Carol H Tucker Passionate about knowledge management and organizational development, expert in loan servicing, virtual world denizen and community facilitator, and a DISNEY fan
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beladona Memorial Be warned:in this very rich environment where you can immerse yourself so completely, your emotions will become engaged -- and not everyone is cognizant of that. Among the many excellent features of SL, there is no auto-return on hearts, so be wary of where your's wanders...
Everything that I might say today is overshadowed by one very basic, very important imperative for those living in the United States ....
The hoary saying that "blood is thicker than water" is often used to explain why we make the statement that even though we don't like a person, they are family and we very dutifully love them, fulfilling the obligations and roles that we were born into. Blood types are something that we pretty much only worry about when there is a medical procedure pending, neh? It used to be that if you were RH- that you would run into problems, especially a woman at childbirth if her child was RH+, but medical advances have been made that have resolved that issue and for the most part, the blood in our veins is rather taken for granted.
But that very statement shows just how Western-centric my thinking is, neh? Blood types are apparently very important in some cultures, tracked and shared as avidly as we look at the astrological sun signs -- and have been since before WWII! It is a publishing franchise, has been used to group students and workers and yes, even to discriminate against some people. In all the classes I took about different cultures, in all the discussions I have heard and the reading that I have done, how did this phenomena so completely escape my notice until now?
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