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09.17.05 (2:04 am)   [edit]
There's something about slow motion that everyone likes - that slow release of energy and discovery, revealing what's to come in stretched moments and slowly proliferating the subject. And when it stops, its as good as losing sight.
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I've been quite serious about the news of 2 bloggers arrested this week for racist commentaries on, you guessed it, their blogs. To begin with, I think it is a simple case of ranting in the dark, and throwing a punch in the face of equilibrium.

I can understand why the authorities took it in stride to even try prosecute these two - just like the Tien An Men incident - the world is watching and Deng had to send a strong message out to his people. But then again, taking it out on the minorities and suppresing resentment yields greater hatred in others within the same frequencies of those in question.

On the flip side, blogs were created to express views - personal ones at best - about how one looks and views the world around him/her. Of course, arguments like "have to know better than to make a racist remarks in speech or in writing", or "expressing views in a more diplomatic format" comes hot on the heels, but considering the consequences of creation and suppression - both are the synthesis of thoughts. So what would be a good thesis to build this on?

Say, I blog about my bad day which had me getting cheesed off with poor traffic control by the authorities when a fire broke out at a worksite just 2 blocks down my place. Realistically, my peers would say I'm bitching about it, older folks would say I complain too much, kids would be like "wtf?", the authorities would like "arrest this guy!", and most of all, the guys fighting the fire would be like "huh?".

Point is, besides the different perspectives of people involved, what really went on was:

1. ignorance to the actual event/situation, in this case, the fire;
2. the significance of my words as opposed to a larger group.

If there were only my peers in this world, then I would be just bitching. If there were only children, I would be mind-boggling. Thing is, what the social norms have instilled have become so stagnated till people no longer think. We have become so tuned into this myriad world of past thinking - social science for that matter - that utopian thinking is still a thing of the past. But to the Chinese, hey, communism is perfectly fine. To the Iraqis, scarves are still a must-have.

Norms. What are your norms?

So my biggest question is this - should one day you get a chance to rent a plane and paint the sky with colored smoke, so that you can ask your love to marry you, would you get arrested by the authorities for causing panic, or get hunted down by activists who think you're polluting, gunned down by terrorists who think you sent the wrong message to their compatriates, or even get laughed at by unknowing people who thinks your love's name "TINNIE" is funny?

So where's a little fun in life no more?
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Seriously: I value freedom as much as breathing fresh air in the morning (even though there isn't any no more). Tolerance is not a virtue any more, but a neccessity for all that mess which we have created out of norms. And what are norms - something everybody thinks is okay. Cited: if RAPE is a norm here, what then? In some existing tribes, forcing yourself on your neighbor is a norm cos everyone gets satisfied anytime of the day. Here, that's rape. Watch a little more Discovery Channel or Nat-Geo and you'll know what I mean.

Yes, so much for being cultured. Spare the formalities and live where you want to be. Personally, I just wanna live in a world that's only Radio City.
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Okay, recap a little - a fire did break out a street away from my block. Think the road works hit a gas pipe and it blew into quite a flame. Didn't see any paramedics so I would assume nobody got hurt, but the traffic got a little jammed up for a couple of hours. Really appreciate the people in uniform who tried to control the situation. Good or bad, it's up to the cabbies to decide if they did a good job. Just glad those who did their work didn't get hurt and struck to their posts.

Been a pretty lazy day. :wink:
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Disclaimer: If the above views are offensive to anyone or have involuntarily caused hurt, friction, or anything dire, I'm sorry. I'm sorry I don't live in your world and shared the same thoughts, and it's a shame we could not be friends because of this dumb difference.
 

posted by: Risse (reply)
post date: 09.19.05 (6:10 am)

Myopic..humans are intrinsically so.. with the need or no need of glasses.
We're so used to living in a bubble. Everything has to be kept in constant equilibrium.
Offended? Heck everything is so sensiitive, If i be offended, I be offending you by being offended by you.
Rigmarole~

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