{"id":1040,"date":"2005-05-13T22:43:00","date_gmt":"2005-05-14T05:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beltdrivebetty.com\/wyzwmnsworld\/?p=1040"},"modified":"2010-09-29T18:31:04","modified_gmt":"2010-09-30T01:31:04","slug":"i-learned-something-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wyzwmn9444.live-website.com\/?p=1040","title":{"rendered":"I learned something&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family:verdana;\">I learned something this week<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family:verdana;\"><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family:verdana;\">We as Canadians are spoiled<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family:verdana;\"><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family:verdana;\">we live in a society that has sheltered us <\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family:verdana;\">from the dirt and pollution of the real world<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family:verdana;\"><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family:verdana;\">We have racism and violence<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family:verdana;\">but it is nothing <\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family:verdana;\">compared to the vehemence of beliefs <\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family:verdana;\">in other countries<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family:verdana;\"><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family:verdana;\">here we are in 2005 <\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family:verdana;\">and still there are countries where<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family:verdana;\">women and murdered and mutilated<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family:verdana;\">for not being virgins<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family:verdana;\">or for embarrassing their male counter parts<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family:verdana;\"><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family:verdana;\">people of ethnicity <\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family:verdana;\">are often treated with revulsion <\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family:verdana;\">by our brothers and sisters from<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family:verdana;\">the lower 48<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family:verdana;\"><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family:verdana;\">imagine being verbally abused<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family:verdana;\">by your customers <\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family:verdana;\">every single minute of the day<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family:verdana;\">and not being allowed to refute it<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family:verdana;\">for fear of loosing your job<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family:verdana;\"><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family:verdana;\">imagine not being able to <\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family:verdana;\">walk out the door on a moonlit night<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family:verdana;\">for fear of retribution <\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family:verdana;\">of nothing more than being born <\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family:verdana;\">with skin not milquetoast?<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family:verdana;\"><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family:verdana;\">We ask Canadians are spoiled<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family:verdana;\">and lucky beyond belief.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I learned something this weekWe as Canadians are spoiledwe live in a society that has sheltered us from the dirt and pollution of the real worldWe have racism and violencebut it is nothing compared to the vehemence of beliefs in &hellip; 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