Tonyz
How do ya do? Pretty good, sure as you're born!
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- May 17, 2014
@AKL Ranger
What will inspire me to go back before 2021? When New York lifts its two week quarantine on Florida!
Hey @Tonyz
I wonder if the negative jabs and coded language (not limited or exclusive to the Dis Boards) directed at the NBA players would be the same if players of the PGA or NASCAR complained about the food while being quarantined at Disney World Resort.
Welsh_Dragon said:
Now all the Brits (and possibly others) are aghast. You said a rude word! Bum please not the ‘f’ word.
'Sani' In German means medic.TresGriffin said:
Yes! LOL. When Ryno said in yesterday's live show chat that he keeps items in his "Sani-Fanny", I was like "OMG, I bet the British listeners think that sounds like a feminine hygiene product."
I hear ya. I actually had a trip planned for the first week of September myself and decided to cancel. The "final payment" date was just cutting too close for my comfort. I probably won't be down again until next year. But if things improve in the fall, it may very well be sooner.The insane AP room discount which might allow me to salvage the Labor Day weekend trip that was scrapped due to the extension of the quarantine order for tri-state residents. It’s just as good as the TA exclusive rate I had to cancel so I just had her rebook the Poly for the end of September. I’m an essential worker for the city of NY and am feeling severely burned out after working basically nonstop through the worst of the first wave here, and not always from home. I really didn’t understand how crucial travel was to my mental health until I couldn’t do it anymore.
Admittedly I am still torn. Not because of the limited offerings—I’ve been 3 times in the last 2 years, it’s not a big deal to me—but concerns about the virus, and the ethical considerations of a theme park vacation during a pandemic. A lot can change in 2 months and I hope it does for the better, not just for the sake of a trip. But I don’t especially trust the state of FL. My flights are booked on points and fully refundable so we’ll see.
I just had a random thought. I've always said that I would never EVER stay at Port Orleans Riverside because, quite naturally, as a DOC, the "plantationmansion" theming has never sat well with me.
If they do decide to do a more thorough re-theming of that resort in the future as a way to further distance it from those connotations, I'm wondering if a Garden District theme would work. So while POFQ will remain themed after the French Quarter, POR will become POGD: Port Orleans Garden District. Think St. Charles Avenue and Streetcars. And in the process, they can finally transform Boatwrights into Tiana's Place.
Hey Brother @TresGriffin ,I just had a random thought. I've always said that I would never EVER stay at Port Orleans Riverside because, quite naturally, as a DOC, the "plantationmansion" theming has never sat well with me.
If they do decide to do a more thorough re-theming of that resort in the future as a way to further distance it from those connotations, I'm wondering if a Garden District theme would work. So while POFQ will remain themed after the French Quarter, POR will become POGD: Port Orleans Garden District. Think St. Charles Avenue and Streetcars. And in the process, they can finally transform Boatwrights into Tiana's Place.
America loses two civil rights movement icons hours apart, Friday, July 18, 2020
My heart is heavy for the families & colleagues of both Rep John Lewis and Rev. C.T. Vivian
Icons of the Civil Rights movement gave blood, sweat, & tears to teach everyone "to keep our eyes on the prize" equality & Justice for everyone, regardless of race could be
achieved, in peace.
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Rep John lewis with former Presidents B.Obama and G.W. Bush
Hold hands in March 2015 for a prayer during a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the "Bloody Sunday" events at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala. | Gerald Herbert/AP Photo
This is a "spiritual" loss for America, still struggling with the demands for racial equality.
John Robert Lewis died at age 80.
Hours later Rev. Cordy Tindell "C.T." Vivian died at age 95 of natural causes. Both men died a day before the birthday of the late Nelson Mandela -- another champion of racial equality.
In 1961, Lewis became one of the 13 original Freedom Riders. There were seven whites and six blacks who were determined to ride from Washington, D.C., to New Orleans in an integrated fashion. At that time, several southern states continued to enforce laws prohibiting black and white riders from sitting next to each other on public transportation. The Freedom Ride, originated by the Fellowship of Reconciliation and revived by James Farmer and Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), was initiated to pressure the federal government to enforce the Supreme Court decision in Boynton v. Virginia (1960) that declared segregated interstate bus travel to be unconstitutional.
