I have a friend who listens to all kinds of wacked out news stories.   The more I listen to these stories about people picking at everything other people do, and try to find some form of racism or sexism associated with it.    Why can we all not just live our lives and stop trying to micromanage everyone else.  

     The words to several songs from the past come to mind. “LIVE AND LET LIVE BY THE GOLDAN RULE”    “YOU CAN’T EVEN RUN YOUR OWN LIFE I WILL BE DAMNED IF YOU’LL RUN MINE”   People need to let others be who they are.   If I do something someone else has done it is not because I am trying to take their culture as one of these short sited people has alleged.   I do it because I think it is cool and I want to be cool too.   Have these people never heard IMATATION IS THE SINCEAREST FORM OF FLATARY!   We should encourage people being more alike rather than trying to separate everyone into little boxes.   Only this group can ware hooped earrings or only that group can ware dreadlocks, or only this other group can wear the colors red or blue.  Are you getting my point yet?

     I blame the media for much of this.   Any stupid action is put on the tv as news, and if it involves 2 different colors of people or 2 different nationalities or men against women then the media blow it all up big.   These people who are desperate for their 15 min of fame see someone being put on the news for taking a stand no matter how stupid the stand against something ANYTHING and they want on the tv too so they go out and find something just as stupid to take a stand against so they can get on tv also.   

     People should put their time and energy into getting along with others not in fighting with others.  Do you not realize if we all tried to be more like each other we would understand one another more and the world be a happier place if we understood each other instead of trying to beat someone up for wanting to be like us?