There is a fine line between humor and everything else. One may think they have said the funniest thing of the hour, without giving the slightest of thought that their said words can have consequences. In fact words do have consequences, trust me! (Remember this? …Yes, I did learn a lesson or two there.)
And so at it happens, at times the well informed too need a reminder of the above perhaps a quickie on Queer sensitization as well. So we begin today’s session with Mr. Mahesh Murthy. Who is he? Er…he is blah blah & blah. Jumping onto what he did! Well… he posted the below message on his Facebook page;
Funny? Really?! Since I am one of the 26,000+ people who visit Mr. Murthy’s FB page every now and then, all I can say is that this isn’t his finest of wordplay. And believe you me, this man is funny.
Personally though I found his posted message not only demeaning but also his follow-up (defensive) comment to be equally arrogant. Here are bits of it:
I personally don’t give a rat’s ass for political correctness. Yes, I know LGBT and other minorities have fought long and hard to be treated as equal – but part of being treated as equal is about forgetting what our own sexual leanings and other badges of minority-ness are, and being warm, friendly and funny human beings.
Firstly my apologies to the rat for unnecessarily being pulled up in this conversation. Believe me I know how hard it is to maintain a toned ass. But only if the likes of Mr. Murthy started paying some attention to the necessity of political correctness (at least in some instances)…Sigh! Imagine a greener world. Now Mr. Murthy it is heartening to know that you are aware of our struggle, but I wonder how much of it do you actually understand. For a Queer person much of our humanness lies in the acceptance of our sexuality and/or gender. And while you may ask us to let go of the core ingredients that make us happy human beings to begin with, how about first giving us the basic necessities that an equal person is provided with. Lets begin with the right to exist (Yes it’s true… in 2013 we continue to fight a battle in the supreme court).
So while you rightly say “Equal doesn’t mean better than equal”…you must first ensure the other is on an equal platform to begin with before you start kicking below the belt. Even in the Just Joking context.
Moving on Mr. Murthy enlightens us with further gyan…(*Statutory notice: He is only a human being).
Everyone’s welcome here. We don’t discriminate here, nor do we believe anybody needs to be treated with kid gloves. We’re all adults, we all have thick skin here. You want sensitivity, get yourself litmus paper. But this group of folks is under no obligation to offer any. They might, if they feel like, but it’s not a membership criteria here.
Now to the issue of humour. My post was a simple pun on the word “Chhakka” to refer to a eunuch (or TG person, as other terminology puts it) and a sixer in a game of cricket. Chris Gayle hit 17 sixes today. So there was a silly thought of calling him “Chhakkon ka raja” – king of sixers. But the pun also indicated “King of the transgenders” so the joke went on, that eunuchs might be unhappy with someone saying he’s now their ruler.
Not a super-great joke, but one for the moment indeed. I see nothing offensive about it, and if you or anybody else seemed offended you have a responsibility to say why you are, and what the issue is. And if you do find it offensive, get off this page. Please. Like I’ve said before, nobody’s under any compulsion to read or like what I write, and nor am I under any compulsion to write only what you like to read. And that goes for everyone else here.
Getting to the crux of the matter:
Mr. Murthy, FYI the word “Chhakka” is deemed offensive. It is a derogatory word used not only to humiliate the TG/Hijra community but also gay men & lesbians. This very word is engraved in the every day living of a Queer person in the form of mockery and many a times physical abuse (rape) in the hands of both, the judiciary and society. Furthermore it has taken years for the transgender & hijra community to disentangle itself from the word “Chhakka” but clearly the battle is yet not won.
Agreed your Chhakka update was nothing but a thoughtless remark. On a closer look, your behavior could very easily have a negative affect on the TG community. By the way are you aware of the many deaths that happen in the transgender community via murders and suicides? Ever wondered why? It’s because of such attitude that continues to belittle them & treat them like they are anything but human!
So Mr. Murthy you are guilty of discrimination.
And mind you, no one is asking for sensitivity here. I accept that people tend to be over sensitive at times, but at this point, it isn’t the sensitivity speaking. It’s an effort to teach you to respect gender & gender expression. As I said earlier on, knowing does not mean you understand. Sensitisation is the word here; we are not even asking you to walk in our chappals. So by all means you can call Chris Gayle the king of sixers (in the context of the game of Cricket) but we would appreciate it if in the future you keep the word Chhakka away from the eunuchs and your pun even further away from the two.
