Plane diverted by tefillin

Northstarmom
Sun, 24 Jan 2010 19:05:11 +0000

I don’t see anything pejorative about “strange,” “weird” or “odd” for something that someone has never seen before. For instance, I have dredlocs. The first time I ever saw locs was about 40 years ago when I saw a film with a man with dredlocs. I thought they looked strange, weird and odd. I know that people who’ve never seen locs may view my hair the same way.

Those words don’t mean “bad”, just “different.”

I’m Buddhist, and if I decide to sit on the floor cross legged and meditate or chant on an airplane or in an airport, I know that my behavior to many would appear to be weird or odd, and frankly, it would be weird, strange or odd since few people act like tha in such places.