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| IN THE LAST GHETTO OF THE MIND, WE DECIDED THAT WE HAVE THE POWER TO BRING FORTH POSITIVE CHANGE. SO LET'S START IT OFF ON THE OPTIMISTIC TIP . . . THE TOPIC IS: YES! WRITE WHATEVER YOU WANT! | |||
WASSUP!...JUST CHECKED OUT YOUR SITE FOR THE FIRST TIME AND I GOTTA SAY:...DAAAIIIUUUMMM!!!...ITS OFF DA HOOK!!!!!! I WANNA SAY THAT ITS TRUE WHAT YOU SAY ABOUT "THE REVOLUTION" BEING OF THE MIND, NOT THE MATERIAL. WE NEED TO SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT THIS REALITY OR OUR SIDE WILL LOSE! THE INTERNET AND OTHER EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES ARE PUSHING HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS AND INTERACTION INTO A NEW DIMENSION, WHOMEVER EXPLOITS THESE RESOURCES TO THEIR ADVANTAGE, WILL HAVE AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN SHAPING THE FORM WHICH FUTURE DISCOURSE WILL TAKE...KEEP IT REAL!!!! VIVA LA REVOLUCION!!! T-ROCK...BKNY GIRL POWER! NO, I'M NOT A SPICE GIRL. I SIMPLY BELEIVE THAT GIRLS HAVE THE POWER TO DO ANYTHING THEY WANT GUYS DO TOO. HOWEVER THERE'S A DOUBLE STANDARD. THERE ARE STILL SOME THINGS THAT GIRLS "CAN'T" DO. AT LEAST THEY CAN'T DO THEM AND BE POLITICALLY CORRECT. GIRLS ARE LOOKED DOWN UPON WHEN THEY SLEEP AROUND, GUYS ARE CONGRADULATED. GIRLS AREN'T SUPPOSED TO BE TOUGH, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE SOFT AND FEMINE. I THINK THAT'S A LOAD OF CRAP. GIRLS SHOULD BE STRONG WITHIN AS WELL AS ON THE OUTSIDE. I DON'T CONDONE FIGHTING, BUT I LIKE IT WHEN A GIRL STANDS UP FOR HERSELF. IN OUR SOCIETY GIRLS ARE "BITCHES", "HOOCHIES", "SLUTS". WHY CAN'S WE BE GODDESSES!? MEN SOMETIMES FORGET THAT A WOMAN BROUGHT THEM INTO THIS WORLD. ABOVE ALL WOMEN SHOULD BE RESPECTED. I WISH EVERYONE COULD BE TREATED THE SAME, I GUESS THAT'S A DREAM THAT I HAVE TO KEEP DREAMING, CAUSE IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE HAPPENING IN THE NEAR FUTURE.JACKY FRECHETTE, LAURETTA@MHTC.NET YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO FREE YOUR MIND WHATEVER WAY YOU LIKE. AS LONG AS YOU AREN'T HURTING SOMEONE. WHEN I PICK UP A CAN I FEEL LIKE I HAVE THE CONTROL TO MAKE PEOPLE EITHER HAPPY OR PISSED OFF FOR WRITING ON THEIR WALL. A LOT OF PEOPLE HATE TAGGING, BUT GRAFFITI ART IS A WHOLE NOTHER SUBJECT. SOME PEOPLE THINK "NOW WHOEVER DID THAT HAS A NATURAL TALENT FOR ART." I FEEL IF YOU DON'T WANT TO GET INTO TROUBLE THEN STICK TO THE PAPER AND CANVAS. IF YOU WANT TO EXPRESS YOUR FEELINGS TO PEOPLE