And while you clearly state your freewill to write everything and anything, we too would like to add that each time we find your words offensive we shall not hesitate to give you another quickie. When you proudly boast your social media statistics, it wouldn’t harm paying some attention to the political correctness. The point being – if you are informed, you will inform others too! *Good karma all around!*
Lastly, time and again I am advised to develop a thick skin in the course of my journey; as a woman, as a lesbian, a blogger and I suppose to a certain degree I have (see how well I tackle ignorance). But I also make an effort to be continuously informed, as it is the latter that helps me grow as a human.
As for the assuming ‘goodwill’ part… we are expecting your thank you message in the mail pretty soon now.
PS – Happy watching T20!!
Thank for the note here, MJ.
Interesting that it was okay for you to offer me a “quickie” in the headline and then go on to talk about my need for political correctness. Where’s yours? 🙂
Just for the record, I am not offended in the slightest by your offer of sex in the headline – and that is basically the point I made. You have a right to be funny at will without me pulling you up for perceived political lapses. And vice versa.
Now to the nub of your argument. You claim “chhakka” is deemed derogatory. Really? By who? Since when?
Chakka is a word in common usage and it originates from the number 6 on the face of a clock (6 is at the bottom and hence the derivation). I’m not sure why the origin suggests anything derogatory. “Chakka” literally translates to “bottom” – and if the latter is commonly used as an identifier of one’s sexual preferences, the former is just as legit.
Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hijra_(South_Asia) just says that the word is the Bambaiyya Hindi equivalent to the word Hijra and doesn’t mention anything derogatory about it. The Bambaiyya origin is the reason the word chakka is commonly used in Bollywood cinema and that’s the reason most of India has come to know it.
There’s not too many politically correct alternatives for either phrase ‘chhakka’ or ‘hijra’ that I’m aware of. And that I believe most people are aware of. The Sanskrit word “Samalingik” apparently was suggested as one – but I know no usage of that in real life.
So MJ I don’t believe I’m guilty of discrimination in the slightest. You of course have a right to disagree.
And here’s where I end my “quickie” for you.
Cheers:-)
Mahesh
Dear Mahesh,
The arrogance in the post is befuddling!
Firstly, since when is Wikipedia a wholesome and legitimate source of information? For all the gyaan you’ve set out to give us in your response, you don’t seem to have done your research quite as well. Well obviously not, since wikipedia is your go to resource.
Additionally, the meaning of political correctness:
The avoidance of forms of expression or action that are perceived to exclude, marginalize, or insult certain groups of people.
Kindly memorize that. Since when is “quickie” politically incorrect? It seems MJ should have given you a lesson more basic than the one she actually has, and then thrown a dictionary your way. Over loading us with useless information about clocks and bottoms is mere fluff in your “grand” argument.
Lastly, no one needs a lesson in wikipedia when it is a commonly known fact that ‘chakka’ is a derogatory term. Now if you wish to argue that not everyone knows that (especially yourself), then it seems you would agree with us in our needs to sensitize uneducated folk such as yourself.
Now, as for you not being able to find a politically incorrect word, here are a few, try using them: Hijra (which you seem to know about already), TG, Kothi.
If you don’t believe in political correctness, that is your own choice. But kindly do not abuse, discriminate or ridicule a community that already lives on the fringes of society. You have no idea of their daily struggles, and it seems you wouldn’t care either. You are in a position to influence thousands of people through your words, and using it for good wouldn’t be such a crime. Give it a try.
– Anuja
Once again, not a shred of evidence to support your contention that the word is indeed derogatory. While of course you abuse Wikipedia. Okay, you don’t like Wikipedia. Could you quote some other source, other than yourself?
Would you have anything better to offer, Anuja, than “it is commonly-known”. My contention was simply that what you claim is NOT “commonly-known”. I offered evidence. You offer insults. Could you perhaps do better?
Your definition of “politically correct” itself is reasonably Nazi. By your own definition, your “political correctness” could easily be the torchbearer for Kapil Sibal’s Section 66 and demands for mass censorship. Please do re-read what you wrote.
Thankfully, the constitution protects free speech. Thankfully, sites like Gaysi continue to exist, or they could be shut down under your own draconian definition of Speech That Must Not Be Allowed. Ironic, na?
