And a fine close to a fine weekend.
Apr. 17th, 2005 11:56 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
silveradeptWhich means that I got squat done and enjoyed it very thoroughly. Tomorrow, I'm probably getting my list of potential paper topics for the last paper that I have to write in my undergraduate career. On the Monday that it's due, I have my last undergraduate examination. So I've only got one week left of undergraduate work. I also found out that my thesis reader was one of the professors I had for a class earlier, and he did a wonderful job critiquing the paper. If we can work out a time or something, I'll talk with him about it and see what did and didn't work. Either way, it's finished and reviewed, and all I have left to do is find out what sort of honors I'm getting.
Secondly, Mozilla's leaving a rather large memory footprint on my system when it runs - periodically I need to shut it down to free up the memory that it grabs. Firefox won't run for some reason (same sort of memory bloat). So does anyone have a tabbed-browsing mouse gestures-enabled browser that does what Mozilla does and has much smaller memory usage? Preferably one that I can take my groupmarks across to without having to rebuild them. Could be that the latest version fixes the memory problems, so I got that. We'll see. [Time passes] Turns out my favorite Mouse Gestures extension is rabidly incompatible with the latest Mozilla version. Much like it was incompatible with Firefox. That sucks, because it's a really good gestures extension. Nice menus and such, well laid-out and everything. Oh, well. I'll wait for it to catch up and do normal middle-click browsing all the while. (I still want something that doesn't take 20K of memory on startup and can do all the things Mozilla does.) In a related sort of question, would installing Firefox with a Mozilla install already there make Firefox behave badly?
There's some other, not really related stuff. In the IngSoc department, be wary, for soon governments may be scanning your plates from above. If they can find a way of making it cost -effective, I suspect. In the "WTF mate?" department, the Exploding SuperToilet. Isn't that craptacular. In a "Wait, they're not ALL raving lunatics?" department, we produce another "dude, gimme back my religion" piece. (Older, from December or so.) I'm surprised I didn't put it in earlier, but it was hanging out in my Important Stuff file, and so I thought I'd throw it up. If I have done this before, oh, well. Still a good piece.
Remember that Day of Truth thing linked a while back? Well,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
murnkay produced a set of Truths - I don't know if it's original or from elsewhere, but it's interesting to see.
The Truth is, the Day of Silence was never about "pushing a gay agenda" it has always been about bringing abuse and discrimination against GBLT people to light, in schools.
The Truth is that the Day of Silence did not promote inequality, a condition where one group was treated differently than another. It pushes for equality, a stoppage of bigotry due to sexual preference.
The Truth is, asking for equality and demanding that a morality be adhered to, regardless of belief, are two vastly different things.
The Truth is that someone you know and love is gay. [Comment from me: Huh. Wouldn't have aaaaany idea about that, now would I? *evilgrins*]
The Truth is that same someone fears constantly, looking over their shoulder, worried what will happen if their heart is ever revealed to the world. Afraid of the shunning and hatred and violence perpetuated in the name of a man of peace.
The Truth is that person is afraid of you. It eats at them and churns in them every single day. They can not help being who they are, but they know you will not understand that, by your own actions.
The Truth is that love happens, and love between two consensual adults is a private thing.
The Truth is change is coming, no matter what you do.
The Truth is that when you tell a group it isn't good enough and equal and right you make everyone think of every other group that has ever been told that. It hasn't worked yet, not in the long run. Trust us, we've noticed.
The Truth is the silent only stay silent for so long, and when your own loved ones turn out to be the same thing you brand as evil and wrong you will have to choose.
The Truth is closing your mind to the reality of the situation doesn't make it go away.
The Truth is, we feel sorry for you and can forgive you. Just stop the hate, the violence and bullshit.
There's a lot here to reflect on, even for someone who's not homosexual. I would hope that I've been someone who doesn't make sexuality an issue when dealing with people (considering that I've probably been around more homosexual people than I think), and that I will continue to do so. I would just like the rest of my fellow humans, gay and straight, to do the same - make it a non-issue by accepting it as another facet of a complete person, and make decisions about people based on their character, not their sexuality.
Out of that same journal comes a snippet of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Sith:
Yoda: Game of questions will you play?
Anakin: What?
Yoda: Unfamiliar are you then with it?
Anakin: Why would you think that?
Yoda: Expressed confusion did you not?
As you can see, I'm still considering making more additions to my friends pages - while I'm net-addicted, I don't want to scroll through volumes of potentially marginally-interesting things. So, surprisingly enough, and probably in some way counter to the nature of the friending process, I'm making evaluations of journal contents. How silly of me, right? Am I placing standards in a place where standards should never show themselves?
Oh, and I'm currently involved in a one-versus-one battle of captions (Famous Quotes) in![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
theprotoculture. If you've ever wanted to rewrite those silly lines gracing comic book covers with something more appropriate, then this community is your thing. Each week, the most brilliant minds of LJ compete to come up with the best rewrite. It's mostly for bragging rights, but you do get cute digital trophies for any accomplishments that you might get. Plus, it's just fun having Superman curse or Lois Lane hit on Lana Lang. Join up. You know you want to.
