Monday, August 01, 2005
The left is kinda like a dog chasing its own tail:exuberant, well-intended but aimless and ultimately comedic.
I was looking through an old journal of mine and came across this entry: (I think I was twenty-one!)
"Counterculture and its musings have the effect of probing and strengthening convention. Over time, the onslaught and battles waged by the left tends to bolster the right's position and even add a nice gloss. Counter cultural movements should be fostered in that they are given right to exist (i.e. Constitutionally protected) but must always be seen as they are, counter to that which is correct and true. The benefit of the doubt must always be given to the establishment."
I never had much time for emotional and irrational thoughts or movements myself. I tend to appreciate those long standing and tested ideas like capitalism and democracy of the representative sort. Causes are rarely much more than an excuse to pretend to care about something.
"Counterculture and its musings have the effect of probing and strengthening convention. Over time, the onslaught and battles waged by the left tends to bolster the right's position and even add a nice gloss. Counter cultural movements should be fostered in that they are given right to exist (i.e. Constitutionally protected) but must always be seen as they are, counter to that which is correct and true. The benefit of the doubt must always be given to the establishment."
I never had much time for emotional and irrational thoughts or movements myself. I tend to appreciate those long standing and tested ideas like capitalism and democracy of the representative sort. Causes are rarely much more than an excuse to pretend to care about something.
# posted by W. : 4:03 PM
