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should i follow?
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[30 Sep 2006|01:47pm] |
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Rock-a-bye, baby
In the treetop
When the wind blows
The cradle will rock
When the bough breaks
The cradle will fall
And down will come baby
Cradle and all
Baby is drowsing
Cosy and fair
Mother sits near
In her rocking chair
Forward and back
The cradle she swings
And though baby sleeps
He hears what she sings
From the high rooftops
Down to the sea
No one's as dear
As baby to me
Wee little fingers
Eyes wide and bright
Now sound asleep
Until morning light
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[17 Aug 2006|11:51am] |
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i really gotta stop updating while fucked up, its gettin embarassing.
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| trip down memory lane |
[19 Jun 2006|03:38pm] |
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god damn i wish i was back in tech and all my mistakes still ahead of me. would i have done anything diffrent? i trully don't know...
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| About fucking time |
[19 Jun 2006|03:33pm] |
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1-Stp-Clsr - Linkin Park |
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My mailing address will change to one in Virginia as of the end of the summer or at the latest by the end of the year. This should be interesting.
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| Philosophy paper |
[07 Apr 2006|11:57pm] |
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Affirmative action is the answer to modern day racial and gender discrimination. Or is it? Women and African-Americans have been looked upon as being less than a white man’s equal all through out history. To alleviate all the legal issues that have occurred, the institution of affirmative action, or positive discrimination, has been put into place by law makers. Affirmative action as defined by the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy is “positive steps taken to increase the representation of women and minorities in areas of employment, education, and business from which they have been historically excluded.” But selection for employment or education based on gender, color, or race has been considered a very controvertial subject in today’s society. While the goals of affirmative action may be noble, the way those goals are reached has been the topic of much debate. People do not like accepting charity because it makes them feel inferior. Preferential selection for employment based on race or gender is cosidered by some a form of charity. So while atempting to get rid of negative discrimination and feelings of inferiority in minorities, affirmative action is actually creating more discrimination and feelings of inferiority. We are all biased when it comes to affirmative action. We have grown up looking at it through a 20th century lens but if we were to step back and take a look at affirmitive action from a philosophical standpoint, we might gain some more understanding as to whether affirmitive action is a positive good or a necessary evil.
“It appears that men in a state of nature, having no moral relations or determinate obligations one with another, could not be either good or bad, virtuous or vicious,” (Discourse, p279.) In Rousseau’s theory of the state of nature, there is no room for such things as affirmative action. According to him, in a state of nature, man cannot possibly need affirmitive action because man has no attachments to the rest of his race. In a state of nature man is carefree and independent. This theory goes against the very core of affirmative action because affirmative action is someone giving another person a job or a college seat based on their color or gender. In a state of nature where everything belongs to everyone, there is no need for anyone to give anything to anybody else because you can just take what you want. The noble savage in his purest state would not understand the idea of affirmative action because that idea involves forming relationships with other human beings. But according to Rousseau, the “noble” savage has no relationships with other people because he doesn’t see a need for them. Because of the concept of “natural right” where everything belongs to everyone, a person of any creed or color can get anything they can possibly want when they are in a state of nature. This “natural right” would make affirmative action obsolete and irrelevant.
Now stepping back into the modern world of philosophy, we are faced with another prominent voice in the philosophical community, Irus Marion Young. “I suggest that social justice means the elimination of institutionalized domination and oppression. Any aspect of social organization and practice relevant to domination and oppression is in principle subject to evaluation by ideals of justice” (Paradigm, 243) Young’s philosophy goes directly against the institution of affirmative action because according to her, mankind needs to rid itself of all institutions of domination and oppresion. And no matter its goals, affirmitive action is an institution of domination, albeit a positive institution. If we were to delve deeper into the meaning of affirmative action, we would realize that in a way, it is condencsending minorities because it promotes the stereotype that women and blacks can not achieve certain social positions through their own resources. So if we were to examine affirmative action in this light, not only is it domineering but it is also oppressing. Since no oppressing institution should be allowed to exist according to Young, affirmative action as a whole should be eliminated. In Young’s ideal society, where even the most primitive aspects of our lives, such as happiness and health, are distributed evenly, there would be no need for affirmitive action, because racism and sexism as societal institutions would not exist.”The distributive paradigm defines social justice as the morally proper distribution of social benefits and burdens among society’s members.” (Paradigm, p244) So once affirmitive action is eliminated in todays society, it would not be reinstated because social justice would be morally distributed through out society, eliminating the need for affirmative action.
