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JUST PHILOSOPHISING - ON THE GENERATIONAL STRUGGLE AGAINST RACISM. FINIS.

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  Even if these stereotypes have become personified and take on a life of their own.  So much so that people, even those subjected to being stereotyped, seem to be at ease with, and perceived of themselves in the stereotypical imagery. Black people can, and should, legitimately reprimand white people for having stereotypical perceptions about 'what black people are like.'  At the same time, black people need to be challenged and made to reflect, when they carelessly and hurtfully. My concluding comment on the matter of the generational struggle against racism, is this.  Kidney Beans Namely that nobody should be under the illusion that racism, real and imagined,  will or can be defeated by in any generation.  As long as humans continue to exist, racism, like poverty, wealth, sickness and health, will persist.  In this or that generation, the impact of racism might be felt at a lower or higher level, but it will continue to exist.  Like the tide of the ocean, there will be times

AN ENIGMATIC AND POIGNANT JOURNEY AROUND MY AGEING AND EVOLVING MOTHER! PART 128.

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  After all, her falling is somewhat inevitable while she has this freedom.  Just as how it is inevitable that, providing she continues along the current trajectory that her life is taking.   There is a certain inevitability that there could/will come a time when she loses her the ability, if not the will to be mobile.  Thus have I come to the conclusion that it is better to focus  on making my dear mother's living/sleeping space, environment safer, so that, when she does falls, there are no or less hazards to harm her. And even this focussing on making my dear mother's living space safer, has its own risks.  No only in terms of that of curtailing her interaction with her living space.   But also the risks of introducing 'safety features, equipment' into it, which could make more demands on her already decreasing cognitive and physical functioning abilities. Of course, the challenge of addressing this issue of safety versus the right of a person to exercise the freedoms

THE HUNGARIAN GRAND PRIX - MERCEDES-RED BULL BATTLE JOINED BY THE GODS, AS BOTTAS BECAME UNINTENTIONAL DESTROYER!! PART 2.

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  And so it was that the rain and its impact on the other drivers created driving conditions which got the better of Bottas' management of them.  Leading to him misjudging his breaking distance and striking the car in front of him, which then created a carnage of racing cars, with Bottas being knocked out of the race, and Verstappen sustaining major bodywork damage. The irrational and conspiracy theorists would be emotionally driven to argue that Team Mercedes, in the form of Valtteri Bottas.  Had deliberately precipitated carnage at the start of the race, in order to increase Hamilton's chances of winning the race.  And yet, although Formula 1 racers are well-known for their fearless and intrepid racing, they have never been know for having kamikaze tendencies.  A racer cannot win a race by causing havoc and taking out his and others cars.  Neither can he advantaged his team by doing so. So, why would Bottas engage in what would have been a very reckless act?  When nobody, inc

THE HUNGARIAN GRAND PRIX - MERCEDES-RED BULL BATTLE JOINED BY THE GODS, AS BOTTAS BECAME UNINTENTIONAL DESTROYER!! PART 1

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  If you are a conspiracy theorist, or simply superstitious, you could be forgiven for carelessly allowing yourself to conclude that Team Mercedes and their racers, Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas, have it in for Team Red Bull and their racers, Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez. I mean, with Max Verstappen having come of the worst from his brutal encounter with Lewis Hamilton in the first lap of the British Grand Prix.  By what strange and brutal bad luck could he - along with other hapless racers - have had a second and consecutive major mishap in the first lap of the Hungarian Grand Prix, and with Team Mercedes, again, being the architect of it?  Yes, at times like these, emotions are likely to taken control of people's brains and tongues.  As we take, hopefully only temporarily, of our intellect, our normal adherence to logic, especially in the highly technical environment of Formula 1 racing.  Yes, it is at times like these when we are more susceptible to being superstitious,

JUST PHILOSOPHISING - ON THE GENERATIONAL STRUGGLE AGAINST RACISM. PART 5.

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  The concept and practice of collective punishment, with the children paying for the 'sins of their father.'  Can  be just as unjust and iniquitous, unfair, as that of the children being heirs to the ill-gotten titles and wealth of their fathers.  Not to mention how ironic it should be, that, the same source, The Bible, used to give legitimacy to the dictum requiring the children  to 'pay for the sins of their fathers.'  Is also one of the main sources which has been used by 'the architects and purveyors' of the racism which is used to legitimises the past enslavement of one race, by the elites of another race.  Just as how racist theorists have 'studied' aspects of the physiology and cultures of some black and native peoples and draw general and extensive conclusions about their intellect and behaviours.  So, should black people avoid doing the same when they place their prisms on white people; as opposed to 'the white man.'   Should they not a

JUST PHILOSOPHISING - ON THE CASE FOR HAVING CHILDREN! PART 1.

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  Posing the question, as it were, about the 'case for having children', presupposed that there is a choice as to whether humans, as opposed to individuals, have a choice on whether or not to have children.  And broadly speaking, as it were, I am of the opinion that such a choice does not really exist.  Us humans, as opposed to couple A,B or C, do not have  choice about having children.  Having children is something which is written into our DNA.  We, as a species, do not have as say in the process; we are hardwired, pre-programmed to procreate, to have children and keep our species going.  The bodies of both the male and the female of our species have evolved with the complementary chemical and physical chemistry which naturally, instinctively lead us into the kind of interaction, activities that result in sexual intercourse.   Or, probably more basic, mating, and to the woman becoming pregnant and having children.  Indeed, though we might think of a woman becoming pregnant an

THE HUNGARIAN GRAND PRIX - LEWIS AND BOTTAS MADE IT P.1 AND 2, AS MAX CAME IN AT P.3.

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  So, A Very Big Congratulations to Team Mercedes and Hamilton and  Bottas, for achieving P.1 and 2, in Saturday's Qualifying  session of the Formula 1 2021 Hungarian Grand Prix, and to Team Red Bull and Max Verstappen, for making it to P.3. It is great to see that Max has not lost any of his racing courage and verve, after his unfortunate but spectacular and premature exit from the last Grand Prix, the British Grand Prix at the Silverstone Circuit.  Indeed, Max's pace during Q.2 recalled his and Team Red Bull's dominance prior and upto his misfortune at Silverstone. With Lewis having achieved his Pole during the first lap of Q.3, it is a further reinforcement of the principle that you should never bank on your last lap during Qualifying being your winning lap.  You just never known what will happen, such as whether the session might have to be prematurely ended due to some mishap. So, the aim should be to make your first or second lap be the best. While Hamilton and Bottas