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To Use or Lose: Dream On
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Many people want change in Mt. Hope, for instance the many passive readers of this blog who never contribute their voice. They want change, they just want someone else to do all the heavy lifting. I view that attitude as an overt act of cowardice, the weakest impulse to passive aggressive behavior.
I commend all the people who have contributed to the discussion lately, Lisa, Dennis, Adam, James, Peter, Anonymous. All voices are welcome. But I want all you Mt. Hope residents of IP addresses known and unknown who read and then cluck, cluck, cluck and talk the talk but are unwilling to walk the walk, that you might as well move out of Mt. Hope, for you will not effect change by being passive, and you are nothing but dead weight for those of us who are willing to fight for what we believe is right: the right to live in peace in our homes, the right to drive and walk down our streets without being harassed by drug dealers, without living in fear of drive by shootings related to punk-ass rivalries by rival drug dealing welfare recipients, the right to live in a clean, law abiding urban environment.
Last Thursday, a person from the most crime ridden area of Mt. Hope, the Grand View, Tecumseh area had the courage and the commitment to organize a meeting to address the issues in this area and in Mt. Hope in general, and he got the police to commit to the meeting and thought that the people most affected would show the gumption and commitment to attend and to show their support and commitment. 15 to 20 people from the area were expected for the meeting: 4 showed up. Shameful.
Talk is cheap: action speaks louder than words.
The internecine back-biting, the petty jealousies and resentments, and the egos are the Achilles heel of those who see themselves as the intelligent and the well educated.
Divide and conquer: it has worked for centuries, why shouldn't it work in Mt. Hope?
But if anyone wishes to contribute their thoughts to this discussion, read on.
I know the blog entry box on the site has been down for some time so it is necessary to use a Blog Entry Link for submitting entries.
Of course one could always use the comments tab below any post and designate it as an entry or post.
But if you have an essay or comment of length, a book or movie review, announcements, or a photo essay, maybe of your garden, your hobby, or of your pets, poetry or artwork, or some miscellaneous whatever, use the underlined Blog Entry link above or below to submit your contribution.
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Posted at August 18, 2007 12:28 AM