P.s. the uses of the word "you" is a general, universal, and collective you. Meaning everyone. Also this should not be taken as a political stands. Palin was used as a example and an example only. Also if you take this to mean that you should whatever you want and no should be able to judge or if you are thinking of people that should stop judging other people, then you have missed the point completely and you should read it again and think that i am talking directly to you.
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Is this what you had in mind Jay.
If a woman sleeps around with many men does that make her a slut. If a man hits his wife does that make him a wife beater. If a child lies does that make them a liar. If guy saves a woman from being a hit by a car does this make him a hero. If a woman becomes vice president does this make her a leader. Are we just the sum of our actions. Are we define by the past. Are we not more then how people interpret our actions. Which is more important, the intentions of our actions or the perception of our actions. Are our actions even our actions or are they just predetermine actions based on our past. A woman is labeled a slut yet another woman is labeled a leader both based on the actions that they took. Yet if Palin becomes VP i promise you will hear people claim she is not a leader. Where do we draw the line between which actions determine who are and which actions don't. Though this example is not the best you get the point that we as a society are biased on which actions define us and which don't. If the man who saves the woman from the car is a hero but yet he also is the same man who hits his wife, what is he? How are we to judge this man? His actions are not consistent. How are we to judge this man? Your actions are not consistent. How are we to judge you? No one's actions are consistent. But we will judge you. We are all sinners and saints. I have no right to judge you as a slut yet I will. And you will too. We will judge you on your worst actions not the sum of them. Actions are just actions. I agree they are important and they have a huge impact but we are more than our actions. I want to be seen as more than a loud, weird, lying, lustful, rude annoying unproductive person. Though i may act like that i am more than that. I am not the sum of my actions and either is anyone else. Stop judging people by their actions cause G-d knows that your actions will not speak kindly of you. We are more than the sum of our actions. Thank G-d we are.
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this is a very good blog tyler. its all about credentials and credentials are all about a person past. This is how one person can formulate an opinion about another person when they don't know anything about them. But you already knew that. again good post buddy.
I like this one. You're right, Palin is not a leader.
just getting around to reading your blog...some comments are late. whatever.
bruce wayne would say that "it is what we do that defines us." or to clarify by saying the sum of our actions, plus or minus the result, defines us. the wifebeater may be a hero, the slut may be a doctor. they have ethical values and moral struggles. but does she play doctor to finance and provide clients for her slutdom? or is it a fantastic release to escape from her daily dealings in death? or is she a good person with a healthy appetite for physical pleasure. try to be better than you are bad. and hope people don't judge with such hypocrisy and cynicism.
but i agree, we are more than are actions. i partly believe it and partly hope for it. we are unseen actions, thoughts, feelings and emotions. we are humans, and to those around us, we are more than are actions, we are ourselves within the context or our lives.
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