Another contemporary philosopher that has touched on the issue of inequality is John Rawls. His theory is that there are two principles of justice.”First: each person is to have an equal right to the most extensive basic liberty compatible with a similar liberty for others. Second: social and economic inequalities are to be arranged so that they are both (a) reasonably expected to be to everyone’s advantage, and (b) attached to positions and offices open to all” (Rawls, p126) Like Young’s ideal society, Rawls’ ideal society would hold no place for the institution of affirmative action. Because the most basic of freedoms and liberties,”political liberty, freedom of speech and assembly, liberty of conscience and freedom of thought” (Rawls, p126) are already distributed so that noone is disadvantaged, there would be no racism or sexism. If everything is accessible to everyone and noone is dissatisfied with what they are born to, feelings of inferiority would cease to exist. And if everyone is generally happy with what they have, then they would no longer see a need to subjugate, oppress, or dominate another person. Which again, makes affirmative action obsolete.
While affirmitive action is an institution that was put into place to aliviate racial and sexual inequalities, it has infact shown itself to be a double-edged blade. On the one hand it provides women and minorities opportunities that they have never had before, on the other hand it stigmatizes those same people because it promotes the stereo type that white males are better at everything then women or minority individuals. When it comes to inequality, there is no clear cut solution. And while affirmative action is but a tiny step in the direction of racial equality, we have a long way to go before society corrects the attrocious acts it has commited all throughout history.
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[02 Mar 2006|01:26am] |
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my space is one fucking weird site
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| People are in general very twisted... |
[02 Mar 2006|12:37am] |
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Andy Tubman - Quiet Inside |
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...in the head! On one hand you got the "unique" artist types and on the other, the "popular" kids. Which is more fucked up? I have been asking myself that question ever since I entered high school. I belonged to neither caste. Never popular enough but also not one of the freaks, an observer of sorts. (It wasn't 'till junior grade that I became one of the freaks.)Today I got to observe two people on the opposite ends of the social spectrum. And I have discovered that both of them are equally fucked up. It is weird at how closely their problems resembled each other. Everyone has problems, and everyone believes that their problems are the worst of the world. Well, they are not so get over yourselves. Learn to live with your pain and move on. It fades with time, and if not, your mind will no longer acknowledge it. You might ask what makes me an authority? Just think about it logically, think through your problem logically. Not as easy as it sounds, but the only way to live through it all.
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[09 Feb 2006|11:04pm] |
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Deliver Me - Sarah Brightman & Enya |
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Stumbled in here again. I have to stop doing that. All it does is ruin my moods. Too many painfull memories here. So why do I continue to torture myself? I wish I had the answer to that...
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| Samuel Adams...Boston Lager |
[24 Sep 2005|01:14am] |
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Sylver - Sometimes |
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I was going to write about
something that happened...then a thought came to my head and I got
destracted.
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| I was tired... |
[16 Aug 2005|11:45pm] |
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Enigma - Why?... |
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More Emotional
You have:
62% SCIENTIFIC INTUITION and
77% EMOTIONAL INTUITION</b> |
| The graph on the right represents your place in Intuition 2-Space. As you can see, you scored well above average on emotional intuition and above average on scientific intuition.Your emotional intuition is stronger than your scientific intuition. |
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Your Emotional Intuition score is a measure of how well you understand people, especially their unspoken needs and sympathies. A high score score usually indicates social grace and persuasiveness. A low score usually means you're good at Quake.
