http://livingtextblog.andosciasociology.net/2009/01/24/all-people-want-is-someone-to-listen-hugh-elliott/ Sat, 19 May 2012 16:40:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 http://livingtextblog.andosciasociology.net/2009/01/24/all-people-want-is-someone-to-listen-hugh-elliott/#comment-11 Mr. Andoscia Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:37:52 +0000 http://livingtextblog.andosciasociology.net/2009/01/24/all-people-want-is-someone-to-listen-hugh-elliott/#comment-11 And this is what sociology is all about, looking beyond the veneer and sometimes taking a long hard look at ourselves. In what ways do we perpetuate the very things we don't like in society. If we assume people to be rude or distant, what's the likelihood that we will be outgoing and gregarious to strangers? "What people perceive to be real becomes real in its consequences." Thomas (paraphrase) And this is what sociology is all about, looking beyond the veneer and sometimes taking a long hard look at ourselves. In what ways do we perpetuate the very things we don’t like in society. If we assume people to be rude or distant, what’s the likelihood that we will be outgoing and gregarious to strangers? “What people perceive to be real becomes real in its consequences.” Thomas (paraphrase)

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