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An example ? If we want tarot to be in the mainstream, we could use courtesy, is all.
direwolf336 said:... I certainly would not roll over like a good dog because of ignorance. Ignorance breeds fear and fear breeds insecure children of the night...And thats what we reduce our selfs to when we succumb to the comfort of others for their ignorance.
Like I said, if someone came to disturb me while I was quietly reading tarot in a hotel lobby (as I have done many times before, on 4 different continents, without anyone ever objecting to it), I would not make a fuss, I would first inform staff that I was being disturbed by an objectionable fellow guest, and if the staff did nothing about said guest annoying me, I would leave. If the staff came to ask me to stop doing my quiet activity, I would not make a fuss either, I would say very little - I would simply check out of the hotel and leave. It's my choice as a customer not to patronise an establishment that gives more weight to moralisers and tarotphobics than to tolerance and mutual courtesy.Seafra said:So if you want to holler, go ahead. This is the odd animal that is the hotel business.
Fudugazi said:And yes, it is tarotphobia.
Fudugazi said:Interesting that nobody has come back on me on the arms dealers doing business in the lobby. This is not a fantasy example, it is based on actual experience.
OK, I can accept that. But do you ask the Jews to leave or stay in their rooms, then, because they cause discomfort among some others?Seafra said:The oldest synagogue in the US is down the road from the hotel and many Hasidic Jews stay with us for holy days. I've seen kids stare in horror at them. They are afraid. No phobia over Jews, fear of what is unknown.
Seafra said:No, it is fear of the unknown. It takes people out of their comfort zone and people don't like that.
The oldest synagogue in the US is down the road from the hotel and many Hasidic Jews stay with us for holy days. I've seen kids stare in horror at them. They are afraid. No phobia over Jews, fear of what is unknown.
Fudugazi said:OK, I can accept that. But do you ask the Jews to leave, then, because they cause discomfort among some others?
In that case, I fail to see your point about people fearing tarot readers. I'm not deliberately being obtuse, I'm just trying to follow your reasoning: given what you write above, I don't see the difference between fear of the unknown when applied to the Chassidim, and fear of the unknown when applied to tarot readers. Yet you would allow the first and not the second.Seafra said:Of course not. Why would I ask a religious sect to leave because children are unaware of their existence? I cannot un-teach ignorance or stupidity when I work as a hotel manager. All I can do is keep the peace as much as possible.
Fudugazi said:In that case, I fail to see your point about people fearing tarot readers. I'm not deliberately being obtuse, I'm just trying to follow your reasoning: given what you write above, I don't see the difference between fear of the unknown when applied to the Chassidim, and fear of the unknown when applied to tarot readers. Yet you would allow the first and not the second.
I don't think it's foolish. I think it goes to the very heart of the question asked by the opening poster.