AND SHOW THEN WHAT YOU HAVE TO OFFER THEN GO TO A BRIDGE OR EVEN BETTER A WALL SO PEOPLE CAN SEE WHAT YOU HAVE DONE.KRAD, MMARTIAN@NAPANET.NET I THINK THE SHIRTS ARE LOOKIN HELLA PHAT BUT U SHOULD GET SOME MORE GRIFFITI SHIRTS.DANNY, DONBRITTON@AOL.COM TODAY WE ARE FEELING THE EFFECTS OF LAZY CAPITALISM. INSTEAD OF TAKING ADVATAGE OF WHAT CAPITALISM CAN DO, THE GOVERNMENT AND OWNERS OF BIG BUISNESS HAVE SOLD OUT AN UNEDUCATED POPULATION THAT THEY KNOW WILL STICK WITH THE STATUS QUO. THIS COUNTRY IS RUN ON SERVICE BASED BUISNESS' THAT NO LONGER MAKE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE SERVICED. GOVERNMENT IS TO BIG ALONG WITH BIG BUISNESS. PROMOTE CHANGE THROUGH EDUCATING YOUR MIND AND YOUR SOUL. THE MIANSTREAM POPULATION IS LACKING THE VISION, FORESIGHT AND INSPIRATION THAT IS REQUIRED TO BRING ABOUT A REVOLUTION OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT. IT IS OUR TASK TO TRY AND BRING ABOUT THIS METAMORPHOSIS. TURN THE T.V. OFF AND EDUCATE YOURSELF AND SOMEONE ELSE.T, TCAUSIN@WORLD.NET IF THE ART FORM OF GRAFFITTI IS TO BE ACCEPTED, IT FIRST HAS TO BE UNDERSTOOD. IN ORDER FOR THIS UNDERSTANDING TO TAKE PLACE SOCIETY MUST BE EDUCATED ABOUT GRAFF. DIFFERENT STYLES,DIFFERENT CREWS,IN MY EYES ARE JUST AS IMPORTANT AS ANY PICCASSO OR DIVINCCI,BUT AS FAR AS THE REST OF THE CONTRY AND WORLD IS CONCERNED THESE THINGS THAT ARE SO IMPORTANT TO ME IS JUST VANDILIZM. OPEN YOUR MIND. PEACECEASONE, SUPAFLY@AOL.COM YES!! YES, WE DO HAVE THE POWER TO MAKE POSITIVE CHANGES IN OUR WORLD.SOMETIMES IT TAKES US A LONG TIME TO REALIZE THESE THINGS DO TO THE FACT THAT WE ARE STRIPPED OF OUR SELF ESTEEM AND CONFIDENCE.WE MUST ALL LEARN TO USE OUR PRESENT STATE AND CULTURE TO MOVE AHEAD. I AM PERSONALLY A HIP HOP HEAD, AND AS KRS1 SAID "I AM HIP HOP".NOW, EVERYTHING I DO I DO FOR MYSELF. I FIGHT AND STRUGGLE TO PUT MYSELF IN POSITIVE POSITION IN LIFE, SO I MAY EMPOWER MYSELF, AND HAVE THE THINGS THAT I WANT OUT OF LIFE.THEREFORE IF I EMPOWER MYSELF AND CREATED POSITIVITY, SO HAS HIP HOP.BE RESPONSIBLE IN WHAT YOU PORTRAY AND REPRESENT...PEACE97"HOUSE", STYLES@IMAP2.ASU.EDU. ON THE NOTION OF POSITIVITY-----ITS NOT AN EASY ONE TO MAINTAIN. I HAVE MANY TIMES TURNED THE OTHER CHEEK BUT ITS NOT EASY TO JUST FLUSH OUT NEGATIVE EMOS.I GUESS ITS ALL A BALANCE WITHIN EACH OF OUR LIVES--THAT WE HAVE TO INDIVIDUALLY FIND.AS FAR AS CHANGE GOES --I FEEL THAT WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS FOR US IS NOT THAT DEAD-END. THROUGH TECHNOLOGIES AND MACHINES--HUMANS WILL REINVENT NATURE AND ULTIMATELY WE WILL ALL REACH A NEW LEVEL OF COMFORT AND EASINESS.THIS MAY SOUND SYNTHETIC BUT WE ARE STILL PRIMAL AND THIS CHANGE AND REVOLUTION WE ALL SPEAK OF IS A BIT IMAGINARY.I KNOW THERE ARE CIRCUMSTANCES AND SITUATIONSTHAT CONCERN US ALL BUT ITS ALL IRRELLEVANT IN TIME....CAUSE WHAT I CAN SENSE FOR THE FUTURE IS NOT THAT BAD.