I was just wondering ….. who is allowed to be a trucking advocate? I mean what are the rules? What are the standards? Do you have to be a certain religion? Is it based on the color of your skin? Perhaps it's you have t...o dress a certain way or keep certain friends. Is there a "you must wear underwear qualification"? Because if there is…. I might be in trouble on Saturday nights ….
Serious though. Is there some sort of rule that I'm not aware of that forces me to be of a certain type or I'm not allowed to promote safe and legal truck drivers to the world. The very nature of a trucker is independence. A person whom goes out into the world and does thing their way. We as advocates each have our own perspective and they vary greatly between us. Just like the people we are trying to reach out in the real world. Not every person out there is a Christian. Not every person likes to be laid back. Some are Muslims, some like rock and roll, and some like shock jocks like Howard Stern, while others tune in to Don Imus.
If we as advocates are only going to reserve ourselves to only one type of person that we can be, then we will miss ninety percent of the people we share the road with. While I may not agree with another advocate, I certainly agree with the fact that they have the right to their style. I know that the people that will read my stuff would never read someone that is more laid back then I am or perhaps more on the radical side. This is a good thing though. Because as we spread out and catch people of all ages or whatever groups you might put them in: The point is to catch as many as we can. To think only my way is right and everyone else needs to be destroyed is in my opinion working against our goals.
So just to be clear. I am a Christian that believes in the laws of this land. That means that I do not discriminate because of race, age, religion or whether or not you wear underwear on Saturday night. I hope this clears things up. If not, then I'm afraid that the things that will destroy our efforts will come from within our group. Not the outside world.
Serious though. Is there some sort of rule that I'm not aware of that forces me to be of a certain type or I'm not allowed to promote safe and legal truck drivers to the world. The very nature of a trucker is independence. A person whom goes out into the world and does thing their way. We as advocates each have our own perspective and they vary greatly between us. Just like the people we are trying to reach out in the real world. Not every person out there is a Christian. Not every person likes to be laid back. Some are Muslims, some like rock and roll, and some like shock jocks like Howard Stern, while others tune in to Don Imus.
If we as advocates are only going to reserve ourselves to only one type of person that we can be, then we will miss ninety percent of the people we share the road with. While I may not agree with another advocate, I certainly agree with the fact that they have the right to their style. I know that the people that will read my stuff would never read someone that is more laid back then I am or perhaps more on the radical side. This is a good thing though. Because as we spread out and catch people of all ages or whatever groups you might put them in: The point is to catch as many as we can. To think only my way is right and everyone else needs to be destroyed is in my opinion working against our goals.
So just to be clear. I am a Christian that believes in the laws of this land. That means that I do not discriminate because of race, age, religion or whether or not you wear underwear on Saturday night. I hope this clears things up. If not, then I'm afraid that the things that will destroy our efforts will come from within our group. Not the outside world.
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