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No Way I Have to Respect Your Choice
The drastically overused concept of “Political Correctness”, as an empowering and self-enabling justification for truly bad choices, is a moral cop-out. It has become the “soupe de jour” for uneducated individuals who believe that any of their selfish, effortless personal choices and resultant actions are always defensible, simply because they are humans and they have the “right to choose”. Some small-minded types may imagine, in their wildest fantasies, that all of mankind is required to accept and / or respect any choice made by them, no matter how ludicrous and harmful the results may be. They feel that the political correctness we so boldly brandish in today’s civilized world, offers suitable protection from ridicule and evaluation of the ignorant and hurtful things they do and say. One drawback is that these same self-righteous souls are seldom on board with accepting the consequences of their choices. For example, If I am expected to accept and respect a person’s right to choose NOT to be vaccinated against the Covid virus, and any of its variants, that person must also accept and respect my decision NOT to allow him into my place of business or my home. Sometimes, I think it would be easier if I just refused to accept / respect that person’s choice in the first place, then there would be no nasty surprises for anyone regarding the acts that follow.
By John Oliver Smith3 years ago in Humans
Baker's Dozen: Podcasts I Loved in 2021!
With 2021 coming to a close, I thought it would be fun to create a Baker’s Dozen of the podcasts I found and listened to this year! Though I listened to more than just true crime, unexplained mysteries, and creepy tales of cryptids, I largely listened to these things, so the list is dominated by podcasts that cover these topics with little deviation. That said, let me introduce you to the 13 podcasts that defined my 2021!
By Megan Baker (Left Vocal in 2023)3 years ago in Humans
Diabetes prevntioen necessitates a healthy diet and lifestyle change.
Diabetes prevntioen necessitates a healthy diet and lifestyle change. "In the case of diabetes, prevention is the most cost-effective alternative. Dr Felicia Anumah, a Professor of Medicine and Endocrinology, a Diabetologist, and the current Dean Faculty of Clinical Sciences University of Abuja, Gwagwalada, says, "With a good diet and lifestyle, we may prevent the fatal illness."
By gayan danushka3 years ago in Humans
Charles Bukowski and his epic life
Sometimes, in the case of writers, celebrity appears only after their death. This is exactly what happened, to a large extent, to a big name in modern universal literature: Charles Bukowski (1920-1994). An eccentric character with a controversial lifestyle, Bukowski was seen at the same time as an erudite person.
By Maria Ostasevici 3 years ago in Humans
The ‘Drive’ Cult
You never really know what you’re in for when you watch Drive. You think it’s a movie about crime, then it becomes a slow-burning journey of self-discovery, then it’s a romance, then it’s back to a crime movie, then it goes insane. It’s no wonder Drive has become a cult classic.
By MovieBabble3 years ago in Humans
New York Film Festival 2021 Review: ‘Hester Street’
It’s only fitting that New York City‘s biggest film festival has chosen to premiere Cohen Film Collection’s new 4K restoration of Joan Micklin Silver’s Hester Street — a film so obviously tied to the city’s legacy with immigration that its namesake can be found 35 minutes away from the festival’s very own Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center. With naturalistic black-and-white cinematography highlighting the city’s daily life, a heartbreakingly marvelous Carol Kane at the forefront of its raw narrative, and born from the vision of a dedicated director who blazed her own path through a flagrantly sexist Hollywood, Hester Street‘s deeply honest tale of immigration and tradition in the towering face of American modernity remains ever-so-resonant in our equally-as-complex modern era, where U.S. immigration remains as much of a labyrinthian cultural issue now as it was over a full century ago.
By MovieBabble3 years ago in Humans
‘Best Sellers’: Finding Literary Truth in the Modern World
Can the literary art form still survive in this hyperactive, Twitter-operating, modern age? Bookworms venturing through desolated libraries and soon-to-be bankrupt bookstores may find themselves out of time, yearning for a time where a 400-page book held more value than a 28-word tweet. They would imagine themselves as beat poets, or another anarchic voice raging against the establishment, giving their own vision of the continued disillusionment of the American dream.
By MovieBabble3 years ago in Humans
Do you pass the Bechdel Test?
You know when you're doing something monotonous and you have this ground-shaking revelation about something related to that task and it makes you rethink your entire life? Like when you realise instead of just putting your keys down in a random place, you could put them away on the hook where they're supposed to go? (don't expect me to believe you haven't done it too!)
By Leigh Hooper3 years ago in Humans
Tips of going in Sober Living program
Many people go into a recovery program thinking they are going to be living the life of a non-drinker. They plan on going to a sober living facility but end up in a more spiritual-based program where they do not realize that drinking alcohol is still part of the recovery process. This is called dual diagnosis. If you are going into a Sober Living in Brooklyn NY program and are worried about the spiritual side or your alcoholism, there is help.
By Madyson King3 years ago in Humans