"Have we as a society lost our bravery?"
It seems to me that more and more we are becoming a society of scared, pathetic wimps! I can explain my point better with an example. When I got my first job in a major fast food restaurant, I was taught that should we experience a robbery, the procedure was to be completely compliant and give them the money. "Don't try to be a hero". Now I am not one for advocating for stupid heroics that just get people killed, nor am I willing to stand up to a gunman, but just watch the news. People are getting away with robbing people by simply claiming that they have a weapon somewhere on them. They aren't even trying anymore! And that is simply because we are becoming complacent!
We have also lost our bravery with regards to pain and discomfort. Just take a look at our ancestors. The things they lived with on a day to day basis is incredible compared to what we have now. They were tough, brave and strong. But we are weak complainers. The slightest hint of pain or discomfort has us crying to our Mummys! It starts with our children though. We have started teaching our children that pain in any shape or form is unacceptable. Just look at smacking. Something that if done correctly is a highly affective discipline method, that has been proven to work for centuries, is all of a sudden wrong! So then when our kids do experience some small form of pain, they have not learnt how to cope with it. This also passes through onto child birth. Now I know I will offend the masses with this one, but on I go anyway. So many women are CHOOSING to have a nice, convenient pain-free birth. Women have been having babies for thousands of years, so how come all of a sudden, they can't do it?!? Now I am not talking about those who try to go through labour naturally, and it gets to be too much, or they cannot do it. I am talking about those who point at a calendar, pick out a date and do not even try.
As I said we are becoming weak, scared cowards, and the sad truth is that pain and discomfort is a part of life we need to embrace, but have somehow forgotten how. I am not advocating for S & M, (whatever floats your boat) but I think that we need to dig deep, remember what others have had to go through, and understand that we are strong people, capable of so much bravery, if only we tried!
If you have any thoughts or ideas on bravery, please let me know.
-T.J.
Sunday, 22 July 2012
Saturday, 14 July 2012
Topic 20: Mind control
After many wonderful suggestions, I found my inspiration for this post on an ABC documentary of all places.
"Do we have full control of our own minds?"
Some scientists have been studying a special parasite that lives in rats and posseses a unique ability: mind control. In order for it to complete its life cycle, it needs to live in a rat, be transferred to a cat, and back to a rat again. Now this is no easy task considering that rats are terrified of cats. So, this parasite burrows into the animals brain, and changes its chemistry somehow, altering its views of cats. An unaffected rat will flee from a cat, but an infected rat will actually run towards a cat. Once infected in the brain, the rat can never truly rid itself of this parasite.
This then posses the question of, what happens if a person gets this parasite? Numerous tests have been conducted and apparently, in the United States alone, approximately 35% of the population tested positive for this parasite. Could this explain the crazy cat ladies?
Does this mean that no one actually likes cats, and that anyone who does is being mind-controlled? It also poses the question, what else do we do that is out of our control? It is a difficult idea to discuss, as people will tend to relinquish blame and put it onto "I could not control myself!" But it does make one wonder, what if the government has already harnessed this parasites abilities, and if not, how long will it be before they do?
The sad truth is, we really have no choice. If we choose to be paranoid and believe that the governement wants to control our minds, we will all end up living completely isolated and going insane anyway! And even if we did discover that we are being controlled, most people would use that excuse as a total cop-out! Our only real option is to carefully follow society, keep our eyes open... and stay away from cats!
If you find yourself liking cats for no reason or suspect that you may have been brainwashed, let me know!
-T.J.
"Do we have full control of our own minds?"
Some scientists have been studying a special parasite that lives in rats and posseses a unique ability: mind control. In order for it to complete its life cycle, it needs to live in a rat, be transferred to a cat, and back to a rat again. Now this is no easy task considering that rats are terrified of cats. So, this parasite burrows into the animals brain, and changes its chemistry somehow, altering its views of cats. An unaffected rat will flee from a cat, but an infected rat will actually run towards a cat. Once infected in the brain, the rat can never truly rid itself of this parasite.
This then posses the question of, what happens if a person gets this parasite? Numerous tests have been conducted and apparently, in the United States alone, approximately 35% of the population tested positive for this parasite. Could this explain the crazy cat ladies?
Does this mean that no one actually likes cats, and that anyone who does is being mind-controlled? It also poses the question, what else do we do that is out of our control? It is a difficult idea to discuss, as people will tend to relinquish blame and put it onto "I could not control myself!" But it does make one wonder, what if the government has already harnessed this parasites abilities, and if not, how long will it be before they do?
The sad truth is, we really have no choice. If we choose to be paranoid and believe that the governement wants to control our minds, we will all end up living completely isolated and going insane anyway! And even if we did discover that we are being controlled, most people would use that excuse as a total cop-out! Our only real option is to carefully follow society, keep our eyes open... and stay away from cats!
If you find yourself liking cats for no reason or suspect that you may have been brainwashed, let me know!
-T.J.
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