Mr Lewis went on to be elected Representative for Georgia's 5th congressional district from 1987 until his death. He was also the dean of the Georgia congressional delegation.
In 2011 Rep John Lewis was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
US Congressional Representative John Lewis was called "the conscious of the US congress."
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[President Barack Obama awarding Rep John Lewis the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The Presidential Medal of Freedom is an award bestowed by the president of the United States to recognize people who have made "an especially meritorious contribution to the security or national interests of the United States, world peace, cultural or other significant public or private endeavors". The Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal are the highest civilian awards of the United States.]
Both men were the epitome of "good trouble" -- Lewis' favorite saying and approach to confronting injustices without violence. They worked alongside the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. at the forefront of the historic struggle for racial justice in the 1960s.
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Martin Luther King Jr once called Rev. C.T. Vivian "the greatest Preacher that had ever lived."
Mr. Vivian was a Baptist minister and a member of Dr. King’s inner circle of advisers. He was the national director of some 85 local affiliate chapters of the S.C.L.C. from 1963 to 1966, directing protest activities and training in nonviolence as well as coordinating voter registration and community development projects.
In the spirit of Peace, Brotherhood, Love & Light.
AKL Ranger
"Be Bold, Be Brave and Get into Good trouble."
The Hon Rep John Lewis
I love this quote. I may try it out on my adult children as they rush out of the door."Be Bold, Be Brave and Get into Good trouble."
I consider anything that leads to greater understanding to be a positive thing. I only discovered yesterday the origins of the phrase ‘nitty gritty’. Why didn’t I know this? If I had, I would never have used such a phrase.
The founding fathers WERE jerks, though.
School in the US traditionally taught a very US-centric world view and a very white-centric national view. As demographics change, I think that's finally evolving.One of the best things I learned when my kids started school was that these days our school district doesn't try to hide this fact from the kids. They're taught all about the things the founding fathers did that had impacts on us as a country, both the good and the bad. And they hear about some of the ways in which they were flat out jerks as well. It's refreshing, really. I'm hoping this is something that's happening more and more with schools today. History isn't pretty and it isn't neat and it's not something we all view in exactly the same way.
HelloI have been seeing more and more instances of this---"this" being a phrase or common saying being explained as having any numerous types of terrible origin stories behind them. But what I keep also finding is that along with sources that state "Oh yes, this phrase is absolutely awful. Don't ever use it!", there will also be other sources and articles stating that the current info being passed around is incorrect. And in fact, I immediately found an article from the UK claiming that the term "nitty gritty" was never seen in print until 1930 and has no clear origin at all, while also stating that the origin story currently being passed around isn't correct. https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/nitty-gritty.html
Which leaves one in a quandary.....do you continue to use the phrase, and take the risk of offending people who believe it does have highly objectionable origins? And if you do offend someone, do you apologize and leave it at that, or do you add an explanation about what you found about whatever it is you said? Because on one hand, I'd be happy to share whatever I had learned, but on the other hand, I don't want the additional info to be viewed as a cancellation of the apology, because that's definitely not how I would want it to be seen. Or do you just stop using them, even if they truly aren't offensive in origin, because it's easier to not use them than to keep explaining the situation? Or in case it turns out that you (and your sources) really are wrong and whatever you said really is awful?
Hello
The best answer to the question of to stop using a ‘potentially’ offensive phrase or not depends on if you want to approach this as an ally?
As an ally, if something was brought to your attention; a phrase, joke or statement and you later learned the phrase was potentially offensive. You have to ask yourself if you are generous of heart and spirit to say “Not only will I refuse to use that phrase/joke ever again, I will also take a stand to educate others the statement ‘maybe’ considered offensive.”
If there is a chance, the statement is not offensive. How willing are you to gamble and play the odds you won’t offend someone retelling the potentially offensive joke?