Part of living on this planet is to recognise that many voices exist. You have as much right to shut down my speech as I have to shut down yours: i.e. none whatsoever.
And further, if you’ve read anything about me or the policies of the companies I back, you must know I absolutely support the LGBT cause. But you do the cause no favour by throwing insults, hate and invective when you could offer reasoned fact and evidence.
I may be, as you say, an uneducated yokel, and you may well have a Ph D in life. Pray, do educate me then. But do so with fact, not abuse.
Cheers and warm regards,
Mahesh
Actually, i am not surprised by your ignorance .
When i was a little child, i was told by my grandmom “if you don’t eat food now, chakkas will come and take you”… when i grew up a little more i was told – “chakkas visit maternity homes, and pick up children if they are born hermaphrodite” . today my grand mom is dead. And i have grown to learn my own lessons. I was scared when i was 20ish too. I never interacted with hijras for i thought they would be violent. I never thought they were people… i thougt at that time that they were people i met in the train and at the traffic signal every day. But i did my research. I shed my inhibitions. I went and i met them. I interacted with them at humsafar trust and at various events. I discovered that they were just as normal and just as abnormal as everyone of us. Nothing more. Nothing less.
Just that i was ignorant, in early 2000s. When the world was still less aware about sexualities and gender. I was much younger. But now, times have changed. It amazes me to find people at this day and age being ignorant and arrogant about their ignorance.
And about rape. Which is a larger issue. I wonder if it is conscious citizenship when someone says that he will turn a blind eye to derogatory comments to an issue as sensitive as rape at a time when the country is grappling with gruesome stories of rape. All this in the garb of “freedom of speech”?
In the end, id like to say, about the word chakka , it doesn’t matter what we think about it. It only matters what the actual people whom you refer to as chakka think about being called so. So i will tag my TG friends and seek their comment on the issue.
And about rape, here is a survivor of rape. I am a survivor of child sexual abuse. And i am gay. I find it offensive when people make comments like “if one man rapes another man he is gay. And when he rapes 11 he is gayle”. I thought you would intervene when i also mentioned about this in the comments section. But i was quite amazed when i read that you would turn a blind eye to such comments and that you give a “rats ass” and would rather expect people to develop a “thick skin”. There was a teeshirt company called http://www.bewakoof.com from where the”joke” was copied. They issued a heartfelt apology. But guess, sensitivity was too much to expect from you. I shouldn’t give a rats left testicle. But i do. Because it matters to all male survivors, and it matters to all my transgender friends and it matters to me.
Mahesh Mahesh Mahesh….
Firstly “quickie” in the context of sex was never hinted, or distantly thought of. As I mentioned in my post, I’m Lesbian. The “quickie” here only meant as a slang word for a “Fast one”, as in a quick lesson in Queer sensitisation. But I do get it…straight men and their lesbian fantasy…same old same old same old.
Getting back to the matter; I have no objection to you referring to the Wikipedia. And neither do I have any problem with the numerical number 6 being referred to as chakka.
The problem arises here; Just because your reference does not state the said word as demeaning or derogatory when used in the context of the Hijras, or the TG community does not mean it isn’t. In my post I have linked to several articles which state that “chakka” is in fact an abusive word thrown in the direction of the Queers. Especially the Transgenders.
Secondly, as you mentioned the wiki mentions it as a “Bambaiyya Hindi” aka slang word. Similarly there are several slang words we use in every day life but refrain from saying them out loud in public on most occasions. For instance the word “chutiya”. Now technically it is only a slang word for “fucker”…which by the virtue of it we all are but still we don’t go around throwing them at our clients or family members, or random strangers. And we don’t do so because we consider it as an “abusive” term.
And there are other references, such as “gandu”, “bailla”, “harami” – now in technicality none of them are derogatory however in actuality they are used only to humiliate and insult another individuals or group of people. Hopefully now you get the gist.
Also please do explain why do you need several alternate politically correct words, why cannot you just call hijras…hijras and a transperson as transperson. And again just because most people are not aware does not set things right…now does it? I mean several years ago Gays were persecuted in most countries for their sexual orientation, that to via public consensus…so as per your logic their actions were right? Or would you still term it as clear case of violation of human rights.
