Ok. Some people may remember when I wrote this post.

And some of you may remember the before I edited it, I had a link in there and was arguing with this post.

If you read the comments, you will see I managed to p*ss a lot of people off. And in hindsight, they had every right to be p*ssed off. I’m sorry.

There is so much that I didn’t understand. And loads and loads I still don’t.

Bad things have happened to me that I can’t explain on somewhere this public, even anonymously. I am middle class and white and I know I have lead a priviledged life in comparison to billions of people. Still, what has happened to me should not have happened to anyone, although at the same time I have a moral duty to acknowledge how comparatively lucky I am.

Bfp (judging by stuff on her blog) has a world view which is very different to mine in many respects, and probably considers me a bigot.

I have always admired her and her writing. She is a brave and insightful woman, and though I can’t agree witha lot of what she says, I would die happy if I could have a tenth of her intelligence, compassion and honesty. But this post is something I can wholeheartedly agree with (despite the obvious fact I am not a Buddhist). Especially this part:

Something I finally realized just within the last week: You can not submit and “be humble” until you have rebelled and been proud. You can not submit until you have the choice NOT to submit.

Jesus isn’t our “savior” because he submitted to what he submitted to–he is our “savior” because he had the *choice not to* and chose to anyway.

Harry Potter isn’t a “hero” because he defeated Voldemort–he is a hero because he had the choice to walk away from the fight that he knew would claim his life and chose not to.

What would either Jesus or Harry Potter be if they didn’t have the choice? If they just did it because they were told to?

Read the whole thing.