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Originally Posted by jayandbutton I THINK YOU MEAN EARNING ANOTHER'S RESPECT.
YOU DO THAT VIA THINGS YOU DO.
FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU DO SOMETHING WORTHY...IE, LIKE A GROUP SUPPORTS A CHARITY OR VISITS HOSPITALS OR READS TO KIDS...POSIITIVE THINGS...YOU EARN RESPECT.
I DON'T THINK YOU EARN RESPECT BY PAINTING THE GREEN AND GOLD LETTERS PINK AND PURPLE....THE WRITER MAKES A GOOD POINT IN THAT DOING SUCH ACTS PUSHES PEOPLE AWAY RATHER THAN BRINGS THEM TO YOU.
IF THIS IS A GAY PRIDE THING I THINK THEY LOSE MORE THAN THEY GAIN HERE...THE LETTERS MEAN SOMETHING TO SOME MEMBERS OF THIS CAMPUS AND SOME WOULD CALL THIS DESECRATION OF SOMETHING HELD HIGH...YOU KNOW SCHOOL TRADITION OR WHATEVER. |
There is no need to "caplock" your point. It makes you sound shrill. Now, as for painting the letters. From my understanding, there is a history of doing this sort of thing. It not a negative thing. I think it's positive and serves as a reminder that there are people out there for cause "X" or cause "Y". If they were loitering in the quad or infront of the student union and confronting you about your beliefs in gay rights - I would take greater offense to that. I think that the painted letters are a quiet, passive form of activism that should be encouraged. There is no need to assemble a mob to make your point clear - like was done at both national gonventions for the GOP and Dems, or like that of the WTO. I think painting the letters is preferential to a lot of common activist schemes and tricks out there.
James