Ignorance

Today Im going to be doing this a little different and putting up my feelings about the recent news, well more to the point Sophie Lancaster and Robert Maltby.


For them that have seen me or know me, know that I look a little different, simply because I have red hair and dont conform or dress to what is suppose to be "norm" in todays society.


Now Sophie and her boyfriend Robert were so badly beaten by a group of thugs simply because they did not conform to what these thugs thought was "norm", but to Sophie and Robert the way they looked and dressed was normal, normal for them.


Well im tellin you now to everyone out there that is reading this.  There is NO normal way to be or dress,  its not all black and white.  There is a whole Gray area inbetween.  My normal is someone elses normal, but who gives someone the right to abuse me because I dont fit in with their idea of normal.


No one deserves to be killed by the way they look.  I myself come across this predjudce everyday and have learnt to rise above it.  So far im lucky and have not had any pyschical confrentations, but have learnt to live with being called a freak on many occasions and 99% of the time I am called, its by teenage boys 17 and under.

But I am begining to wonder if it was simply because Sophie and Robert looked different or would this group have been out to get anyone that evening?  When interviewed the mother of one of the boys accused, sat and laughed.  What does that say?  Have this thugs been brought up with prejuduce as normal to them?  Did they call overweight people?  Did black people get called by them?  Did Asians get called by them?  Was this night,  the night where Sophie and Robert
where simply in the wrong place at the wrong time?

Im my opinion you have to go through more checks when buying a pet from the RSPCA, with house checks, and garden checks and background checks, and follow up and yearly checks, and yet anyone can be parent with not 1 check to make sure that you are able and suitable 
enough to bring up a child in the 1st place.
 

Any murderer any peodophile any wife or husband beater, anyone with GBH or an ABH
can become a parent without any checks on whether they are actually fit enough to
becoming parents and be able to guide children through life to be a well rounded adult.



 Where are the checks to make sure that people are responsible enough to be able to raise a child?  I tell you there are none

A few weeks ago, my neighbour, was of course in jest calling me Sharon Osbourne and my husband that has long hair Ozzy.. now his son who is 4 was saying it as well......

Although this was said in jest this to me is how prejudce does start.. i know he means no harm by it, but its things like this that start these things...


the amount of time, ive been called scary mary or chavs in the supermarket have whispered something about my hair colour or my husbands long hair simply because it dont conform to their "norm"....

Instead of now putting up with this, I now make it known that I have heard them and make sure that everyone around me knows what prejudces are being said when I ask them to repeat allowed to my face what they have just said behind my back, but sadly its coming all too familiar in todays society, it seams that instead of the world becoming more tolerent of different its becoming less

RIP Sophie, you went far too young and for all the wrong reasons.


Just to end this on a lighter note.  

Each week we will be having members from the forum submitting things for this blog, it can be anything they want.  Now unless your on the moon, you will know that MHL has been on all week.

One of our users **kayleigh.m** has contributed to this weeks blog...


i have been trying to get mentioned on mhl all week!! theyve still not shown my messages, i think they know im making it up after my "i saw a fadge on webcam 2" on the first night and have written down who i am and "do not put on anything from this crazy woman!" they let someone say they saw an elephant on one of the webcams, yet didnt put one of my more sensible ones on!!!

kayleigh xxx


Thanks Kayleigh dont know which version you have been watching too see fadges hun lol..


Thanks for reading

Shazzz.