(((( Mikey )))))

Hey You as I sit busy typing away......

Almost 4am...cant get comfortable...

Good evening, good morning, hello,

Intolerance and Acceptance...

In the last few days I have noticed and I presume some of you have as well that there seems to be an element of intolerance and a bit of meanness creeping into some of the boards.....

I have very little sympathy for anyone thats is going post in such a manner, I mean we are here to find friends and partners........aren't we??? of course some are here for the forums only and thats cool, but some posts and messages are starting to look very un mingle like.

People in here come from as many different walks of life as there is letters in the alphabet and them some. Most here are searching for love, not expecting to be put down for who or what they are, if peeps are going to put down, degrade or generally display an intolerant attitude towards people......well what sort of partner or friends are they expecting to attract?????

In case your wondering why I feel this way...a little about me. I have been raised to respect, accept and tolerate every human being, no matter what or who they are.
When I was 11 my parents made the decision to not have anymore children naturally and decided to adopt......they chose the two babies that had been "left on the shelf" because they didn't fit the accepted social norms of the time. So my brother is mixed race, Chinese/Caucasian and my sister is also mixed race Indian/New Zealand Maori.

There was a lot of intolerance in those days and my parents lost most of their friends because of this.....so sad.
Mum was mum to everybody and over the years she took under her wing all sorts of cast offs and rejected people, this gave us kids a great respect for all walks of life.
Even right now where I work is only 10% English speaking, the other 90% is Filipino, Chinese, South Korean and Sudanese....intolerance in my workplace is a sack-able offence!

For as long as I can remember our family had this acceptance mantra:

If you are black, white, yellow, martian red or any other colour........I accept you.

If you are Christian, Muslim, Buddhist, Atheist or any other religion........I accept you.

If you come from the south of the border, up north, out west or over east........I accept you.

If you are young, old, intelligent, mentally challenged or in between.........I accept you.

If you tattoo your face, If you have wild piercings, if you scar yourself in the name of individuality.........I accept you.

If you are gay, lesbian, transgender, or even hermaphrodite!.........I accept you.

If your heart is pure, made of gold, dark or damaged.........I accept you.


Anyway........this is just my 2 cents worth, I know we all can't get along, it's not human nature, but even if only 1 person has a look at themselves I will feel I haven't wasted my time writing this.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CUvFeyGxaaU

^^^ very well said Mikey

hahaha funny clip Thomas, some of their other stuff looks good as well.

Morning Pink......thanks.

Made me think of the Dad thread.. Classic example!!

Where is that crazy mofo anyway?

Well put Mikey... I have your back on this..

I don't think he gets on real consistent, but his personality is unique, cracks me up!

Ive never seen them before....coming from the other side of the world.

Hahaha, very good.....isn't he the president of the world???

i'm actually president of the universe so i outrank him

hmm, was unsure if outrank was one word, but i guess it is

Perhaps I should call you dad!

even though i'm younger than you, i agree. i'm pretty awesome as it so happens

No worries dad, stranger things have happened

like role reversal, lol