In Telushlun’s essay, “Where Heaven and Earth Touch,” discusses the “Speak No Evil Day” which is a day where “We” come to view others as individuals and realize that negative stereotypes of large ethnic, religious, and gender groups are unfair and untrue. It also provides a day where people can’t say hurtful sayings and thoughts about one another meaning… no- name-calling, rude remarks, hurtful words, etc… I think this day will never succeed efficiently because people cant follow the rules right. Like who does? I think people judge each other all the time because that what is what we do as a society. We judge one another. The concept is a good one, but not everybody will participate accordingly. Like people don’t even follow the rules when there’s the day of silence, and what about when we have to remain quit for the people who lost their lives, so we can live our lives. People cant follow direction well. I like the Golden Rule approach, speak about people the same way that you want to be spoken about. I know we don’t follow this judgment well, but at lease this may be a little easier to do because its not taking away a whole day and its very minimal. Just try to use your words differently.
To recap everything is by saying will the “Speak No Evil Day” actually happen? Will our society actually follow this rule? I highly doubt it because people don’t want to change themselves to please another person they probably wont know. Its like taking away their rights as human beings. It will never work in my eyes. We are a judgmental society, and if you can accept that, or cant handle it, you should try to do something about it, but don’t make a day that will take away from someone’s privilege to speak their minds. I don’t think I will be able to follow this day to be truthful because I tend to judge people on a day to day basics. that’s what I do, and I know many more out there that does the same thing. I judge others on how they act, rudeness, playfully, and maybe if they judge me in some way, shape, or form, I will judge them in return. I know its not right to do this stereotyping, but this subject is put out there by our society to eat up and use it on one another. So, will our society really change one day? Will we be able to corporate the “Speak No Evil Day” for just one day? Only our society will be the judge of that because we follow their “judgments” and rules.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
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