granite_butterfly

@granite_butterfly (448)

Canada • Age 50

Joined myLot 16 years ago

The tears that we cry make us stronger and more complete as people.

Discussions (36)

granite_butterfly's Discussions

Slips Of The Tongue-A Blonde Haired, Blue Eyed Rant.

granite_butterfly @granite_butterfly (448) • Canada 6 May 12

People of colour? I am caucasian, not colourless. I have low levels of the pigment, eumelanin and it is a genetic mutation. My blonde hair and blue eyes are indicative of European descent. Most of the time, I am considered white,...

diversity

people

reverse racism

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1 person

Exercising One's Rights or Homegrown Terrorism

granite_butterfly @granite_butterfly (448) • Canada 29 Apr 12

Recently, I read an article about people protesting and a new legal right to arrest protesters and detain them in military facilities as potential terrorists. There was a disturbing picture of a young woman...

homegrown terrorisim

human rights

2 responses

Dancing With The Devil?

granite_butterfly @granite_butterfly (448) • Canada 5 Feb 12

Do you believe that heavy metal music is connected to Satanism?

4 responses

Don't It Make Your Brown Eyes Blue?

granite_butterfly @granite_butterfly (448) • Canada 21 Nov 11

Recently a doctor in the US has found a laser technique that turns brown eyes blue. Am I alone when I shake my head and say "What?" This may be vanity gone too far. It is one thing to wear coloured contact lenses but to laser your...

changing eye colour

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2 people

Self Injury And Youth-A Silent Epidemic

granite_butterfly @granite_butterfly (448) • Canada 21 Nov 11

A recent study released in the US has revealed that 1 in 12 teens cut or otherwise hurt themselves. To me this is a staggering number. It is tragic to learn that so many youths are suffering in this way. As a society, we have a...

self injury

teenagers

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1 person

Do School Uniforms Reduce Bullying?

granite_butterfly @granite_butterfly (448) • Canada 24 Oct 11

If our school aged children are dressed in uniforms, is there less bullying? The use of school uniforms take away "fashion bullying", when children who cannot wear the latest trendy clothing to school no longer stand out in a...

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2 people

Does It Really Matter?

granite_butterfly @granite_butterfly (448) • Canada 16 Sep 11

In respect to elections, do you believe that our votes count or does the government have it all rigged from the start?

4 responses

Another Controversial T-Shirt

granite_butterfly @granite_butterfly (448) • Canada 16 Sep 11

Forever 21.com has released a questionable shirt to their racks. The shirts say "Allergic To Algebra" and are made for young women. Not only does this imply that young women are stupid, it also implies that young...

clothing

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1 person

A Case of Child Abuse.

granite_butterfly @granite_butterfly (448) • Canada 21 Aug 11

Within the past few days, a woman appeared in court for misdemeanor child abuse charges. She is alleged to have put hot sauce in her adopted son's tongue for lying at school. This same child was then forced to take a cold shower...

child abuse

discipline

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1 person

Racial Pride or Hatred. You Judge.

granite_butterfly @granite_butterfly (448) • Canada 20 Aug 11

Is there a difference between ethnocentrism and racism?

ehtnocentrism

racism

tolerance

2 responses

Responsibility

granite_butterfly @granite_butterfly (448) • Canada 22 Jun 11

Should anyone be held responsible for their parents?

families

parents

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2 people

Ontario Bans Smoking in Cars With Minors.

granite_butterfly @granite_butterfly (448) • Canada 16 Feb 09

While I am a smoker myself, I have never felt that I am entitled to inflict my smoke upon others, especially children. The province I live in recently passed a law that prohibits anyone from smoking in a vehicle that has...

children and smoking

laws

smoking

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3 people

Is it the relativity of music that makes us listen?

granite_butterfly @granite_butterfly (448) • Canada 23 Dec 08

I am currently listening to music and the evoked thoughts are nothing short of eerie. Can you explain a song that speaks your truth before its time? Are we just victims of the human condition?

Blame The Victim Mentality

granite_butterfly @granite_butterfly (448) • Canada 1 Sep 08

It angers me that people still want to deny a child's reports of abuse. Worse still, people who accuse the child of wanting attention. I recently encountered a situation where adults were not taking a child's story as fact. Even...

adult responses to child abuse

child abuse

neglect

4 responses •

2 people

What is the allure to reality TV?

granite_butterfly @granite_butterfly (448) • Canada 27 Aug 08

Yeah, I have watched some of these shows and say to myself, "What kind of reality is this?!" What is so alluring to these programs? They don't seem to portray what the majority experiences. Now, I am sure there are some devout...

allure

following television programs

reality tv

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5 people

Consider.

granite_butterfly @granite_butterfly (448) • Canada 25 Aug 08

Does anyone react to colours more than black ink? My skin doesn't take green well but holds black lines beautifully.

ink colours

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3 people

Thoughts on myLot.

granite_butterfly @granite_butterfly (448) • Canada 24 Aug 08

Sometimes I am still surprised to see my earnings growing. I think "This has to be the most fun way to make money ever!" I login to myLot, share my knowledge and opinions with a bunch of likeminded people, and get paid for it. How...

enjoying mylot

6 responses •

4 people

A Question to Those Who Dream.

granite_butterfly @granite_butterfly (448) • Canada 22 Aug 08

How does one rekindle lost dreams to be motivated again?

daydreams

dreaming

2 responses

A Question of Human Nature.

granite_butterfly @granite_butterfly (448) • Canada 22 Aug 08

How is it that when we are down and out we tend to envy another's good fortune? For some people it seems that everyone should be down in the same pit they are in and that no one should get a break. It leaves me wondering what...

envy

jealousy

life circumstances

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1 person

About Parents...

granite_butterfly @granite_butterfly (448) • Canada 22 Aug 08

How much do our parents effect us adults? How much influence do our parents have on our adult lives? Is there an appropriate level of intrusion permitted from parents? What is your experience and thoughts?

adult with parents

4 responses