Your Scientific Intuition score tells you how in tune you are with the world around you; how well you understand your physical and intellectual environment. People with high scores here are apt to succeed in business and, of course, the sciences. | |
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My test tracked 2 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:
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You scored higher than 0% on Scientific |
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You scored higher than 99% on Interpersonal |
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| This should be interesting |
[14 Aug 2005|12:24am] |
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Emiliana Torrini - If You Go Away |
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I want whoever who reads this to ask me 4 questions. Any 4, no matter how dirty or random. I have to answer them honestly. In turn, you have to post this message in your own journal, and you have to answer the questions that are asked of you.
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[23 Jul 2005|06:26pm] |
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i'm lonely
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[16 Jul 2005|12:53am] |
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im just a little bit drunk
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| My Birthday |
[14 Jul 2005|10:57pm] |
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Bebel Gilberto - Everyday You've Been Away |
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When it's all over
And the dust finally settles
You look around and
You wonder
Was It all worth it?
The Pain
The torture
Anger
And Hurt
That you felt when she left
Because you've done her wrong
Drove her away
Without a thought in your head
About what might happen
When the haze fades away
You thought you'd miss her
You thought she'd never leave
Your heart is cold as stone
Then one day you wake up
And finally you realize
You're trully all alone......................
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| "Enter title here" |
[11 Jul 2005|10:24pm] |
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Dagda - Lost Myths of Creation |
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...And the cursor keeps on blinking..."DAYTOP makes your I.Q. go down
by 25 points" (Fox Run Facility Newsletter- ex-Editor:Viktor Plotkin).
If I can become Editor of a newspaper, that newspaper is in a sad
condition. Come to think of it I was the one who started the
Newspaper...yay me...wonder who took my spot, the next issue is not due
till next Monday, probably no one, I mean no one probably read the damn
thing except me anyway, but hey it sure felt good to be in charge of
something. I understand that the Monsignor (sp?..told you I got
stupider) had good intentions when he started DAYTOP, THE ROAD TO HELL IS PAVED WITH GOOD INTENTIONS...ahem...excuse that outburst, I
just couldn't hold it in anymore. Now what was I saying, oh yes, good
intentions, in 1960's when the concept was pure, when it wasn't a huge
money making machine, the program probably did help people, but today
in the 21st century, the only thing a place like that is good for is
making money.
...I am here because there is no refuge finally from myself until I
confront myself in the eyes and hearts of others. I am running until I
suffer them to share my secrets. I have no safety from them. Afraid to
be known I can know neither myself nor any other, I will be alone.
Where else but in this common ground can I find such a mirror, here
together I can at last appear clearly to myself, not as the giant of my
dreams nor the dwarf of my fears, but as a person part of a whole with
my share in its purpose. In this ground I can take root and grow. Now
alone anymore as in death, but alive to myself and to others...
I mean sure, if you dissect the damn thing, it will probably make sense,
but to a bunch on 18-20 year olds those words mean nothing. And the
founder swears it is not a cult. I beg to differ but since I am
currently lacking a dictionary and am too unmotivated to go to
dictionary.com, I shall leave the cult discussion for another date...
...What the fuck is a pull up anyway? And what the fuck does it mean to
respond to the flip of your belly? Address an attitude? SPEAK FUCKING
ENGLISH!!! PLEASE FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!!! I gotta admit though, they are
fucking committed to brainwashing young minds to wipe any kind of
individuality so that they can function as a hive would. A hive follows
its Queen with unquestionable loyalty because it just doesn't know any
other way to live, and that my friends is what they try to do to young
people who land in this place...
...Music...the deprivation of the human mind of any pleasant sounds
(some good old pink floyd) causes the mind to slowly begin to
deteriorate, (this would account for part of the lost 25 I.Q. points).
I have been exposed to nothing but 50 cent and "The Game" for the last
5 months...that's right 5 because for the month I was on Riker's Island
I was actually enjoying the music I was listening to. As I was saying,
being able to listen to such classics as Pink Floyd, Jimmy Hendrix, Jim
Morrison, Sublime, and Enigma is slowly helping me re-establish my
appreciation of music...
...I wonder sometimes if I might have gone insane...
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[05 Jun 2005|11:45am] |
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gotta be quicxk i got court wendsday if anyone wanna come see me at 120 schernmerhorn
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