"Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny." -- unknown

Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results - Albert Einstein

wax philospohic
September 09, 2004 - 7:40 pm

i wish.. i could could say the life of one person is worth more or less than that of another.

i can't. because.. but for the grace of random chance do i live here.

i hold, that life is life.

i know i'm in the wicked small minority on this. oddly, i also know that most people would say they agree with what i just said i wished. even more oddly, these same people are quick to espouse contradictory views without even realizing it.

the lasting and quite possibly insurmountable flaw of humanity is seek to be divisive amongst ourselves. we continually seek to categorize and make value judgments about each other based on age, sex, nationality (what more absurd descriptive is there than nationality -- people classified by imaginary lines on a map), religion (god, if such a being exists and hasn't grown too weary of watching, must TRULY be tired of being called upon both sides of arguments), race and all the rest.

i'd like to know who said that argument quote. i'm too lazy to google it.

i lied. i don't really wish the first two things i said. i lied.. because it's nice to find oneself in the majority on occasion.

i was walking back from work just a bit ago.. and i had this flashback-like thinking of being in beijing and walking down the shopping street and knowing i was truly a minority - in appearance, language, culture.. pretty nearly literally everything. i felt this odd disconnect then and i felt it again walking across campus.

anyway.

i wax philosophic enough for one night. i know not a one of you really cares.