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Raymond

I don't want a community

Why is it, everywhere I go these days I'm finding people belonging to a "community"?
The Disabled Community. The Black Community. The Gay Community. The Psychic Community. The Asian Community. The Transsexual Community, I even heard somebody the other day describe themselves as part of the 'Welsh' community (as if you'd admit to that anyway - sorry Swanny!)........... and so it goes on.

Why do people feel the need to bunch together in order to be valid? Whatever happened to individuality?

It's one of those annoying politically correct phrases again like 'partner', or 'able-bodied' or 'visually impared'.

Once again I can't help thinking it's another loony idea put about by the puppets in Westminster and their foriegn masters in Brussels. Divide and conquer and all that.

The only 'grouping' I would be proud to put myself in is British, beyond that, you can keep your 'communities' thankyou very much.  I stand on my own.
Bravo

You are a member of several communities yourself, though you refer to them by another name.

Part of being human I believe.
Waffle King

Hey raymondo, you're part of a community, called the human race mate, while you exist you will never stand alone, unless of course you lock yourself in a room without a door or a window from birth to death even then, you'd be part of the "I Stand Alone not together" community, so either way, it's all gold and flowers mate Big Grin
Raymond

Bravo wrote:
You are a member of several communities yourself, though you refer to them by another name.


Explain please.
Bravo

You are a member of the ghe forum community for one
Raymond

No. Just because I happen to be on here and have a similar interest with you lot doesn't mean I'm part of a 'community'.
Bravo

It does:

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/community

Quote:
8 dictionary results for: community
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
com·mu·ni·ty         [kuh-myoo-ni-tee] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun, plural -ties.
1. a social group of any size whose members reside in a specific locality, share government, and often have a common cultural and historical heritage.
2. a locality inhabited by such a group.
3. a social, religious, occupational, or other group sharing common characteristics or interests and perceived or perceiving itself as distinct in some respect from the larger society within which it exists (usually prec. by the): the business community; the community of scholars.
4. a group of associated nations sharing common interests or a common heritage: the community of Western Europe.
5. Ecclesiastical. a group of men or women leading a common life according to a rule.
6. Ecology. an assemblage of interacting populations occupying a given area.
7. joint possession, enjoyment, liability, etc.: community of property.
8. similar character; agreement; identity: community of interests.
Raymond

Well I am officially removing myself from the GHE community. Think of me as a Shaman, just popping in and out at random times but never totally belonging.
Bravo

Lol

It's just a word you know  

Sometimes, we associate certain things with certain words and then we don't like what that brings...but if you break it down, it really is the same thing.

For some people, a 'coven' might stir up all sorts of negative imagery.
So, a 'group of witches' might be better to them.
Or, a 'collection of friends with an interest in spellcraft' might make them feel better still.

Might be a poor choice to draw my analogy from your own expertise, but I hope I make my point.
Raymond

You make your point, and I don't belong to a 'coven' or a 'group of witches' or a 'circle of friends interested in spellcraft' (or whatever it was you said) or any other group even slightly resembling a community.

And as for making other people feel more comfortable,.... well, I'm sure you can imagine my response to that.

Is this a serious conversation Bravo old pal or are you just waffling to overtake me in the Top Posters' poll?

I mean, far be it from me to be cynical, but.....
david hobbs

Oddly enough I feel a bit the same way about communities as Raymond.

Don't get me wrong here because I do like to mix with others and share, but the truth is I have always felt like an outsider from the beginning.

I would suspect that it starts from childhood, my parents were not the tactile kind.

I think that we all need other people but some more than others.

I am thinking of forming a community of people who do not wish to be part of any communities.

Then we won't feel so left out of things.
Samjaza

By saying you are a part of a community I suppose you can congregate and demand something in the interests of said community.
As a member of the "White Anglo Saxon 'Protestant' " community I doubt i'd get anything.
The local Muslim community local to me had the collective power to demand bidets fitted to all their houses so they can perform the ritual cleansing of their orifices. Which to be honest I don't disagree with, it's their faith. unfortuanatley the local council diverted funding to the elderly and disabled to pay for it. They didn't have a community?
Reverse Racism?
The Music of Black Origin Awards? would Music of White Origin be allowed yet alone televised?
We live in a democracy and the majority rule? no.
Raymond

Wow!

The baby Jesus must be smiling on me today.

Mr. Hobbs agrees with me and I agree with Sam.

Evergreen will be making the blind see next.

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