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Old 04-08-2008, 12:37 AM   #213 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by pan6467
Many look for excuses as to why they are where they are. Some of them are racist, some are conspiratorial, some are just out there. But the ones that don't look for excuses and believe in themselves make it.
Actually, this is the one thing you've said in this thread that I get.

However, the ones that are racist and conspiratorial and angry have not been educated (yes, ignorant, much like any other racist) and exposed to their own potential. I'm around that same element at work every day, too. Everyone knows that it's easy to tell someone they can be anything and that they can succeed. But some people can't believe that based on what they see daily. True education, not schooling, is what's needed here.

The Judge was reaching out to these very people. He wanted to believe he could reach out and educate.

The problem is, you call it "excuses". I call it exposure. The ones that believe in themselves are unbelievably brilliant and strong. Those that don't probably have the potential to be average. Not quite strong enough to see beyond the four walls of their day.

The Judge is tired of seeing his community appear before him. This is a private matter. They are his family, in a sense. True that the Judge could probably help educate by getting out in his community but was doing what he could do from his official pulpit.

Let him slide, pan. Intent is what it's all about.
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