Monday, March 15, 2010

Closing...

I realized that after a month or so from coming back, I had not closed this properly.

So in a very brief overview, I will conclude.

Borders and identity separate people more than they think, and it also unites them more than they would like to realize. When its for a common cause they come together and speak out. When its not for their benefits, they do not participate or turn the other way. When our minds are trained to think a certain way, and the future struggles while living with the past, there's a strong hope that things won't be like this forever.

Everyone wants to be labeled as something, to be identified with a title. They strive to have society call them something, be it positive or negative. This may be because when we are born into this world our slates and characters are white. We do not know how to act and social interactions forces us to pick which group we best fit in. It is then through this desire to find a way to act and live, that we strive to find a title to copy. And then those who do not put themselves as a group are seen as rebels, conformists, outsiders because we can not label their identity.

Such a thing as personal identity is Taboo to them.

In this world we consciously separate ourselves to form another group of identity or an existing one. And yet we hardly decide our own personal story.

I find that both strange and interesting. I am accepted for being something I'm not, but when I act in a way undefinable, I am confronted with ostracism. Should I then sacrifice my own personal well being to conform to what society thinks is best way for me to act? I understand about cultural movement and beliefs and thoughts, but how far can a person go without obeying the rule of segregation? IE. the rule that places you in a particular group by society's standards?

I'll have to admit that I am afraid to try that....but in certain moments what I personally believe I am will overcome what people personally believe I am.

There's much more to be said on this subject, yet I am afraid I still need information. Both raw and processed info that allows me find an answer in between scientifically acceptable and commonly acceptable.

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