QUOTES OF THE WEEK
January 9, 2012
"If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all."
Do you agree or disagree with this quote? Why or why not?
"If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all."
Do you agree or disagree with this quote? Why or why not?
Week of November 7, 2011"
To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you like everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting."
--E.E. Cummings
To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you like everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting."
--E.E. Cummings
Week of October 31
"There is nothing wrong with you, there is something wrong with the world you live in."
and
“If homosexuality is a disease, let's all call in queer to work: "Hello. Can't work today, still queer."-Robin Tyler
"There is nothing wrong with you, there is something wrong with the world you live in."
and
“If homosexuality is a disease, let's all call in queer to work: "Hello. Can't work today, still queer."-Robin Tyler
Week of October 17 and Week of October 24
"We shouldn't get our rights because we're gay, or black, or women. We should get our rights because we're individuals."
-Unknown
How does this quote make you feel? What thoughts come to your head when you read it? Do you agree or disagree and why?
"We shouldn't get our rights because we're gay, or black, or women. We should get our rights because we're individuals."
-Unknown
How does this quote make you feel? What thoughts come to your head when you read it? Do you agree or disagree and why?
Week of October 10, 2011
Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands? ~Ernest Gaines
Think about this quote and what it means to you. What is the speaker saying about the way our society is?
Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands? ~Ernest Gaines
Think about this quote and what it means to you. What is the speaker saying about the way our society is?