Posted on: Oct 27 2009
Joel Veich vs Nick Griffin vs Question Time
Loading ...Yet another funneh edit of Mr Griffin spurting blahness and sheeeet!
Update: We had a double post! Here’s Joel Veich’s edit instead. Joel Veich is the author of rathergood.com. – sn0r.
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Racism begins with our families, parents, brothers and sisters, aunts and uncles, grandparents, people we admire, respect and love.
However, as we grow and mature we come to the realization that what we were told by our family when we were children were slanted lies base on their prejudices. We realize that most people are like ourselves and not so different and want the same things, like a home, steady work, a Medicare plan and schools for our children (if you travel you will see this). We realize that most people are of good hearts and goodwill.
This reminds me of a parable from the good book where a Levite and Priest come upon a man who fell among thieves and they both individually passed by and didn’t stop to help him.
Finally a man of another race came by, he got down from his beast, decided not to be compassionate by proxy and got down with the injured man, administered first aid, and helped the man in need.
Jesus ended up saying, this was the good man, this was the great man, because he had the capacity to project the “I” into the “thou,” and to be concerned about his fellow man.
You see, the Levite and the Priest were afraid, they asked themselves, “If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?”
But then the Good Samaritan came by. And he reversed the question: “If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?”
That’s the question before us. The question is not, “If I stop to help our fellow man (immigrant) in need, what will happen to me?” The question is, “If I do not stop to help our fellow man, what will happen to him or her?” That’s the question.
This current climate of blaming others for our woes is not new. We have had this before and we have conquered it.
Remember “Evil flourishes when good men (and women) do nothing”. Raise your voices with those of us who believe we are equal and we can win this battle again.
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I think racism comes from a fear of difference, a fear of the unknown, of rejection rather than from family or friends. Family or friends might reinforce the belief in racism.
I do agree maturity of mind usually helps defeat racism. The problem is that you can’t count on anyone to have that and people of similar minds will bind together. People are in danger of being pulled into the vortex of the group when group mentality strikes and unconnected people will agree to the strangest things when faced with the (inherently biological) need to belong to a group.
The best way to counter racism is by education and immersion in different cultures and debate with people of the opposite side.
As for your Biblical example, i counter with this: Inherently being altruistic is an evolutionary trait that we have developed because working in a group is far more beneficial to us. Furthermore we have over the hundreds of thousands of years of development of our society learned to see things from another person’s point of view. When asking someone to do something for you you instantly see it from their point of view. Guilt is the emotional safety catch we have developed to help push us towards this inescapable conclusion.
Therefore the Biblical example is a bit silly in my opinion. The Levite and the Priest shouldn’t have asked themselves, “If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?” but “If I don’t stop to help this man, what will happen to me”. The question they pose of themselves is inhuman and therefore the story is not true to the reality of the human condition. Not to have helped him would have been contrary to our very humanity and have caused inescapable guilt.
That said, I agree with your last sentence. The (marginally more) enlightened must band together, believer or non-believer, to stamp out the evils of racism with education and by setting the right example.
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Yaaawn boring, if Labour fixed the stupid immigration problem we have in this country and sorted out our dealings with the EU then the BNP wouldnt be a tiny loonie party, but its easier for the Lefties to attack the BNP than it is to get NuLiebour to fix this country…
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