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Originally posted by Rain Man
Frankly, I highly resent the notion that the NPHC is the be all, end all choice for Black GLOs.
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And? So you came in here to tell people that they shouldn't resent these new orgs popping up, but you resent a certain notion? Sooooo what? Well, I don't think you should resent the fact that we are the end all be all. How about that? And I'm not saying that we are, but if I was, I highly resent the fact that you resent the notion that we are the end all be all.
And who said we couldn't co-exist peacefully?
You know, when I was a little girl, I HATED when my neice would mimic or mock me. HATED IT. But I LOVED her. And I always supported her, and still do. But I would always complain to my mother that she was copying me. Ooh, it would get on my nerves. But you know what? She did it because she loved me and (for lack of a better word) idolized me. To this day, we are two very different people, and have grown in different directions. I know that my sister resented the way that I would treat my neice from time to time. I'm sure she did. But I wanted my neice to be her OWN person, not a mini-me. Influence is one thing, replication is another entirely. Had my neice been her own person instead of copying the actions of others and adopting their belief systems, she would have had a very different life with less struggle and hardships. Why do we teach our children lessons (e.g., BE YOURSELF) that we don't seem to embrace in real life?
If a new artist came on the scene, and all they did was paint Monet's works, but in different colors, what would people say? If a new recording artist came on the scene and all they did was sing other people's songs and changed a couple of the words, how would they fare on the charts? If you wrote a book, and a new author wrote one just like it, but changed the characters' names and the cover of the book, would it be cool? What would you think if they advertised a brand new game show and then when it came on, it was just a rip-off of another show? Same game, different name and different host, but the same game?
Anyway, I said all that to say this: just like you have the right to resent the fact that we are the be all end all, we have the right to resent WHATEVER we want to.
Yeah, I'm rambling. I'm bored. What?