So you see…this is why we found your comment to be discriminatory. You of course can continue to disagree. Repeating myself again; knowing does not mean, understanding.
Lastly, the object of this post was never to ask you for an apology or removal of the said status update. The intention was only to “inform”. I mean we all have to start somewhere…and I am hoping you will too, perhaps sometime in the near future help us in informing and sensitising the many more ignorant ones.
As for your “quickie”…perhaps only if you were a skirt, and develop a vagina. 🙂
Warm regards,
MJ
Mahesh,
You should read the views of the Transgender community here. I asked them if they find the word Chakka offensive.
Mahesh,
Why would you give a shit about what Wikipedia says when a bunch of people who belong to the LGBTQ community are telling you that it is indeed offensive and it’d be great if people would stop using it as an insult? You asked for sources. What better sources can you have than people for whom the word has some sort of relevance; people the word has scarred in ways you can’t possibly begin to understand?
I get that you back several companies that have inclusive policies, and also consider yourself as a supporter of the LGBTQ cause. If that is true, then you will know that even supporters sometimes don’t entirely understand everything that queer people have to face and go through. Which means they can sometimes say things that are insensitive simply because they haven’t experienced what queer people have. Like it or not, this is true of you.
It is at times like these that one gets to know whether a supporter truly believes in the cause he or she stands by. The ones who do, don’t have a problem backing down and acknowledging the fact that they might be wrong.
Harrish Iyer Praful Protocool Baweja Pallav Patankar Kanishka Chaudhry Sibi Mathen Sushil Narsian
FYI, Chakka is Derogatory!
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=chakka
Yes, MJ, we know exactly how ‘aware’ a man is, when he deems Wikipedia an actual source of information xD ‘Nuff said.
As long as society is anti-gay, then it will seem like being gay is anti-social – Joseph Francis
As the author of a blog quoted by MJ, I am following this discussion. I think we are considerably mild in our name-calling and I can only hope that Mahesh Murthy did not intend to cause hurt. Again, it is hard to be politically correct all the time. But…
It’s quite easy to be politically correct after being politically wrong: one just apologizes and says that it was not his intention to cause hurt.
there was one inciting incident that made me want to correct a wrong: Matthew Wayne Shepard, 1998. but that was in the US about 15 years ago. little appears to have changed. the laws may be tighter now, but attitudes are possibly the worst offenders.
it is unfortunate that we live in a society which considers gays to be so morally deviant that it is perfectly normal to attack them.
there is another irrational thinking prevalent in our society: when we think of heterosexuals, we think of love and relationships, but when we think of homosexuals, we think of unnatural hard-core sex. as though they are inept at having relationships as strictly defined by us, and hence their breaking of the norm is due to an insatiable desire to have unnatural sex.
i shun these views as they are the basis of our irrational conclusions: that ill-treating them is normal, rewarding, socially acceptable, morally and religiously correct. baseless, in my opinion.
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My comment has nothing to do with the specific incident under debate. It is my response to the cognizable hurt i see in the psyche of the author & other LGBT commenters & their supporters here. I hope it reaches out as intended…with warmth & good feelings.
We see what we want to see. We hear what we want to hear. And taking offense to something is always an individual choice.
I understand where the LGBT community is coming from…but i don’t agree with their perspective.
Why do you even clamour for the approval of those who are insensitive towards you? Does their insensitivity or ignorance change what you are inherently? Self esteem is not a two way street, in fact, its not even a street…one way or two way. Its a small but significant nook in your psyche. Find it & cherish it. You’ll then be able to enjoy life for what its truly worth without having to carry the baggage of what the rest of the world feels about you.
@ your last paragraph. That’s kinda easy to say when you don’t have to face that kind of condescension and – often – discrimination on a regular basis. And I say this as someone who enjoys that privilege every damn day.
This isn’t about ‘self-esteem’ or ‘approval’. This is about rights. This is about calling out on discrimination when it’s being done. This is about making it clear that if you use those slurs, you know what you’re talking about and how that attitude affects that community. There was a time when racist slurs were allowed too — did the African Americans attain equality but just sitting there and saying ‘oh, why should we say anything? We’ll just not let it affect our self-esteem’. Survivors of sexual abuse also face a lot of backlash and are often mockingly told to get over what happened to them and ‘move on’: do you even know how it feels to face the reality of that everyday and not have people understand?
