I’ve seen a couple versions of this quote, most notably with the pronouns using the female gender. But the first version I saw used
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Religious insecurities and the jokes they necessitate
“If you are threatened or offended by people disagreeing with, challenging or even ridiculing your faith, then your faith can’t be that strong.” And
Continue readingReligions of the World According to Shit Happens
Or… In the USA, we make fun of every fucking religion & creed! I had a shirt in high school with a list of
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Facial Prejudice
Perhaps more subtle insidious than colorism, Alice Walker’s term for discrimination based on gradations of skin color, is the idea of favoring certain facial
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Redrawing the Middle East
I’ve been trying to get my mind around a 2006 article in the Armed Forces Journal that I recently came across. The post, entitled
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Ethnic Purity leads to Developmental Stagnation?
I was at an iftar recently and made a comment to my mother how it appeared as though other ethnic groups seemed to be
Continue readingRocks, Pebbles and Sand
I thought this was a great parable; figure it was worth sharing… ———————- A Philosophy professor picked up a large empty jar and proceeded
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Ramadan Mubarak to those who struggle
It’s about 4:30 am ET as I’m starting to write this post and I’m just finished with suhoor, the pre-dawn meal that Muslims eat
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Stronger and More Vulnerable, the Dark Side is
… Or Having Your Midichlorian Cake and Trying to Eat it too There is a quote from Star Wars, wherein Luke Skywalker asks Yoda
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Desi Sucka Doggs
Or… Tripping over the Pedestal Here in sunny beautiful vanilla Western PA, it’s easy to become attenuated to the connections one has to the
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