tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post1405617123198508900..comments2023-10-24T11:23:31.580-04:00Comments on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion: The Politics of BeautyWilliam A. Jacobsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16433685588536441422noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-38846582377619052662011-04-01T09:04:55.477-04:002011-04-01T09:04:55.477-04:00Viator, I feel that you and I are kindred spirits....Viator, I feel that you and I are kindred spirits. In my younger days my goal was to become a professional baseball player but my ambition was frustrated and for the decades since I have felt the continuing sting of discrimination.<br /><br />And why, you may ask, was I denied my chance to play pro ball? It was only--please for the moment contain the hot rush of indignation at the discrimination to which I was subjected--because I don't have any talent for the game and little, if any, discernible athletic ability of any sort.<br /><br />And yet, solely because I couldn't hit, field, run, or throw, my high school coach denied me the chance to step on that first rung towards my dearly held goal.Alex Benskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09669007254706796976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-35819188946273290522011-03-31T23:25:04.363-04:002011-03-31T23:25:04.363-04:00It may come as a surprise to some but people of In...It may come as a surprise to some but people of India are caucasion, so it's not a racial thing.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01988284974987904623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-34478835850860386832011-03-31T20:09:50.825-04:002011-03-31T20:09:50.825-04:00@viator
It's like that Burt Reynold's mov...@viator<br /><br />It's like that Burt Reynold's movie where he's voicing all the regrets and injustices that took place in his life and he looks at a picture of himself as an athlete in his youth and says, "Just three seconds faster and I would've had the world record in the 100."<br /><br />Nowadays all our shortcomings and all the things we are not are "injustices."LukeHandCoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14050153852654024997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-34623086193021072592011-03-31T18:14:21.280-04:002011-03-31T18:14:21.280-04:00I have always thought it would be fair to limit th...I have always thought it would be fair to limit the number of black players in the NBA to their 12% proportion of of the population. It's not the white players fault that they can't jump as high and perform incredible feats of acrobatic ball handling.viatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09210255358385745222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-33351722270335062852011-03-31T16:17:42.785-04:002011-03-31T16:17:42.785-04:00I'm discriminated against daily because of my ...I'm discriminated against daily because of my shyness (actually it's social phobia).<br /><br />I blush and sweat bullets in many social settings. At a job interview once, I was sweating so badly the interviewer asked me to take off my suit jacket ... and then asked me to remove my tie and unbutton my shirt a bit!!<br /><br />Talk about humiliation!! This affliction has really held me back all my life. Going out to dinner or to a party ... something most people don't think twice about ... are huge, huge, anxiety-inducing events for me. It's not fair, is it?<br /><br />Our daughters can barely walk a block or two in a big Japanese city without some guy accosting us about having them model. They have the Eurasian look so prized in Japan. It's not fair to native full-blooded Japanese girls (or my son and me--we never get asked), is it?<br /><br />My wife is 5'10" and is often stopped and asked to model here in California ... I doubt her beautiful younger sister has been asked ... because she's about a foot shorter than my wife (I tell my wife she got some freakish mutated gene ... or that she was adopted). It's not fair, is it?<br /><br />Poor, poor Ms. Rajandran. It's not fair, is it?<br /><br />I feel your pain, love. It must be hard getting out of bed every morning.LukeHandCoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14050153852654024997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-62741262013570783832011-03-31T16:10:09.269-04:002011-03-31T16:10:09.269-04:00Wait, did anyone ask for Season of the Witch yet? ...Wait, did anyone ask for Season of the Witch yet? Dang, I missed it.<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAzTnsSgs2s&NR=1<br />or<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5aPhGQ0L9Q<br /><br />Sunny South Kensington?<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCkDbGvvqz0<br />"Jean Paul Belmondo and Mary Quant<br /> got stoned to say the least"<br /><br />Ferris Wheel?<br />"And the moral here, if any, my friend:<br /> Follow through your dream to the end."<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nbB5tx8xcsJimMtnViewCahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05847183784841270564noreply@blogger.com