I can understand ‘not carrying the burden of what the world thinks’ if you had all the privileges by virtue of where you came from and what orientation you wrere. If you didn’t face discrimination because you were of a particular caste, were gay/lesbian/transgender/intersex, were a woman, were Black, were Native-American or Palestinian.
When you’re taught right from childhood that if you’re any other sexual orientation/gender besides cisgender straight you’re an abomination, there is a problem. And that problem still exists. It’s high time people who have those privileges start thinking about the way their actions affect others. I’m sorry but without knowing it you’re falling into that trap: of placing the blame on the bully victim rather than the bully themselves.
hi sameer,
sure. hate mails and verbal abuses dont matter. so we should just turn a blind eye, develop a deaf ear and a THICK SKIN. we should be oblivious to everything that is happening around us. when people abuse us, we should flaunt our angelic divine charm, smile and say “it is freedom of speech”.
Sure, we cant change the opinions of dolts. we thought mahesh was not one and can see reason behind what we are sharing.
Harish,
There’s a difference between turning a blind eye and/or a deaf ear towards something and not letting that something affect you adversely. It’s perhaps my lack of articulation that can’t put forth this distinction. Apologies.
let me try to see if this is what you mean.
you are saying that “their views should not affect us”. “we should not be bothered by what the world thinks of us and we should continue being what we are”, “if we get affected by such comments, we will have a difficult life because the whole world is like that”
i am only trying to say that because we have freedom of expression, we cant go about speaking abusively about a certain gender, sexuality. I am saying that these are not the tenets of a civilized society.
firstly, will some one dare to speak of a certain religion in a bad way, just because they may be a minority? and would people take it lying down if they do? if NO, then why would people be expected to take insults hurled on sexual minorities without retaliating?
the least we can expect from people, who are educated and learned is behavior that is sensitive to larger causes of humanity. and if there is a slip of tongue, which is just human, have the humility to say a sorry.
Harish,
You’ve understood my point well…though you’re way off the mark on my reasoning. Instead of ‘your life will become difficult because the whole world is like that’, what I’m actually trying to say is that approval from others is not your right, and neither do others have any locus to dictate to you. You are accountable only to your own self and to your freedoms. Do not carry the burden of the world’s approval. What the world is like would be irrelevant to my line of thought. Remember Tagore?
‘Jodi tor dak shune keu na ase tobe ekla chalo re’
A civilized world can’t be built on the foundation of ‘us & them’. If we are looking forward to one, we must shed this attitude of confrontation and learn to live in harmony despite our differences. That goes for all of us…for all of us want to prove our truth to be truer than that of the other…at some point or the other without exploring the possibility of both truths co-existing.
The spoken word has limited power. It can hurt only to the extent that the listener would allow it to. And allowing the hurt is a matter of choice. Like it or not, it is not Mahesh hurting you with his joke…it is you hurting yourself. And like it or not, Mahesh doesn’t care…neither is he obliged to.
You grudge others their freedom of expression. I feel proud of my freedom not to get offended. We’ve both made a choice that we’re entitled to.
Anu : What makes you assume that I haven’t been a victim of verbal or physical abuse?
@Sameer – Are you a victim of physical abuse?
Do you think that people who are, should sit quiet and toddle their thumbs? And in extension, is it a subject we should take lightly?
Just curious.
Um. When was I talking about you being a sexual abuse survivor? I mentioned them as an example of the attitude you were encouraging people to simply ignore and not speak up against.
Sorry. Read the comment wrong.
To answer your question, it isn’t my business to assume anything about you — I don’t even know you. But anyone who faces that abuse every day and has to deal with the repurcussions every day, knows that just ignoring it and ‘not letting it affect you’ isn’t easy. As a heterosexual man, you have been called these names and shrugged and stated that it’s someone else’s problem. Have you faced this on a daily basis? Imagine hearing that everyday, knowing that was how your identity within society was.
Regardless, my point isn’t about you. It’s that hetero people have a LOT of privileges that are taken for granted. Mr. Murthy said what he said because he could, and because he would be allowed. Because as you could see from the comments on that status, people would agree with him and not mind homophobic jokes. Because when someone has to face that discrimination often (as recently a transwoman in Canada did while shopping for her wedding gown, or as many transpeople here face in the public space and in spaces like toilets) ‘getting over it’ or ‘lightening up’ isn’t an option that will always work.
