My Duct Tape: Responses to the 2008 Flood from our Politicians

"I don't want pity. To pity me is to make me a victim. I want understanding. To understand me is to love me as an equal."
"I don't want tolerance. If I am tolerated, I am disliked in some way. I want respect as a fellow striving citizen of the world - an equal in this world."
"I don't want acceptance. To accept me is to graciously grant me the favor of your company. To accept me is to marginalize me with the assumption that I am less than you. I am your peer. I am neither above you nor below you."

My Duct Tape