The new guy on the blockaudiovocumNovember 7 2005, 10:23:42 UTC
You don't know me, I found your journal through Tricia's. However, if it won't upset you too much, I would like to offer an opinion.
You speak of love almost willy-nilly, as if this the most motivation that humans should have. Pride factors into many of the things that humans accomplish. Should you not promote pride in the accomplishments of a society, Hirschi's social bonding theory? Additionally with love comes hate. Both powerful and useful emotions. Should you not hate? Should you not feel hate? Do you not sacrifice more of your humanity in blanket tolerance and love? Should you not try to oppose, change, or, if no other option arises, destroy those vehemently against your understanding and tolerance? If all they do is promote intolerance, injustice, and a hate targetting everyone but themselves, should they be allowed to survive in a world of love, a world they will do all in their power to destroy? If you do combat them and/or destroy them, are you moving away from your own idea of tolerance, or ensuring that your idea can survive?
As to your notion of one person changing the world, even if just a little is it possible? You ask can someone teach someone else what you have learned? Why do you need to solo it, teaching and educating the world? People have posted various comments on this entry apparently agreeing with you about the lack of compassion in the world. Already you are not alone, already you don't have to try and bear the burden of change by yourself. Promote your idea of "we the people of the world" have those that agree with you do the same. Seems somewhat counter-productive to try to single-handedly put forth such an idea as you lose credibility by being alone without people to help.
I like your idealism, I like your idea. I hope that you can affect change in those around you. I hope that your friends do the same. The truest test of your idealism however, is yet to come. Is it naivete that allows you to seem so strong in your convictions or a transcedent philosphy that can withstand the weight of the world?
One last thing, if you have never read Spinoza ("Ethics") before, you may appreciate him.
You speak of love almost willy-nilly, as if this the most motivation that humans should have. Pride factors into many of the things that humans accomplish. Should you not promote pride in the accomplishments of a society, Hirschi's social bonding theory? Additionally with love comes hate. Both powerful and useful emotions. Should you not hate? Should you not feel hate? Do you not sacrifice more of your humanity in blanket tolerance and love? Should you not try to oppose, change, or, if no other option arises, destroy those vehemently against your understanding and tolerance? If all they do is promote intolerance, injustice, and a hate targetting everyone but themselves, should they be allowed to survive in a world of love, a world they will do all in their power to destroy? If you do combat them and/or destroy them, are you moving away from your own idea of tolerance, or ensuring that your idea can survive?
As to your notion of one person changing the world, even if just a little is it possible? You ask can someone teach someone else what you have learned? Why do you need to solo it, teaching and educating the world? People have posted various comments on this entry apparently agreeing with you about the lack of compassion in the world. Already you are not alone, already you don't have to try and bear the burden of change by yourself. Promote your idea of "we the people of the world" have those that agree with you do the same. Seems somewhat counter-productive to try to single-handedly put forth such an idea as you lose credibility by being alone without people to help.
I like your idealism, I like your idea. I hope that you can affect change in those around you. I hope that your friends do the same. The truest test of your idealism however, is yet to come. Is it naivete that allows you to seem so strong in your convictions or a transcedent philosphy that can withstand the weight of the world?
One last thing, if you have never read Spinoza ("Ethics") before, you may appreciate him.
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