A Caricature... an insult... a misunderstanding?
My take about this.
We live in civilized world where ppl respect each other difference and lead the life that they want.
No Muslim country is trying to make the West bow to Mecca. And for the West to say 'There is only one value and that is ours' shows nothing but arrogance and ignorance.
I find the caricature offensive but shrug it off as ignorance. I don't care what if you apologies or not, tis your choice. My ego is not tied to my religion or my freedom of speech. What I find dissapointing is that anyone in Denmark, a proud country which name itself as civilized, would stoop as low as this to sell papers. A civilized person does not insult ppl indescriminately and if they do, they apologise.
I also find the violent protest as another ignorant act, done by people who get easily incited by religious figure with personal agenda.
Religion is personal and it should be kept so. It's not like you walk around saying 'Hi, I am Abu and a Muslim' 'Hi, I am John and an Atheist' Practice religion (or not) in your daily lives and leave others alone.
I am a Muslim and I have Christian, Buddhist, Hindu and Athiest friends. I have gay friends and I have lesbian friends. Its their choice on how they want to lead their lives. No skin off my nose.
The problem lies not in the religion or lack of it but in people itself. If you cannot find a way to live together and respect each other, then this kind of cultural insensitivity will continue on and the divide will become bigger.
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Back to the grindstone -_-'
<3, Julie
To the ppl who worries if their significant other will stop loving them, stop! Making it an issue will only push him/her away. More often then not, nobody else more important exist for them other then you (minus family obviously). And if they do, then you are better off with someone else.
The harder you cling, the more smothered they feel. It makes the relationship unnatural. I have head of complaints from guys that his gf clings so hard to him that he can't even hang out with 'the boys'. It ended because he can't deal with giving up his friends.
Funnily enough, you would have thought he/she loved you because of who you are. Instead once you are in a relationship, they try to change you. It would have been ok it both of you were changing and growing together. But to make you bend backwards to please him/her. And you see that the change is only once sided, it bugs you after a while.
I have seen what manipulators in relationships can do. And I suppose if I was being manipulated, I'd kick up a ruckus. The question is, how would you know where to draw the line? Between healthy changes and becoming a completely unrecognizable person?
*taps fingers*
I think too much, see too much and feel too much. *shrugs*
Love,
Julie
Well it's be a while since I posted. Eons since I posted here. Funny, I really love my blog. It keeps track of my life :) This way I never forget the things I see, feel and experience. It teaches me a lot about life, hindsight and all that.
Before I know it, tis December. The season to be jolly and to share and care. Another year has passed. A year filled with tears and fears, joys and laughters. I find myself musing about that. The fact that I find time passing so quickly. And about growing olders/mature. *grins* Cory says, 'Julie, you think too much.'
This year has been kind to me :) I met someone who fits just right with me and takes in my whims and fancies in a stride. It's not easy having a significant other who leaps from one topic to another at breakneck speed. Occasionally, it helps to have Cory tell me 'As we were discussing...' Heh, poor doll, I tend to lose track of topics. My preoccupation something shiny that grabs my attention away from the current topic, Cory mused. He can be wise :)
I started driving to work in July. Mom got a car and I get to be the driver. Trust me, sometimes I wish for easier times when I don't have a car. I get to sneak in 1.5 hours of sleep on the train ;) Scraped my car like 4 times? Everytime it was done at home. *rolls eyes*
One of the best thing I ever did this year was to play Earth 2025 and joining the SOL clan :) We built another clan in FFA server, AoDT :) It's fun to say the least ;) I met Cory in SOL, nuff said ;) He knows that I can be very determined and forceful. I can also be pretty scary ^.^
On work front, things are busy. The quarter is ending. Niza is leaving the company to get married. I wish her all the best ^.^ Weddings are fun stuff, tis the marriage that causes the headache ;) Husbands, kids, in-laws (this is especially true if you are an Asian. You marry the person and his/her family. Package deal, I'm afraid.) and extended uncle and aunties who always has something to say about anything. *sighs*
That is about it :) I gtg, later :)
Love,
Julie
PS: A good read
The day the child realizes that all adults are imperfect, he becomes an adolescent; the day he forgives them, he becomes an adult; the day he forgives himself, he becomes wise.
Alden Nowlan, 1933-1983
Canadian Poet
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