There are times when I want the world to make sense. I can't be the only who feels this way which begs the question why it doesn't. This is more than an academic question that has no answer. It can be deconstrcuted in a way that breaks it down to all the elements that govern it.
If the world is made up of people looking for meaning why is there so little cohesion and why progress of any kind is taken in a mass-lemmings sort of way where critical mass has to be reached for a sort of national inching forward (and several slips back)?
Take democracy and freedom. High ideals by any standard. Apply them to the masses (that's me and you so stop snorting) and see how they work. If personal freedom is so highly prized at what point do you start defending it with restrictions, checks and controls?
If democracy is such a great idea what exactly does it mean? Why freedom of speech in America is defended right alongside the right to bear arms which kill just about anyone who happens to be in the wrong place at the wrong time with the wrong point of view?
Why is Britain considering bringing in ID cards and why 'Show me your papers' (a slogan rightly associate with fascism) is heard in democratic Greece, the birthplace of a democracy which, by historical accounts, was designed to level the playing field downwards, not upwards?
All of these ideas are pertinent and the questions are relevant because it is in their external articulation that they manage to change the world. What we feel inside finds its way, slowly, to the outside. Our thoughts mold our reality, shape our outlook, stoke the fury, love or rage we feel.
Is there such thing as a harmless thought?
I don't think so.
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