---REALM-----, LIQUID9@JUNO.COM "DO FOR SELF" MALCOLM XMATT HELLER, MHELLER@VT.EDU YES IS A VERY IMPORTANT CONCEPT, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN CONSTANTLY TOLD NO: "NO, YOU CAN'T HAVE THAT. NO YOU CAN'T LIVE HERE. NO, DON'T TOUCH THAT." PEOPLE HAVE TO REALIZE, ESPECIALLY BLACK & LATINO PEOPLE THAT YES, YOU CAN HAVE WHATEVER YOU WANT & LIVE WHEREVER YOU WANT & DO WHATEVER YOU WANT. YOU MUST BELIEVE IN YOUR OWN POTENTIAL-- NOT SOME FUCKED UP STEREOTYPE THAT OTHERS PUT ON YOU. YES, THIS IS A FREE COUNTRY AND THE CHOICES ARE YOUR OWN. YES, YOU ARE IN CONTROL OF YOUR OWN DESTINY. THE CHALLENGE IS TO MAINTAIN THAT FREEDOM OF CHOICE. YES! BIG UP!SABINA SEPULVEDA, NEGRITA 97@AOL.COM WHAT DO WE LEARN IN SCHOOL? ABOVE AND BEYOND ALL ELSE, MEDIOCRITY. OUR SYSTEM IS DESIGNED TO FIND THE MIDDLE GROUND FOR EVERYONE. THIS DEPRIVES BELOW AVERAGE STUDENTS OF THE HELP THEY NEED, AND PREVENTS GIFTED PEOPLE FROM RECIEVING RECKOGNITION AND ENCOURAGEMENT. WHO'S THE MOST BRILLIANT STUDENT IN THE CLASS ROOM? NOT THE ONE WITH THE STRAIGHT A'S AND TROPHIES. IT'S THE STUDENT WHO CAN'T SIT THROUGH ONE CLASS, THE ONE WITH THE CANS OF SPRAY PAINT IN HIS BAG WHERE BOOKS SHOULD BE, THE STUDENT WITH THE RECORD AS LONG AS A FOOTBALL FIELD. WHY SHOULD THESE PEOPLE SHOW ANY LOYALTY TO A SYSTEM WHICH HAS CONSISTENTLY OVERLOOKED OR MARGINALIZED THEIR GIFTS. WHAT CAN WE DO TO FIX THIS? GIVE THE SCREW UPS CREDIT WHERE IT'S DUE. HAD THEIR TALENTS BEEN TRESTED AS VALUED QUALITIES RATHER THAN INTERUPTIONS TO THE LEARNING PROCESS, THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO "DEVIATE" JUST TO GET RECKOGNTION. ALSO, SUPPORT ART, MUSIC, YOUNG PEOPLES FREEDOM, TALENT, AND THE EDUCATORS WHO CARE, SUPPORT IN ANY WAY YOU CAN. ABOVE AND BEYOND ALL ELSE, EDUCATE, MOTIVATE, AND RESPECT YOURSELF AND YOUR PEERS.NATALIE, NATALIE@COSMOACCESS.NET I THINK THAT WE ARE ALL GOING IN A WRONG DIRECTION,THE NATURE IS SOMEWHERE ELSE.LETS FIGHT,WITH OUR MIGHTY MINDS,TO REACH THE NATURE.TOMIC VALENTIN, VALENTIN@EUNET.YU LIFE IS WHAT YOU MAKE OF IT.. WEATHER IT BE A CHALENGE OR... IF YOU CHOOSE A PASSIVE ROAD IN LIFE.NO ONE CAN MAKE YOU HAPPY