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I hope someone may translate this touching article into Chinese...
I've just read this article at Benamoo. Want to share with you..
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Posted by joanne in washington
I’m a senior high teacher, over 40 years old, and a big fan of TIME mag as everybody in my family love the mag as well.
I’ve been reading this forum since it’s available and I feel sympathetic for some youngster who have accidentally turned this open forum into a place to start a fight.
It has showed how much our leaders tried to built democracy into society years by years, but it doesn’t work as they really want it.
Time has done terrific job in selecting these people in the list. Either or not others think they deserve, it’s left to the readers.
What I would like to comment is, the fact that there were so many unappropiates words adding in the forum, really is so sad for me.
In this matter, I respect the singer Rain’s fans for putting so much effort to tell people what is all about. They have faced so big NO from few vocals readers who are so demanding about their opinion.
I admire their endless support, and endless believing .
I think we cannot deny the fact, what we see and what we hear are the most common sense that will shape our characteristic. As a mom of two sons, I really have difficult time to educate my boys which good which not. They prefer their idol themselves, I cannot pick them one (though I wish I can). The hardest time was when one of my son start to listen to eminem songs and think being like eminem who is very ignorance is great. He threw argument on me eventhough eminem is very ignorance he can become someone who is very succesfull. I have no problem with eminem ignorance, but when my son start speaking hars to me and my husband, it did hurt us a lot coz he never speak in this tone before. We have overcome it now by somehow.
If only we have much more entertainers like Clay Aiken or Rain, who (after doing some reading about Rain), somehow very far from scandals and bad behavior!s, we will have better world with better characteristic for our children.
Why Bono is not in my list, simply because he come from the time of long ago. Big numbers of our youngsters might prefer the entertainers from their own time, who they think more up to date. And imagine if these all entertainers in the world have the spirit like Clay or Rain? What influence they can create to the youngsters?
People in my age would obviously vote for Barack Obama or Steve Spangler because we think further, but for teenagers or youngsters they must be voted for someone they admire, in this case mostly entertainers, and that’s not their fault, it’s happening as they r growing up. I cannot force my 16 years old son watching 2 hours speech of Barack Obama, he will prefer to go out for a concert. The only problem is who is the person they admire?
The people who will shape our world 10 years from now are definitely these youngsters. If since young age they receive good influence by person they admire, they would have became great people with great vision about work and determination. Even if this person only an entertainer.
The determination here can be seen from Rain’s fans. The voting seemed not to be fair, but instead of complaining, these fans keep voting fairly. I think it’s because they believe that hardwork will be payed off. And this belief come from their Idol, Rain. How many entertainers can cast this strong belief in our world today?
I don’t think they cheat by lowering other candidates rank.
Looking at how many they are, they can lowering any candidates rank at any time, but since I pay attention to the votes everyday, very clear that there’s no candidates voters’ number increase rapidly but lowering in rank, but Rain himself.
Amazingly, Rain’s rank recovered every single day bit by bit. it showed how patience these fans are.
I’m not taking Rain’s side, I didn’t know who he was but after read all of the passionate comments by his fans, I’m trying to be more objective from my educational perspective. Maybe it’s very limited, but I think I still have more knowledge about people since I have experienced being a teenager, adult, or being a mom.
The topic here is 100 most influential people. It can be anyone at any place. And I believe it’s not about How these people influenced us. To me its more like about the massive mass influenced by these people which somehow have change their surrounding.
My point is to stop the argument that taking too far. I wish someone from Time editor would clarify this.
We’re here not to against one to another. We’re here not to teach our youngsters to cheat. They learn from us…..they imitating our words…… And I believe 70% of the readers here are youngsters.
For certain people who keep displaying your critics in this page nonstop, please calm down. We’re here to display good example. If you really did have constructive critics, you can try to communicate it in a better way not being so randomly and harsly attacked others.
We have seen so many example from TV, when there are protest carried too far without mannerable argument, it’s rather unheard, people don’t take it seriously.
On the other side, if you compose it in more mature and wise way by adding a little bit of life wisdom and be more humble, you’ll be heard.
And for Thai people and The king, I understand your sense of love to your beloved King who has spend years taking care of the huge family of Thai, and the issue that TIME put your king into the list is to respect him as much respect as everybody gives to other country’s king.
We have no right to bash anyone who has contributed massive effort to others, and I do respect you’re your king. So I think you should change your thinking about we donot respect your king. As a normal people I absolutely don’t understand about democracy, but when someone did a good deed, I believe I know it very well. We respect him a lot, at least I do………..
Well, it’s embarrassing though, but I should quote the singer’s Rain words which I found really powerfull…………. “Regardless of talents or strength, other wont recognize you if you’re not polite”
Just a regular mom
from soompi
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fans replies
OMG... im gonna cry..... people outthere now acknowledge us... BIERS!!!
thankyou sooo much for posting this....
BI in the list or not... its OK.. the world know about BI n BIers now....
now.. that is so called influence...
aja.. aja.. FIGHTING!!!
i love all Biers!!!
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Awwww..... this is sooo beautiful comment....
Biers!!! keep voting for Rain until the last day of the poll... our determination and support will not be wasted...
At least Rain's/our spirit and determination will be heard....
FIGHTING!!!!! KEEP VOTING FOR HIM!!!
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发表于 2007-4-27 18:02
