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07/14/08 06:37 pm
pst
ha ha ha, yoga/lulu lemon - exactly what i had in mind. it blew my mind how ... sheep like the girls in calgary could be.
but that's the thing, the way it's presented is not, make gradual changes, learn/realise what you need to do/change, it's LET'S ALL DO THIS RIGHT NOW. and you have the mtvs and much musics telling the youth how to act/what to do and i think that's destructive, because they are supposed to be on top of trends, making any information they give a trend, thus some "information" is really only making people more ignorant.
do you think that's the case becuase it's in calgary, and people are more concerned with themselves and making money and aren't compassionate?
i actually do know a few people who are really concerned with social issues, and it's good to hear about all the things they're doing and have planned, i really hope for some change in that city.
and you're right, the whole breast cancer thing was a "we are women, we are proud" - how can you be proud when something that affects you has to become a trend, has to do with buying things (- a stereotype). my mum always buys those things just to bug me too :.
ha ha ha, k, one last thing. my OTHER peeve is when people become SO involved with something once it's affected them. my boss's mother died of breast cancer, after that, she was all out raising money doing this doing that, soliciting everyone. why can't people care about things BEFORE it affects them?! i feel like they don't truly care about it otherwise, so many other women have lost their mothers to cancer... why wasn't that enough for my boss to want to help?
i have a really pessimistic outlook on society, it's something i REALLY need to change, because if i don't think i can help make change happen if i don't believe any change can happen.
ha ha ha, sorry, i haven't really gotten to do a good rant in a while. i'm currently stationed in an uneducated/apathetic/oblivious town full of people who don't realise there's life outside of the town limits.
so thank you :).
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