11-27-2011, 11:43 PM
Leaving aside the imaginary date catalyst...
(11-27-2011, 09:31 PM)turtledude23 Wrote: I'm guessing some people would say we're here to be our selves and that the mere act of rejecting social norms and being ourselves has some kind of metaphysical impact on the racial mind, if that's the case then I believe I have done some good,Wouldn't each one of the 100 million alienated wanderers here like to think they have done some good? Wouldn't embracing, rather than rejecting, social norms be doing some good? Rejecting takes comparatively little will power, and tends to sweep the issues society faces under the rug. You can't transcend something without also including it, or create a bridge to some more-developed, or less-distorted, purpose without one end being firmly planted within the social norm.