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Sploosh!

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5:22pm

I want to add a tidbit excerpt from a post I made at DC about being Canadian in a thread about Racism:

Born Canadian, and still retaining my Canadian status for as long as this Earth exists, I have been called “Chink”, have been stated to “Not belong here” and to “go home to where I came from”. At age 8, I had some Caucasian teenager knee me in the groin just because I didn’t agree to what he said about me being Canadian. In fact, a Caucasian couple thought that my mom and I were catching frogs at their ditch so we can take them home and eat them, calling us uncivilized and terrible creatures. First and foremost, I had turtles at home and thought the frogs would be excellent companions for them. Second, I wouldn’t think of eating frogs.

Nowadays, I rarely experience racism, but I do hear a lot about First Nations’ comments by various Chinese immigrants – usually of fear and ignorance. It’s really unfortunate, because if you think about it, Chinese immigrants from building the railroad from Eastern Canada to Western Canada went through very similar treatment, and now these new immigrants are really just repeating the cycle again. [sigh]

I am Canadian, and that’s that. My Canadian beer is Kokanee, and though snow can be beautiful, I hate snow, but I hate rain even more. I don’t live in an igloo, but I’ve built one from sand before, and though we have a lot of salmon, I love tuna much more. 8]

And there you have it folks. Though my heart is in China, my spirit in Japan, the combined Leeman is Canadian. Sings: “If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands (clap clap). If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands (clap clap). If you’re happy and you know it, then your face will surely show it. If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands. (clap clap).”

5:26pm

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2 thoughts on “Sploosh!”

  1. If you’re happy and you know it, toot a fart “ffft fft* if you’re happy and you know it, toot a fart *ffft fft* If you’re happy and you know it then your face will surely show it, if you’re happy and you know it toot a fart, **FFFT FFT* 😉

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Concepts from Leemanism has as little filtering as possible. These concepts are not reflected in the people I value and are associated with. People who accept me, adhere to the parts where we are compatible and tolerate the parts where we are not. So however people perceive me to be, ultimately it obviously doesn't mean the people I mention in this blog are the same as me. It means it's possible they are similar or the same, as well as different than me. It is highly unusual for people to be completely compatible with each other. It is also highly unusual for people to be fully supportive of each other, even if they say they do.

Common society expects self-respect to be a concept you enforce on yourself, while solely adhering to what common society dictates as being right. However, self-respect in fact, is doing what pleases you, while not permitting others to disrespect you, and when they do, you cut them out of your life. Don't let common society gaslight you into believing the self-respect you have for yourself should be dictated by common society's views on morality. Self-respect is the individual's right to live as they desire - not what common society deems as acceptable. Too often, people succumb to the weight of the world, dismissing their individual value, to try to fit in and be accepted. If you are the type of person who tries to fit in with common society, under the fantasy you are also an unique 'weird' person of your own thoughts, then I dare say, you're delusional. Everyone says they rather be weird, but when challenged, they retreat back into their social shells, doing everything they can to deflect self accountability.

That's utterly boring.

However, at the same time, I also understand that some people must do what they must do to protect themselves, before the law of the land and before common society try to lynch them for what they are. Even if your ideals may be right, society will more often than not, deem you wrong - even most of your friends may side with society, than protect you.

So with that said, we are few. Stay safe. (•̀ᵥᵥ•́)

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