Re:Google backs gay marriage
by 13ren on Sunday September 28, 2008 @07:01AM
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Be the change you want to see in the world - Gandhi
People often see public figures as deities, and abdicate their own center of action to these gods. Saying "the government/corporations/rich should do something" strengthens their power and diminishes yours.
Re:Google backs gay marriage
by unalone on Sunday September 28, 2008 @05:08PM
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Exactly. The difference between a public figure and a nobody is that the public figure made themselves public. Anybody CAN do it, it's just that nobody DOES.
People often see public figures as deities, and abdicate their own center of action to these gods. Saying "the government/corporations/rich should do something" strengthens their power and diminishes yours.
But they aren't gods. They aren't that powerful.