tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12830512.post8933683083988892746..comments2023-11-02T04:28:56.283-04:00Comments on Karl's Corner (Sumpin' to Ponder): The Evolution of SocietyKarlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05973642502435701590noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12830512.post-43016106607035816072007-09-18T09:46:00.000-04:002007-09-18T09:46:00.000-04:00great postings!great postings!mommanatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06381987662466052952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12830512.post-33009614351825384982007-09-17T22:52:00.000-04:002007-09-17T22:52:00.000-04:00And it was the SUPREME COURT through legal rulings...And it was the SUPREME COURT through legal rulings that allowed interracial marriage. It was not legislators making law. It was "activist" judges that made the change and gave equal rights in regards to interracial marriage. It may take "activist" judges to give gays their rights in that area as well.<BR/><BR/>You said everything so beautifully, Medbh. Thanks.Karlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05973642502435701590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12830512.post-1840878494629464302007-09-17T22:24:00.000-04:002007-09-17T22:24:00.000-04:00Your post was very eloquent!We do need to speed up...Your post was very eloquent!<BR/><BR/>We do need to speed up the evolutionary process of our collective societal views on war, discrimination, poverty and violence. <BR/><BR/>Interracial marriage was still banned in 19 states as late as 1967, over one hundred years since the end of the Civil War. <BR/><BR/>The suffragetes Seneca Falls Convention that started the Women's movement was held in 1848. It is 2007 and still women are not allowed to act as priests or ministers in most "churches" and make less in wages than men, among other discriminations. <BR/><BR/>In 2007, War is still touted as the end solution to violent actions within and from countries. <BR/><BR/>The basis for all of the "ism's, for slavery, and for the massive subsidized violence that is war, is greed and religion(my thoughts). Greed is such a powerful force to try and dissipate. And religion keeps the masses subject to that force, through fear and intimidation.<BR/><BR/>Still, we have evolved. Hopefully, we will never again have mass burnings of those who disagree with the Catholic Church's teachings, we won't be put in the stocks, or have to wear scarlet letters or yellow stars, be gassed in concentration camps because of our religious beliefs, or be hung from trees because of the color of our skin. <BR/><BR/>In 2007, our collective conscious is moving far away from condoning that type of violence. Now, if only what Sgt. Benderman, who refused to be redeployed to the Iraq war said,could be a very near future reality. "War should be relegated to the shelves of human history, much like human sacrifice was." <BR/><BR/>War, discrimination, genocide, poverty. They should, and at some point in time,will be, placed on the shelf of human history, but only through the continuing efforts of masses of current day humans, will that occur.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12830512.post-22622691540527028042007-09-16T19:44:00.000-04:002007-09-16T19:44:00.000-04:00Such good wisdom from Medbh.Such good wisdom from Medbh.Joe Tornatorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14000422283219331593noreply@blogger.com