BUT YOURSELF. LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLEST WITH LUST AND LITTLE REGRET.LIVE IN THE NOW!FOR THERE IS ONLY NOW!REMEMBER THE PAST FOR YOU CAN'T CHANGE IT. FOR THE PAST IS THE PAST....AND THE FUTURE HASN'T BEEN WRITTEN YET.STRIVE FOR ALL OF YOUR GOALS FOR YOU WILL MAKE YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE. A LITTLE EFFORT GOES A LONG WAY.*A RASPA PER ASPA*-TO THE STARS BY OUR EFFORTSCHRISTINA DOVER, TINA@MULTICORP.NET POSITIVITY HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE ONLY RIGHT ANSEWR. IT IS HARD, YES. BUT LIFE STILL GOES ON. TO SOME IT MAY SEEMTOO UTOPIAN AND UNREALISTIC BUT IF YOU COMPLAIN IT STILL RAINS ANYWAY SO WHY NOT MAKE THE BEST OF IT. SPRAED THE MESSAGE OF POSITIVITY, DON'T GIVE UP THE FIGHT. THE MORE POSITIVE PEOIPLE THERE ARE THE BETTER THE WORLD. IT IS ACTUALLY VERY SIMPLE AND IT WORKS. KEEP SMILINGDOLAPO JAMES, OLUDOLAPO@HOTMAIL.COM WHAT DO I THINK? I THINK THAT TODAY'S SOICITY(SP) IS GOING AT A FAST PACE. LIFE USE TO BE SIPMLE, YET OF COURSE THINGS WERE ALOT HARDER TOO. NOW IN TODAY'S FAST PACE WE HAVE TO KEEP UP, KEEP IT GOING. SOMETIMES MY MIND WORKS FASTER THAN MY BODY CAN KEEP UP WITH IT. THE ONLY SOULTION IS NO SOULTION AT ALL. FEEL GOOD... DO WHAT YOU WILL... HARM NONE...LIFE IS SHORT AND THIS IS WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT... LOVING AND LEARNING...SILVERROSE, DRAGONKN@BELLSOUTH.NET CULTURE, RACE, APPEARANCE....IS THIS WHAT MAKES UP A PERSON? EVERY PERSON? WHAT ABOUT WHERE THEY LIVE? NO! YET PEOPLE CHOOSE TO PERCIEVE PEOPLE BY THESE OBVIOUS CHARACTERSTICS. NOT WILLING TO SEARCH ANY DEEPER. WHEN ARE PEOPLE GOING TO REALIZE THAT NO ONE SHOULD BE JUDGED BY THESE FACTORS. BUT BY THEIR MERE INNER-SELF. I'M A TAGGER BUT THAT IS ALL YOU KNOW ABOUT ME. DO YOU KNOW ME OR WHAT MY PURPOSE IS IN DOING WHAT I DO? NO. YET PEOPLE REFUSE TO GO BEYOND THE FACT THAT VANDALISM IS VANDALISM AND GRAFFITI IS GRAFFITI. WHAT IF I TOLD YOU THAT I GET A'S AND B'S IN SCHOOL? WOULD YOU BELIEVE ME SINCE YOU KNOW THAT I'M A TAGGER? PROBABLY NOT. MY POINT IS THAT NO ONE HAS THE RIGHT TO JUDGE ANYONE UNTIL THEY KNOW WHAT PATH THAT PERSON HAS CHOSEN TO TAKE IN ORDER TO REACH SELF DISCOVERY. IN MY CASE, I HAVE JUST STARTED ON THIS HARSH JOURNEY THROUGH LIFE WHERE EVERY DECISION OF MINE DIRECTS ME THROUGH MY UNPREDESTINED PATH. CULTURE, RACE, APPEARANCE....DOES KNOWING THESE THREE TRAITS ABOUT ME JUSTIFY YOUR JUDGEMENT?ISRAEL GARCIA, CHAOF@CHOAF@DXNET.COM I LIKE COFFEE, BUT IT DOESN'T KEEP ME AWAKE.JOHN