Another quote. No, I'm not doing that quote meme piecemeal. :)

[randomness]

"Look, life isn't fair. We're all stuck with physical, mental, and chemical traits we'd rather not have, but the idea is to make the most of what you've got, not to be stymied by the ways you've gotten shortchanged."

--Jamie Buffalino, "Get Naked", Time Out New York (5/29-6/4 2008)

(thanks to xse99!)

Comments

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

Yes... to a point. I shall have to go find the article to see if Mr. Buffalino is doing this, but I have, more than once, heard someone say "life isn't fair" in defense of discrimination. "Life isn't fair, people judge based on appearance, so no matter what your qualifications if you want a good job you should accept that you need to be skinny," or "life isn't fair, people have the right to do business with whom they like, so a shopkeeper should be able to refuse to allow Black people in their store," and so on.

[dpolicar]

If life were fair, I and everyone I know personally would go far hungrier than we do.