Yeah, last week was also "Earth Day." I never heard about it until it was over, although I notice we still have special deals in the cafeteria where they'll make you a pbj sandwich and apparently that's gonna save the rainforest. I love the rainforest, but damnit, my hands are constantly tremebling from lack of low blood sugar because I forget to eat until I realize I can't DRAW anymore. I need my meet. D: Uh, anyway.
Yeah, I think it's a very American thing. I think it's depressing that although we officially have so many "days" and "months" for every cause under the sun, only a small handful of people ever hear or participate in them. Hell, I'm gay and didn't even know today was the Day of Silence. Oops, too late.
Incidentally, there are TONS of special times dedicated to racial discrimination. They're considered more important than gay ones so they get a whole month, whereas gays get one day. =P Also, they have events like Cinco de Mayo and MLK day, which are celebrated mainly to honor those racial groups. They're actually proper holidays marked on school calendars and stuff as days off, unlike "Day of Silence" which has never been on any calendar I've ever seen, much less made into a holiday where I can skip class. XD
As far as I know, Austria has a few "cause days" but they're not actual holidays. I don't remember much but I do recall that Austrians are a lot more environmentally conscious, and generally liberally activist that a lot of people here in the US. I'm not talking about specific people, but the nation as a whole. Our view is biased because we live on very liberal campuses, but as a whole the US is pretty conservative and doesn't give two shits about the rainforest or minorities.
By the way, are you still going to be in Boston first week of June?
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Yeah, I think it's a very American thing. I think it's depressing that although we officially have so many "days" and "months" for every cause under the sun, only a small handful of people ever hear or participate in them. Hell, I'm gay and didn't even know today was the Day of Silence. Oops, too late.
Incidentally, there are TONS of special times dedicated to racial discrimination. They're considered more important than gay ones so they get a whole month, whereas gays get one day. =P Also, they have events like Cinco de Mayo and MLK day, which are celebrated mainly to honor those racial groups. They're actually proper holidays marked on school calendars and stuff as days off, unlike "Day of Silence" which has never been on any calendar I've ever seen, much less made into a holiday where I can skip class. XD
As far as I know, Austria has a few "cause days" but they're not actual holidays. I don't remember much but I do recall that Austrians are a lot more environmentally conscious, and generally liberally activist that a lot of people here in the US. I'm not talking about specific people, but the nation as a whole. Our view is biased because we live on very liberal campuses, but as a whole the US is pretty conservative and doesn't give two shits about the rainforest or minorities.
By the way, are you still going to be in Boston first week of June?