Secondly, Mozilla's leaving a rather large memory footprint on my system when it runs - periodically I need to shut it down to free up the memory that it grabs. Firefox won't run for some reason (same sort of memory bloat). So does anyone have a tabbed-browsing mouse gestures-enabled browser that does what Mozilla does and has much smaller memory usage? Preferably one that I can take my groupmarks across to without having to rebuild them. Could be that the latest version fixes the memory problems, so I got that. We'll see. [Time passes] Turns out my favorite Mouse Gestures extension is rabidly incompatible with the latest Mozilla version. Much like it was incompatible with Firefox. That sucks, because it's a really good gestures extension. Nice menus and such, well laid-out and everything. Oh, well. I'll wait for it to catch up and do normal middle-click browsing all the while. (I still want something that doesn't take 20K of memory on startup and can do all the things Mozilla does.) In a related sort of question, would installing Firefox with a Mozilla install already there make Firefox behave badly?
There's some other, not really related stuff. In the IngSoc department, be wary, for soon governments may be scanning your plates from above. If they can find a way of making it cost -effective, I suspect. In the "WTF mate?" department, the Exploding SuperToilet. Isn't that craptacular. In a "Wait, they're not ALL raving lunatics?" department, we produce another "dude, gimme back my religion" piece. (Older, from December or so.) I'm surprised I didn't put it in earlier, but it was hanging out in my Important Stuff file, and so I thought I'd throw it up. If I have done this before, oh, well. Still a good piece.
Remember that Day of Truth thing linked a while back? Well,
murnkay produced a set of Truths - I don't know if it's original or from elsewhere, but it's interesting to see. The Truth is, the Day of Silence was never about "pushing a gay agenda" it has always been about bringing abuse and discrimination against GBLT people to light, in schools.
The Truth is that the Day of Silence did not promote inequality, a condition where one group was treated differently than another. It pushes for equality, a stoppage of bigotry due to sexual preference.
The Truth is, asking for equality and demanding that a morality be adhered to, regardless of belief, are two vastly different things.
The Truth is that someone you know and love is gay. [Comment from me: Huh. Wouldn't have aaaaany idea about that, now would I? *evilgrins*]
The Truth is that same someone fears constantly, looking over their shoulder, worried what will happen if their heart is ever revealed to the world. Afraid of the shunning and hatred and violence perpetuated in the name of a man of peace.
The Truth is that person is afraid of you. It eats at them and churns in them every single day. They can not help being who they are, but they know you will not understand that, by your own actions.
The Truth is that love happens, and love between two consensual adults is a private thing.
The Truth is change is coming, no matter what you do.
The Truth is that when you tell a group it isn't good enough and equal and right you make everyone think of every other group that has ever been told that. It hasn't worked yet, not in the long run. Trust us, we've noticed.
The Truth is the silent only stay silent for so long, and when your own loved ones turn out to be the same thing you brand as evil and wrong you will have to choose.
The Truth is closing your mind to the reality of the situation doesn't make it go away.
The Truth is, we feel sorry for you and can forgive you. Just stop the hate, the violence and bullshit.
There's a lot here to reflect on, even for someone who's not homosexual. I would hope that I've been someone who doesn't make sexuality an issue when dealing with people (considering that I've probably been around more homosexual people than I think), and that I will continue to do so. I would just like the rest of my fellow humans, gay and straight, to do the same - make it a non-issue by accepting it as another facet of a complete person, and make decisions about people based on their character, not their sexuality.
Out of that same journal comes a snippet of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Sith:
Yoda: Game of questions will you play?
Anakin: What?
Yoda: Unfamiliar are you then with it?
Anakin: Why would you think that?
Yoda: Expressed confusion did you not?
As you can see, I'm still considering making more additions to my friends pages - while I'm net-addicted, I don't want to scroll through volumes of potentially marginally-interesting things. So, surprisingly enough, and probably in some way counter to the nature of the friending process, I'm making evaluations of journal contents. How silly of me, right? Am I placing standards in a place where standards should never show themselves?
Oh, and I'm currently involved in a one-versus-one battle of captions (Famous Quotes) in
theprotoculture. If you've ever wanted to rewrite those silly lines gracing comic book covers with something more appropriate, then this community is your thing. Each week, the most brilliant minds of LJ compete to come up with the best rewrite. It's mostly for bragging rights, but you do get cute digital trophies for any accomplishments that you might get. Plus, it's just fun having Superman curse or Lois Lane hit on Lana Lang. Join up. You know you want to.
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Date: 2005-04-18 11:58 am (UTC)People not doing the same thing can produce fascist governments like the ones in Japan, and the ever-present response to your right to live in a state of homophobia is the same one that I've been hearing: You don't like it, you can move someplace else where there are people who share your beliefs.
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Date: 2005-04-18 12:54 pm (UTC)Thats true. Love it or leave it. Or, ignore it.
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Date: 2005-04-18 01:11 pm (UTC)As for "Love it or leave it", you would think that in a country whose founding documents make reference that "all men are created equal" that someone would be bright enough to interpret that as meaning "all people" not just "all people of my gender, particular racial heritage, and socioeconomic class." You want to hold the views you do, fine - nobody's going to stop you. But that means you should extend me the same courtesy.
And correcting my own typo above, what I meant to say was "People doing the same thing can produce..." not "People not doing the same thing...". I swear, my mind gets ahead of me a lot these days. And then it forgets the important things.