[GateandGarden]

Originally Posted by Lux

I read your post Hillary, after I posted and realised it's basically the same. Good to know.


Hmmm, I try to have respect for religious beliefs (that's basically a lie, but I'm too scared to come right out seeing as the majority of the world would then despise me) but I really hate that whole argument that everything happens for a reason. I was just talking about this with someone who is religious and still agreed with me. I actually find it offensive when the occasion arises and someone says it to me, as if there could ever be a reason for certain things. I think it comes down to the fact that people need structure and reason, cause and effect, and most have an unwillingness to recognise that everything is random and chaotic. Just incredibly bad luck. But this is about a very real event, not some philosophical waffle......although this is a message board not the General Assembly.

As far as 'Indians' go, it's weird that Indians who make up the world's second largest population should need extra reference when they are being referred to by their own name.......oh those Chinese? You mean the ones from China? I think it's just Americans though, when the world refers to an Indian, they mean these so-called 'India Indians'. Meh, I just find the situation odd and also insulting to both Indians and Native Americans that they never bothered to give Native Americans their own name, or better yet refer to them as their traditional name.

I've been away for awhile but I came back to see what you had said, and all I can say is I couldn't agree more. Man, I am really, really beginning to disbelieve the philosophy about everything happening for a reason. Please accept the nice gestures that are these somewhat inappropriate emoticons for such a gloomy subject matter------>