leading presidential nominee JUST BECAUSE OF HIS NAME?! It is an ignorant, xenophobic, racist and uneducated opinion. In the same vein that people are mistrustful of a dark skinned man, I am fearful of old, warmongering white men, who have done little more than line the pockets of their cronies, while the world sinks into a future devoid of oil, water, fertile soil and most of all, rational thinking human beings.

Most older white men in this country will never understand what it is to feel any sort of oppression or discrimination. It is a dying generation that will have to come to terms with, before they are gone, that their country is lead by a man of color. deal with it.

fyi, it was interaction with Mohammedan society that brought the crusading europeans from an intellectual, physical and cultural dark ages into the Renaissance. Western society was definitively shaped by those interactions. People do and say both horrible and wonderful things in the name of religion. Try and find some of the good.

and of course Arab = Bad.

I guess our numerical system should be questioned by the average american as well...

This is indeed America's last chance to redeem itself in the eyes of the world. If McPalin wins, it reveals deep rifts within our society based around fear, intolerance and ignorance.

everynite i sit in a cold sweat with the thought of sarah palin as president...

it is a scarey state of affairs here. How are people duped into thinking this is a 'christian' nation when it was clearly established to be just the opposite? Growing up in the US, but not looking typically american, gives you a unique insight into the bigotry and xenophobia that is rampant in this country.

nice! hey solo throw out some more! that stuff looks awsome.

ummmm. that is pretty amazing right?

have you tried exporting some more complex curves into SU? how does it turn out?

looks rad!

i don't think SU 7 even exists.

getting close to being done... i just don't have enough time...

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