You didn’t talk specifically about sexual abuse but you did talk of facing condescension. In fact, you presumed that I was just preaching from a distance.
Also, I don’t see how ‘discrimination’ fits into the context here. Who was discriminated against? How?
Does it really matter whether one faces condescension on a daily basis or just once in his/her life? Does a daily thing assume some kind of a moral superiority over a casual, one-off incident? The ‘happens to us daily’ argument betrays nothing but low self-esteem.
You say that hetero people get a lot of privileges that are taken for granted. But why is that even an issue? Why should what hetero people get & how they view the privilege be of a concern for those conforming to alternative sexual preferences? Instead of fighting against the privileges of heteros, would it not be wiser to fight for what is being denied to you in your pursuit of your dreams & ambitions? If you think about it, these are two very different causes. I’m all for the second, but I find the first extremely imbecile & not worth even looking at, leave alone support.
In other words, did Mahesh’s joke or the likes & comments on it pose any obstacle in your path? At the most, it could offend you. You had the choice of…
(a) Ignoring it (and contrary to your interpretation, that’s not what I ever suggested in my comments here.)
(b) Stating in no uncertain terms to Mahesh that the term was offensive to you and that you do not appreciate his using it. And having stated that to him clearly and unambiguously, maintain a calm dignity around the issue. (this is what i’ve been suggesting as an alternate course of action)
(c) Making Mahesh realise that he has made a grave mistake and take him to the laundry for that. (which is what you did)
But in doing what you did, you forgot the age old wisdom that you can take a horse to the pond, but you can’t make him drink water. And you have nobody but yourself to blame for your frustration on Mahesh’s flippancy hereabouts.
Moreover, I’m not blaming anyone here. Just stating a simple fact and suggesting an alternative response. Bullies are bullies by choice and so are victims victims. The moment one stops feeling victimised, the bully loses his power over him.
Ah…let me cut to the chase. I have what’s colloquially referred to as ‘moobs’. And i’ve been a victim of intense physical & verbal abuse. Think an all boys’ boarding school in north India…the Jat heartland, to be specific. The physical abuse stopped with school but the verbal continued till I stopped reacting to it. Hundreds of occasions where even I, a totally heterosexual man, have been called a chakka, hijda and what not. I get those snide looks on the street even today. But what the heck? That’s their problem…not mine. Why should I get my pants in a knot over it?
I got my reply. Thanks.
But it’s not about getting our pants in a knot. It’s about correcting someone when they are wrong, and standing up for what we believe in.
If Mr. Murthy has the right and arrogance to speak in this manner, then we too have the right to retaliate.
An observation: It seems Mr. Murthy has decided to cower away from this conversation. Or perhaps he really doesn’t give a shit about anything but himself.
Absolutely. Everyone should have the right to express their mind. And everyone should be aware of the fact that they alone are responsible for the repercussions of what they say/do.
If Mahesh has decided not to participate in this discussion any further, it is his choice and he is entitled to it. It is unfair on anyone’s part to expect him to continue against his own wishes. Having said that, he too needs to factor in that he has walked out of a debate without assuaging the feelings of those who felt offended at his statement…thus making it almost imperative that he would be judged by the other side on that statement for quite some time. As long as he’s aware of that and is making a conscious choice, there should be no cause for heartburn on either side.
You say that this is about correcting someone who is wrong. He’s wrong from your perspective, not his. As they say, there’s my truth, and then there’s your truth.
You also say that this is about standing up for what you believe in. I totally agree with that. Always stand up for what you believe in. Assert it like you (and others) did with Mahesh, who in turn was standing up for what he believes in. If at the end of this mutual standing up, you’re still staring at an impasse, then you just have to let go. You can’t force your perspective down his throat just like he can’t force his down yours.
The problem happens when we expect the other side to agree with our perspective and shed theirs. And while expecting that, we tend to forget that the other side would also be expecting something similar from us. So there…you are in a mexican shootout.
What, IMO, we need to do is examine whether we, with our perspective, can coexist with the other side, with their perspective. Except for a minuscule quantum of cases, such co-existence is eminently possible, though most of us never bother to examine that possibility…thus making our race such a conflicted one.
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