Comments on: On Racism, Part Two http://romanedirisinghe.com/2006/10/01/on-racism-part-two/ The Web Site of Roman Edirisinghe Thu, 04 Dec 2008 05:38:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Turnu Măgurele at Roman Edirisinghe http://romanedirisinghe.com/2006/10/01/on-racism-part-two/#comment-7277 Turnu Măgurele at Roman Edirisinghe Tue, 03 Oct 2006 21:40:13 +0000 http://romanedirisinghe.com/2006/10/01/on-racism-part-two/#comment-7277 [...] That night, we stayed at a hotel (read about what took place there), and woke up at 4 am the following morning (monday) to catch the train to head home. I was standing in the hotel room with the window open, and looking out over the countryside surrounding Turnu Măgurele, I could hear the most fascinting sound: a cacophonous din created by thousands of stray dogs yelping and howling and roosters crowing, greeting the encroaching dawn. [...] [...] That night, we stayed at a hotel (read about what took place there), and woke up at 4 am the following morning (monday) to catch the train to head home. I was standing in the hotel room with the window open, and looking out over the countryside surrounding Turnu Măgurele, I could hear the most fascinting sound: a cacophonous din created by thousands of stray dogs yelping and howling and roosters crowing, greeting the encroaching dawn. [...]

]]> By: <img class="identicon" src="http://romanedirisinghe.com/wp/wp-content/plugins/wp-identicon/identicon/d74269abf5b961f.png" alt="me Identicon Icon" height="35" width="35" /> me http://romanedirisinghe.com/2006/10/01/on-racism-part-two/#comment-7068 me Identicon Icon me Mon, 02 Oct 2006 01:41:19 +0000 http://romanedirisinghe.com/2006/10/01/on-racism-part-two/#comment-7068 It isn't just racism - it's hate. People hate what's not like them. You know that I know this is true. People haven't really hated people of my race in a long time (in the beginning of America people hated the Irish so much that they were killed on the street). Then they hated for religion (my parents came here because one was catholic and the other protestant). Now, I am a member of another hated group that has nothing to do with race. People hate me because of who I am attracted to or who I have loved. It all goes back to my long-old premise - people suck! It isn’t just racism - it’s hate. People hate what’s not like them. You know that I know this is true. People haven’t really hated people of my race in a long time (in the beginning of America people hated the Irish so much that they were killed on the street). Then they hated for religion (my parents came here because one was catholic and the other protestant). Now, I am a member of another hated group that has nothing to do with race. People hate me because of who I am attracted to or who I have loved.

It all goes back to my long-old premise - people suck!

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