All are excellent cures for stress, but I prefer the first.
A tub of grapes, devoured over two pages of math,
Home for the weekend!
The furniture arrived today, with my books:
Joyce, Hurston, Burgess, Fitzgerald.
I can't really enjoy such snobby, critic-level books,
but I suppose bringing them to campus could make me look the part of the refinedliterarytastegeoisie.
"Yes, some Updike with that would be nice..."
My envy-filled irises aim themselves at the OK Computer-loving, the Ulysses-reading.
Showing posts with label Bragginess. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bragginess. Show all posts
Saturday, September 19, 2009
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Tuesday, September 8, 2009
A defense of gay rights, or the first and last time the logically challenged ENFP will write about politics
The sole purpose of the US government is to uphold the rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness in the individuals it governs, and its laws exist to prevent any individual from depriving any other individual of these rights. Some moral issues facing our country today, such as gay marriage, may strike many as reprehensible and morally wrong, and wrong they may be. However, I don’t believe the government should be taking a role in restricting it. The government does not serve as a moral agent. The government serves to protect rights.
Earlier, someone mentioned the issue of changes in morality as society progresses. Will society just change its morals to suit public opinion? In defense, I would say that while public opinion on morality may change, the purpose of the government as an upholder of rights should not.
But what of your example of pro-pedophilia groups in the United States? Might gay rights pave the way to pedophiles' rights? I don’t believe this is a relevant example. The problem with pedophilia mainly concerns the question of whether the child has the maturity to make the decision to lend his/her body to such an act with full knowledge of the physical and psychological consequences; if such an act is done without the child’s decision to do so and the child suffers psychological harm as a result (which may not always happen, but should never happen at all), his/her right to happiness has been denied. If, however, it can be proven that the child can and does consent to the act (and let it be known that I think such a notion exists only in the wishful thinking of the perpetrator), it would no longer be constitutional to make this act illegal.
Of course, I am not saying it is morally right to do so; whether it is ethically wrong is still a big problem. But remember: the government doesn’t serve to uphold ethical standards. As you have mentioned earlier, ethics and morals may—and will—change as society progresses. And as I have mentioned, the role of the government should not.
So if anyone has any more issues with the ethics of gay marriage, let him go ahead and protest the ethics—it is fully within his constitutional rights to do so. Perhaps he can even start organizations to condone it, or churches to offer aid. However, let him not force the government into a role it was not intended for.
Am done ranting now. See the work of my hands! It sounds all professional and braggy and falsely mature, like a teen blog should.
And abortion is like taking away someone’s potential to be amazing.
And this shall be the only and last time I write about a political issue.
I
think
I may regret this several years from now.
Lalalalawarondrugs.
Earlier, someone mentioned the issue of changes in morality as society progresses. Will society just change its morals to suit public opinion? In defense, I would say that while public opinion on morality may change, the purpose of the government as an upholder of rights should not.
But what of your example of pro-pedophilia groups in the United States? Might gay rights pave the way to pedophiles' rights? I don’t believe this is a relevant example. The problem with pedophilia mainly concerns the question of whether the child has the maturity to make the decision to lend his/her body to such an act with full knowledge of the physical and psychological consequences; if such an act is done without the child’s decision to do so and the child suffers psychological harm as a result (which may not always happen, but should never happen at all), his/her right to happiness has been denied. If, however, it can be proven that the child can and does consent to the act (and let it be known that I think such a notion exists only in the wishful thinking of the perpetrator), it would no longer be constitutional to make this act illegal.
Of course, I am not saying it is morally right to do so; whether it is ethically wrong is still a big problem. But remember: the government doesn’t serve to uphold ethical standards. As you have mentioned earlier, ethics and morals may—and will—change as society progresses. And as I have mentioned, the role of the government should not.
So if anyone has any more issues with the ethics of gay marriage, let him go ahead and protest the ethics—it is fully within his constitutional rights to do so. Perhaps he can even start organizations to condone it, or churches to offer aid. However, let him not force the government into a role it was not intended for.
Am done ranting now. See the work of my hands! It sounds all professional and braggy and falsely mature, like a teen blog should.
And abortion is like taking away someone’s potential to be amazing.
And this shall be the only and last time I write about a political issue.
I
think
I may regret this several years from now.
Lalalalawarondrugs.
Monday, June 15, 2009
Today, I...
- Dreamed of brilliant blue and open skies, thanks to a conversation with a certain someone awesome yesterday,
- Came to school with two (2!) friendship bracelets and a Rolling Stones shirt,
- Failed an English test with pride by writing absolutely nothing on the paper,
- Passed my History class with a 9 on an essay and the highest score in the class on the written portion,
- Had the students applaud after every comment I gave as Neitzsche in the World Congress and was given a special opportunity by the teacher to make a final speech (oh, perhaps not so bad at public speaking after all?),
- Came home early, ate at Arby's (tis hard to decide which mixture of horsey, HM, and Arby's will taste best on roast beef),
- Finished my first friendship bracelet, which isn't a turtle (yes!!! excited! What will she think of it?)
- Feel invincible!
Oh, a pang of guilt... arrogance?
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