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    An insightful post by your main man on the social issues..

    Hmm.

    Lately, I've been doing a lot of soul searching, and have been taking note of various peoples opinions on social issues, how they feel about their country, and things that relate to it.

    One thing that we all know, this is a diverse country, with people living different lifestyles.

    But here is where we just start to scratch the surface.

    The US -- is it really the land of the free, or even quite honestly -- the mindset most "Americans" truly have?

    I'm talking to you, Mr. American flag waver.

    Before I go on, this is not a "dis" to this wonderful country we live in. I respect the President (I even voted for him), the society we live in, and most people in general.

    Let's start with something many people can relate their own problems with -- the Police.

    Why is it most of us blindly trust the Police before ever having a shady run on with the Police? You know what I'm talking about. I'm talking to you, the guy who respects and trusts the police, but blindly scoffs at the horror stories many people have told about some occurences that have went down with the police.

    Why is it, they have so much power -- yet it doesn't take much education to pursue a job in the police force. Another thing I've noticed, the people who lack real experience in life, who've been sheltered -- there more then likely support the cops in most cases. Now, why is that?

    Next, let's take a look at the social concept of interracial marriage. It seems as if the people who are most willing to pain themselves with that red white and blue, are the first to object to a white man marrying a black woman, or vice versa? Why would that ever even be an issue, in the land of the free that so many have died for?

    We can go on with Gay Marriage. Why is it the same who bathe themselves in the red white and blue, are also quick to laugh at the prospect of two men wanting to wed? Why is that? Since when was it the American way to neglect love -- the very thing that drives most people to live their own lives in pursue of that happiness.

    I can go on, like those who are ignorant yet vocal on how marijuana is such a horrible thing -- and they'll even argue that, with a beer in their own very hand...the irony in that is just laughable.

    Sorry, felt like venting. I'll probably go on later..
    KoRnStaR Reviewed by KoRnStaR on . An insightful post by your main man on the social issues.. Hmm. Lately, I've been doing a lot of soul searching, and have been taking note of various peoples opinions on social issues, how they feel about their country, and things that relate to it. One thing that we all know, this is a diverse country, with people living different lifestyles. But here is where we just start to scratch the surface. The US -- is it really the land of the free, or even quite honestly -- the mindset most "Americans" truly have? Rating: 5

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    #2
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    An insightful post by your main man on the social issues..

    Good venting. You made some good points and asked some good questions.

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    #3
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    An insightful post by your main man on the social issues..

    Ah there we go. Some common sense never hurt anyone.

    Well I take that back. It's gotten people killed.

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    #4
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    An insightful post by your main man on the social issues..

    Quote Originally Posted by lateralus
    Ah there we go. Some common sense never hurt anyone.

    Well I take that back. It's gotten people killed.
    Yep, and it's unfortunate..

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    An insightful post by your main man on the social issues..

    very good post. Something i read about in college made me think in my sociology class. Police do not have Power, they have Authority. Authority is a social power. Symbolic interactionists look at the titles, and why it is a power symbol. Power is like a mafia don, or a manipulator, or a body builder. There power isn't of a social origin.

    Sorry about all the spelling and typos, smoking :stoned:

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    An insightful post by your main man on the social issues..

    I'd propose that "social power", is just as powerful, if not more so than the "power" possessed by a bodybuilder for example.

    We can label it based on it's use and context, but power is power.

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    #7
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    An insightful post by your main man on the social issues..

    Wisdom, knowledge, and confidence. That's power.

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    An insightful post by your main man on the social issues..

    The way I see it, and I'm not gonna go on here because I don't have much time, is that American society has grown and diversified so rapidly over the years and nobody even noticed. Now people are aware of that, and that's where the problems begin. It's what happens when so much goes on in a nation and nobody bothers to notice, too wrapped up in their own lives. Seriously, in America it seems that people tend to discard things that they hear or see on a day to day basis a lot more easily then in other places. Over the past several years, so many issues piled up and only now people are beginning to speak.

    I blame in part the administration and I blame in part the people. The government has been fucking up good in recent years, while generally people are just too eased into pointing at somebody or something of which they disapprove. I guess it could be because of the large difference between the mindset of the American people and the mindset of the American government, or simply the fact that people are only noticing these differences now.

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    An insightful post by your main man on the social issues..

    Quote Originally Posted by lateralus
    Wisdom, knowledge, and confidence. That's power.
    Power is nothing without power.

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    An insightful post by your main man on the social issues..

    [QUOTE=KoRnStaR]Hmm.

    "Before I go on, this is not a "dis" to this wonderful country we live in. I respect the President (I even voted for him), the society we live in, and most people in general."

    Wow Kornstar you are sooo intelligent i cant even believe that as im reading this BS you are constantly contradicting yourself, and demonstrating your own ignorance.

    Examples:
    1) You voted for Bush, so you are the problem, because we have lost more civil liberties while Bush has been in office than probably any other president(Patriot Act)

    2)Bush, i believe, has given America an even worse reputation around the world, due to his unfounded, and unneccesary war with Iraq for oil.

    3) National Debt is at an all time high, because of Bush's war, which we by the way will be paying for in higher taxes for years to come.

    4) Kornstar why don't you ask Bush his opinion on interaccial marriage, and Gay couples marrying, because im pretty sure he has some different views on those subjects(He is against it).

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