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I don't post nearly as often as I used to, though I frequently comment on my friend's journals.
I think it's probably due to a combination of background stress, asthma and sciatica...
However, a new office chair with decent adjustment has made a noticeable impact on the sciatica, so that's good.
I'm going cold turkey on reading the news for a few days, and that's helping the stress a little.
I'd like to go cold turkey on Facebook, but I'm moderator for several groups, so I do need to check the posts.
The one on Morris history occasionally gets people trying to rehash arguments on blackface, but we've managed to keep it pretty much under control. The hard part is ensuring that polite and informative discussions on the subject are still allowed, while ruthlessly deleting any comments about people being either racist or pc (ie. staying strictly neutral apart from requiring views to be back up by historical documentation).
On the whole, it's a very polite community with some interesting discussions on a wide range of topics, which is reflected in the membership which is now over 700.
I've been doing a lot of gardening. I've got good neighbours on both sides, but one is short of time as she's caring for her mother, and the other is still a learner gardener.
So, I'm pottering about in both their gardens as well. When I've got spare bits of plants, I'm planting them next door in the borders, and in spite of the hot weather there's been a pretty good survival rate. The rain has helped a lot.
I think it's probably due to a combination of background stress, asthma and sciatica...
However, a new office chair with decent adjustment has made a noticeable impact on the sciatica, so that's good.
I'm going cold turkey on reading the news for a few days, and that's helping the stress a little.
I'd like to go cold turkey on Facebook, but I'm moderator for several groups, so I do need to check the posts.
The one on Morris history occasionally gets people trying to rehash arguments on blackface, but we've managed to keep it pretty much under control. The hard part is ensuring that polite and informative discussions on the subject are still allowed, while ruthlessly deleting any comments about people being either racist or pc (ie. staying strictly neutral apart from requiring views to be back up by historical documentation).
On the whole, it's a very polite community with some interesting discussions on a wide range of topics, which is reflected in the membership which is now over 700.
I've been doing a lot of gardening. I've got good neighbours on both sides, but one is short of time as she's caring for her mother, and the other is still a learner gardener.
So, I'm pottering about in both their gardens as well. When I've got spare bits of plants, I'm planting them next door in the borders, and in spite of the hot weather there's been a pretty good survival rate. The rain has helped a lot.
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The main morris organisations no longer allow it.
the main problem is that most of the teams who blacked up had no idea of the origins of the custom. (it came from the minstrel shows) They just did it because it looked cool and got a really good audience response as it did give a very dramatic effect.
It was fun, and they liked the anonymity.
When they found that some people considered it racist, they were upset and some reacted badly.
Just to muddy the waters, Molly dancing has a genuine non-racist origin for blacking up. In East Anglia, the plough gangs blacked up to disguise themselves - Molly dancing came pretty close to 'demanding money with menaces'...
And some have tried to justify blackface for other traditions by appropriating the history of the plough gangs. It all gets very messy.
But nearly all of the teams that used to black up have now gone over to other face paint colours and designs.
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