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<strong>Written By:</strong> chall
<strong>Date:</strong> 2006-01-08 15:35:00
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The Mexican warmly replied, "With this I have more than enough to support my family's needs."

The businessman then became serious, "But what do you do with the rest of your time?"

Responding with a smile, the Mexican fisherman answered, "I sleep late, play with my children, watch ball games, and take siesta with my wife. Sometimes in the evenings I take a stroll into the village to see my friends, play the guitar, sing a few songs..."

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Thanks for the article!
Quite enlightening. The site looks very interesting too, not much tiptoeing around beliefs which is refreshing.

   

play with my children, watch ballgames, and take siesta with my wife. Sometimes in the evenings I take a stroll into the village to see my friends, play the guitar, sing a few songs..."

and apparantly find the time to sneak by the MILLIONS across dangerious rivers and deserts, and risk dealing with violent gangsters, to get into the united states.

cute story, i bet the so-called intelligensia will eat it up.

   

The American looks around, at the open sewers from the quaint village, draining into the ocean. He looks carefully at the fisherman, and notices, between the rips in the patched rags, the open sores on his legs. He remebers all the beggars in the streets, and the bribes he had to pay at the border, the airport, the bus station, and the hotel. He guesses the age of the fisherman to be in his 50's.

The American asks "how old are you, and how many children do you have?". The fisherman says "I'm 29, and I have 7 children living, out of 14 that were born."

The American asks "Do you wish for a better life for your children?"

The fisherman smiles, and says "Yes, I wish someday to have enough money for one of my sons to go to school, and learn to read!"

   

Yeah, you pretty much sunk that one...

   

The American takes a moment, then asks again: "Why don't you stay out longer and catch more fish?"

   

You can tell by the regressive comments from the anti-social crowd that they will never understand.

   

What really matters in life was asked<br />
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Perhaps the answer to that question can be found here.<br />
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<a href="http://www.rense.com/general69/rachel.htm">http://www.rense.com/general69/rachel.htm</a><br />
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Rachel Corrie's Song <br />
Is In The Land<br />
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By Judith Moriarty<br />
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Activism no matter what form it takes is rather a fickle thing. True activism stays the course, involves itself in the mundane and scut work that sees no applause, and is committed to righting the grave injustices against a people, or the environment being destroyed by insatiable corporate greed, beyond reclamation. <br />
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Regretfully, much activism is a flash in the pan sort of thing ­ something to fill in the empty spaces of one's days, or credentials for a job or position being sought. Whatever the sincerity of the cause; be it citizens up against a multi ­ billion dollar waste industry, the genetic altering of our foods, corporate farming, privatization of water/public assets, lack of adequate housing, the Medical disaster of health care, and affordable medicines, or peace activism standing forth for others ­ the odds are almost insurmountable. Big money and political power in partnership usually rules the day, despite the efforts, energies, and perseverance of those who march to the beat of a different drummer, believing implicitly that the 'one' can make the difference.<br />
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It may be the Herculean efforts, of a small rural town, trying to protect their town from being inundated with millions of tons of garbage; to a young woman in far off Israel, trying to protect the rights of a voiceless people, having their homes bulldozed under, and their wells poisoned. Rachel Corrie in her brief sojourn here on earth, exemplified the heart of a true activist, for PEACE, and against the world's diabolical injustice one towards another; be it the insanity of extremists in the Palestinian movement, strapping bombs to children, or walling people off, into lives of sunless despair. Violence begets violence! Rachel shouted for all men of goodwill and peace "STOP".<br />
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Rachel Corrie, was a unique and rare breed of humanity, who put her life on the line for her beliefs. Her commitment was not a rally, a march, or a day of revelry; chanting, singing, and drumming. She did not restrict herself to the straight and narrow, that many who call themselves 'activists' do, in riding the fence, never speaking truth to power, and therefore negligible , and fruitless, come the end of the day. Such persons flit from cause to cause ­ stand on the edges of the newest protest, but never make a difference in effecting change. <br />
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Rachel died March 16 -2003, run down by one of Ariel Sharon's bulldozers - that for no rhyme or reason, was out to destroy the home of a local doctor. Perverse times that we live in, the man known as the Bulldozer, will be lauded publicly, as a man of "courage and peace"; while true peace was crushed and ripped, by the mighty blades of today's indifference; towards the great carnage, plunder, and blood lust in today's world. It's funny how we laud and award the mundane and superficial things, and people in life, while recognition for the true heroes/heroines of our day is bulldozed under. Rachel may be dead, but not the spirit that had her stand in the pathway of such bone crushing might. The drumbeat goes on ­ listen, can you hear the song of Rachel in the land ? <br />

   

anti-social crowd?

i'm not regressive and i'm the life of the party.

   

this "cute" fairy-tale will work maybe for kindergarten class; anyone else will see right through it, unless they're retarded.

   

martyr complex:

Exaggerated desire for self-sacrifice

In popular psychology martyr complex refers to a situation in a personal relationship, when one side accepts suffering in the name of love or devotion. Sometimes these suffering may be a result of an abuse or neglect from the other side; in other cases the suffering is self-inflicted. It is sometimes regarded as a form of masochism.

Two flavors of this kind of martyr complex may be distinguished. In one case the other side is considered as worthy (e.g., genius) and hence worth suffering, while the first side considers themselves worthless and their sole purpose in the life is to serve the worthy side. This version is associated with the inferiority complex. In this case the first side often feels pride because of being associated with the worthy side.

The second flavor is similar, but the cultivated feeling is that of suffering accompanied with complaints of being undervalued despite the devotion. This version is often asociated with moral superiority complex. A person with this kind of martyr complex seeks other people to feel pity for them. A typical phrase would be "I gave him everything, but he ruined my life." While posing as altruists, such people are in fact self-centered and manipulative with respect to the second side.

Self-victimization

In another usage, martyr complex is the tendency to feel that one is being singled out for persecution. It is often characterized by the belief that one's persecution is the result of exceptional integrity.

Messianic Complex:

Messianic Complex is a psychological state in which the individual believes him/herself to be the saviour of the world.

The term is also used to describe the mindset of 1st Century Palestinians who believed the coming of the Messiah to be imminent.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

   

but she was American

   

what. americans don't suffer from mental illness like everyone else?

   

Ah, yes. We will always remember Rachel as "St. Pancake."

   

>>>"Why don't you stay out longer and catch more fish?" the American businessman then asked.

The Mexican warmly replied, "With this I have more than enough to support my family's needs."

The businessman then became serious, "But what do you do with the rest of your time?<<<<

The Mexican warmly replied: "Blame Gringo for being poor!"

   

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