Does “beauty is as beauty does” mean "you are beautiful

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I am not in ‘any’ corner: as just because you say so doesn’t make it so - as I said before: I will converse/have time for anyone: regardless of nationality/looks, but if they start berating me: I switch off and move on - I am not a sucker for punishment, but many seem to be - oh well: that is their/your problem: not mine.

I will not be repeating this again, so please understand my stance… I have a life to live/new experiences to experience - I’d rather be doing what I do: than arguing with somebody: irrelevant of their nationality or looks, but on the whole: the less-attractive are more argumentative/feel they have some point to prove - that aint my problem.

If that is bigotry: then that’s fine by me - that’s just a terminology for ‘lets fuck with others, and hold them back from doing their own shit: as they are having way too much fun for our liking’.

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You are in a corner, not because I say so, but because you have painted yourself there. For instance, you now say you will converse with anyone until they start berating you. But that was NOT your position regarding ugly people in the post which instigated my response. Rather, you avoid them due to past experience and have no time for them.

No need to suggest I understand because you won’t repeat yourself. I understood you quite clearly the first time. And it is indeed bigotry, but it is also counter to your alleged position on racism. You presupose, based upon experience, that ugly people are as they have done to you. But that is the stumbling block that you said would not hold you back.

Bigotry is not terminology for ‘lets fuck with others, and hold them back from doing their own shit: as they are having way too much fun for our liking’ just because you say it is. Rather, it’s a view of the world you share with the ugly people you say you have no time for, but apparently not a view of the world you share with racial bigots.

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Have you ever read those stories in the newspaper: about a female having acid thrown in her face, or being bricked and kicked in the face: just because they were pretty and the attackers boyfriend eyed them up, or they had an argument with the less-attractive female, and it was a revenge attack? This happened a lot in London: when I was a teen, but now with CCTV everywhere: they hardly happen now-a-days.

That is at the worst end of the scale - scarring a beautiful face for life: to ‘teach’ them a lesson / this happens to men too, btw. The other end of the scale involves: alienation, bullying, not being hired for a job: even if they are the best candidate, being over-looked for promotion: even if ready for it, being hounded out of their workplace, being hounded out of a bar/club, shall I go on…

My stunning young neighbour: a tall, pretty blonde: is always having fights and arguments with people, and she is now finding it very wearing on herself - she has now taken my advice, and just ignores the instigators: who take pleasure in making her life miserable (she is much happier now).

Shall I talk to trouble-making peeps: who wrangle an argument out of me: so that they can then attack me, and say that I deserved it for berating their beratements? This did start to happen when I went to college: I didn’t like it, as it was a waste of my time/energy, and i just didn’t get involved…

I guess it’s self-preservation :sunglasses:

The ‘corner’ you so seem to think I am in: is not of my making - I know where I’m at in society: is this the corner you mean? I go to the best parts of town: where a good time is had by all, and no-one bullies you, or they fear the might of the whole…

I would apply the same stance for any peeps being oppressed/bullied/set upon/etc: due to racism, prejudice, jealousy, whatever: if the opressor is looking to cause that individual harm.

…there is reasoning behind my decisions, you see: and not just unfounded bigotry towards others…

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Your entire foregoing analysis applies equally, if not even MORE forcefully when it comes to race relations here in America. I don’t know how many people in the UK were hung, shot, stabbed, dragged behind pick-up trucks or beaten to death because they are beautiful, but here in America we have a history that includes that and more, both black on white and white on black. Our current “gang” issue has racial overtones also. Throw hispanics in the mix. Out of these negative experiences come great excuses to be toward other races as you are toward ugly people. Nevertheless, your analysis toward the race issue is the correct one and should be applied in the area of ugly/beauty. It’s the only way to get past the BS. I won’t even get into the self-fullfilling prophecy thing when it comes to how ugly people get treated.

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It’s a shame: that things are so, that mindless violence exists, and that egos are the fuel for these actions.

…to answer the initial question of this thread: beautiful acts do not make a person appear any more beautiful, but they will have more friends/be more approachable: due to not repelling others with any bitterness and negativity.