PICKETT, PICKETT@WELLSFARGO.COM SO, OKAY, LET'S DO THAT "POSITIVITY THANG"... THANKS TO THE POWER OF THE INFORMATION SUPER-HIGHWAY (WHITER TEETH, FRESHER BREATH, LESS FILLING, LET'S SEE WHAT'S ON YOUR DISCOVER CARD AND WHERE DO YOU WANT TO GO TA - DAY?)WE CAN TRULY EXPERIENCE A MEETING OF THE MINDS WITH OTHER INDIVIDUALS IN OTHER COUNTRIES AND OTHER STATES OF EXISTENCE WITHOUT THE ARTIFICIAL RESTRICTIONS OF SPACE AND TIME (WELL, FOR THE MOST PART ANYWAY). AND I THINK THAT THIS WILL HELP CRUMBLE ALL THOSE EVIL AWFUL BARRIERS OF CLASS DISTINCTION AND POLITICS AND PETTY NATIONALISM BECAUSE WE WILL ALL BEGIN TO TRULY REALIZE THAT THE BORDERS WE SEE ON THE WORLD MAP ARE JUST LINES MADE OF INK -- THEY'RE NOT REAL ANYMORE. BUT BEFORE WE START PREACHING THE GOSPEL OF THE NEW INFO AGE WORLD ORDER, WE HAVE TO REMEMBER ALL THOSE FOLKS WHO AREN'T ON-LINE AND WHO MAY NEVER SEE THE WORLD WIDE WEB IN ALL ITS EGALITARIAN GLORY. AS WE REACH TOWARDS THE SKY AND TAKE HOLD OF TOMORROW LET'S ALL TAKE A MINUTE TO REMEMBER TO HOLD THAT OTHER HAND OF OURS OUT TO OUR BRETHREN WHO MAY NEED A HAND-UP THE ELECTRONIC LADDER OF ENLIGHTENMENT. LET'S BRING THAT CLASS-FREE, BARRIER-FREE, ANTI-XENOPHOBIC ATTITUDE WITH US INTO THE WORLD MADE OF FLESH. PARTY HARD, BUT, IF YOU CAN, PARTY WITH EVERYONE -- NO EXCLUSIVITY AT THIS CLUB AND NO DRESS CODE, YA KNOW? LET'S DO IT!JOSEPH A., JOSEPHRA@WELLSFARGO.COM JUST BECAUSE MY HAIR IS CURLY, JUST BECAUSE MY TEETH ARE PEARLY...ONECOLD VIBE CAN'T STOP DIS' HERE BOOGIE...ALWAYS TEACH RESPECT, PEACRLOVE FOR ALL CULTURES.....-NESTA!-K.F. CILIBERTO, ST9426P4@DUNX1.OCS.DREXEL.EDU HECK YEAH!!!!!I GUESS THIS ONE IS GONE TO FAR OVER OUR HEADS GUYSCOULD YOU PLEASE ELABORATE ON THE WORD YES SOME MORE?WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING GIVING US SO LITTLE TO GO ON?I DON'T KNOW IF THE WORLD IS READY FOR SIMPLE STATEMENTS.DO YOU MEAN YES AS OPPOSED TO NO, OR DO YOU MEAN YES IN CONJUNCTION WITH YES ( THAT WOULD BE A DOUBLE POSITVE )?AND IF THAT IS THE CASE WELL WHAT THE HAY I'LL TAKE A DOUBLE SHOTOF THE OLD POSITIVITY ANY DAY, BUT MOST PREFERABLY IN THE MORNING WITH MY COFFEE. BY THE WAY I HOPE THIS IS CAFFINEFREE POSITIVITY BECAUSE I LIKE MINE STRAIGHT WITH NO CHASER.WHAT THE HECK DO YOU WANT FROM ME ANYWAY A PAT ON THE BACK,SOME REASSURANCE THAT YES MEANS YES AS OPPOSED TO MEANING NO? I DON'T KNOW...JUST KEEP CRANKING OUT THE HITS Y'ALL.IZA FREAK, YODDLE.COM YOSH IT'S FRIDAYOZZY, AZMIAR@ABRAR.COM.MY |
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