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9 de Mayo, 2007

Flexible Mirrors

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I'm a "Human" because that's what we call ourselves. We even call all "Humans" Created Equal.

If we called ourselves "Mojemba," that would still mean what "Human" does now. Mojemba would still mean "deserving of consideration I feel is mine by right of birth and existence." And I would want all "Mojemba" to have these considerations. To insure this and to make clear my intention of integrity, I would go so far as to declare All Mojemba are created that way, and so it follows that this is a condition and principle that Mojemba cannot alter or have altered by another Mojemba, but is one bestowed at and by our births.

Perversely, if I ever wanted to deprive another Mojemba of any of that Consideration I Feel Is Mine By Right of Birth and Existence, I would break the formula; I would simply no longer call that person a Mojemba. This is, of course, a cowardly way to break my (fake) integrity.

To deprive someone of those considerations I already claim that all Mojemba have by right of birth and existence, I would call them, now, a "Mazalien." Because, of course, Mazaliens don't deserve these considerations, and I never stated they did. Thus, their births come unadorned with them. Mazaliens do not deserve them simply because they are not Mojemba.

Yet, even by Mojemba rules, one Mojemba cannot deprive other Mojemba of those Considerations imbued at birth. Not even by misusing language to shield the act. So what does the Mojemba who attempts this become? And who names them? And when? And when so named, do they then lose their own Considerations?

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Comentarios (6)

Sylvia dijo:

They become helpless benefactors of conquerors, inability to change the past names them, these brutal conquistadores without scruples name them, they name themselves, they accept the name, and by this haphazard acknowledgment of culpability without making amends, they amplify their own considerations in triplicate with reveries of "never again" or "this was an exception" or "we had to; they weren't like us; alternatives were impossible."

Palabras por Sylvia spat forth on el 9 de Mayo, 2007 at 11:19 AM

Jena dijo:

How ironic that dehumanization of each other is one of the most common human traits and the one that makes us and keeps us most backward.

Palabras por Jena spat forth on el 9 de Mayo, 2007 at 01:25 PM

Donna dijo:

This reminds me of an illustrative story told by a Native American man some time ago, he was talking about, "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you", and why two Christian people could see it in totally different ways. The story went something like this; A poor NDN woman shows up at the home of a poor but wealthier white woman. She tells the white woman that her family is hungry but they have no money for food and asks her to share her family's flour. The white woman says that it is only enough for her and her family. The NDN woman barges in, allots herself half and walks away with it. The reason why the white woman is DUOAYWHTDUY, is because God only meant it in terms of humans. You don't have to treat non-humans/subhumans the way you wish to be treated, since this is how she sees the NDN woman she is acting as a good Christian in her own mind. On the other hand the NDN woman is correcting an equal the same way she would want to be corrected if she got greedy.

Palabras por Donna spat forth on el 9 de Mayo, 2007 at 01:50 PM