Thread: How do you think people should be treated?

I think Walt Whitman said it best:

"This is what you shall do: love the earth the sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to everyone that asks, stand up for the stupid and the crazy, devote your income and labor to others, argue not concerning God, have patience and indulgence toward the people or to any man or number of men, go freely with the powerful uneducated persons and with the mothers of families, read these leaves in the open air every season of every year of your life, re-examine all you have been told at school or church or in any book, dismiss whatever insults your soul, and your very flesh shall be a great poem and have the richest fluency not only in its words but the silent lines of its lips and face and between the lashes of your eyes and in every motion and joint of your body."

I know that we can not necessarily take his words literally, but the message is true and still holds strong today. Why do we choose to belittle and degrade people? Shouldn't we all take some responsibility in the failures of others and try to learn from those failures to make this a better world. Does no one believe that we should embrace that which makes us different and appreciate and learn from those differences? Why do we read the words of others but not take the time to understand the message that is in those words? Alone we are nothing, but together we are strong. Does anyone feel like I am?

Originally Posted by metheron

Alone we are nothing, but together we are strong. Does anyone feel like I am?

You are your own man... that's the bottom line.

Originally Posted by metheron

I think Walt Whitman said it best:

"This is what you shall do: love the earth the sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to everyone that asks, stand up for the stupid and the crazy, devote your income and labor to others, argue not concerning God, have patience and indulgence toward the people or to any man or number of men, go freely with the powerful uneducated persons and with the mothers of families, read these leaves in the open air every season of every year of your life, re-examine all you have been told at school or church or in any book, dismiss whatever insults your soul, and your very flesh shall be a great poem and have the richest fluency not only in its words but the silent lines of its lips and face and between the lashes of your eyes and in every motion and joint of your body."

I know that we can not necessarily take his words literally, but the message is true and still holds strong today. Why do we choose to belittle and degrade people? Shouldn't we all take some responsibility in the failures of others and try to learn from those failures to make this a better world. Does no one believe that we should embrace that which makes us different and appreciate and learn from those differences? Why do we read the words of others but not take the time to understand the message that is in those words? Alone we are nothing, but together we are strong. Does anyone feel like I am?

What? Are you nuts? This flies in the face of all humanity, except for young idealists. If we ever attatined to this standard, why........there would be no war, no...................................nevermind.