goatyoghurt
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As I sit here on the public holiday monday after spending the majority of my weekend at Utopia, I feel that I must express a few things that I experienced on the weekend. After being uber psyched following a longish drive there, the afternoon, night and following day provides me with an enormous amount of stimuli, all different, all interesting but the reason I am writing this is to address one issue in particular.
The issue in question is that of why people go to such extremes "going over the top". Being 19 and spending the majority of my childhood ostracised for being a geek, loser, for being different in general (cry me a river I know ) I understand that no person should judge another on what they wear, how they behave and how hard they push their minds and bodies but what I saw on the weekend really troubled me for some reason.
We all would like to think that we don't judge people, we'd all like to think that we lived up to the golden rule: do unto others as you would have others do unto you (and don't do to others what you don't want others to do to you. Kant expressed this in his categorical imperative, basically saying that you should only do things if you think it should be a rule for how every else should act. I tend to think that I follow in this deontological path as far as ethics and how I act, but I must admit I have failed, I do judge people, even if it is subconsciously.
Regarding utopia (after that tangent), I found myself along with my friends judging people who were "weird". Please don't get shitty at me for saying that, you all know what I'm talking about, you might be one of these "weird" people, you know, the people at raves who posess some of the following qualities: crazy haircuts with bright colours in there, equally bright fluro, furry outfits, sometimes with slogans like "arrest me I'm on drugs", and generally people who might have taken too much (and I mean TOO MUCH, not people who are generally off chops). I mean, I really feel bad for judging, but I'm sure we all do it deep down.
I'm all for freedom of speech, thought and expression but some of these weird people just seem to go over the top, especially since a lot of the people whom I'm referring to were in the 13-17 age group. It makes me wonder why. I know they're having a good time and expressing themselves how they want, just like me but I don't know why people have to go out on such a limb, like being anywhere near mainstream is uncool.
It all came to a head when it was about 8am sunday and I was chatting with about 3 friends at the bridge which connected the rave and the carpark. We were in a zone where cars were passing close by and all of a sudden, everyone (about 40+ people around us) let out a collective gasp as a guy whose face was so distorted in a gurning way that the poor guy looked like he was literally dead and in a coffin, drove past in an old station wagon. Everybody backed away as far as they could to let the guy pass and it was really scary, especially because almost everyone was scattered as it was.
I just think that going over the top and trying to be so anti-establishment as to get SOOOOOO fucked up, getting to the stage where you would let yourself do silly things because you don't know what you were doing isn't the best way to go. I know that this was only one guy, and the other people that I've mentioned haven't done anything so stupid and therefore I shouldn't generalise, but I hope you get my drift.
I hope in my heart of hearts that everybody, and I mean everybody has a good time when they go out, I can say that honestly, but it just perplexes me how far some people will go and how they can put others in danger. I know that in other people's eyes I'm a weirdo, just because I use substances and what I'm saying is just my opinion, relative to other opinions it might be extremely conservative or liberal, but I just wanna conclude by saying that I hope every single individual takes care of themselves and others. I don't apologise for holding this opinion, but I sincerely apologise if I've offended anyone, I feel that we all judge people in our own way, and I'm relieved that I can finally admit it. I have nothing but love and compassion for everyone out there, even if I might judge you as a weirdo
Peace, happiness and much love to every single one of you out there, you're all beautiful, Joe.
(Mods please move this if it's against guidelines).
The issue in question is that of why people go to such extremes "going over the top". Being 19 and spending the majority of my childhood ostracised for being a geek, loser, for being different in general (cry me a river I know ) I understand that no person should judge another on what they wear, how they behave and how hard they push their minds and bodies but what I saw on the weekend really troubled me for some reason.
We all would like to think that we don't judge people, we'd all like to think that we lived up to the golden rule: do unto others as you would have others do unto you (and don't do to others what you don't want others to do to you. Kant expressed this in his categorical imperative, basically saying that you should only do things if you think it should be a rule for how every else should act. I tend to think that I follow in this deontological path as far as ethics and how I act, but I must admit I have failed, I do judge people, even if it is subconsciously.
Regarding utopia (after that tangent), I found myself along with my friends judging people who were "weird". Please don't get shitty at me for saying that, you all know what I'm talking about, you might be one of these "weird" people, you know, the people at raves who posess some of the following qualities: crazy haircuts with bright colours in there, equally bright fluro, furry outfits, sometimes with slogans like "arrest me I'm on drugs", and generally people who might have taken too much (and I mean TOO MUCH, not people who are generally off chops). I mean, I really feel bad for judging, but I'm sure we all do it deep down.
I'm all for freedom of speech, thought and expression but some of these weird people just seem to go over the top, especially since a lot of the people whom I'm referring to were in the 13-17 age group. It makes me wonder why. I know they're having a good time and expressing themselves how they want, just like me but I don't know why people have to go out on such a limb, like being anywhere near mainstream is uncool.
It all came to a head when it was about 8am sunday and I was chatting with about 3 friends at the bridge which connected the rave and the carpark. We were in a zone where cars were passing close by and all of a sudden, everyone (about 40+ people around us) let out a collective gasp as a guy whose face was so distorted in a gurning way that the poor guy looked like he was literally dead and in a coffin, drove past in an old station wagon. Everybody backed away as far as they could to let the guy pass and it was really scary, especially because almost everyone was scattered as it was.
I just think that going over the top and trying to be so anti-establishment as to get SOOOOOO fucked up, getting to the stage where you would let yourself do silly things because you don't know what you were doing isn't the best way to go. I know that this was only one guy, and the other people that I've mentioned haven't done anything so stupid and therefore I shouldn't generalise, but I hope you get my drift.
I hope in my heart of hearts that everybody, and I mean everybody has a good time when they go out, I can say that honestly, but it just perplexes me how far some people will go and how they can put others in danger. I know that in other people's eyes I'm a weirdo, just because I use substances and what I'm saying is just my opinion, relative to other opinions it might be extremely conservative or liberal, but I just wanna conclude by saying that I hope every single individual takes care of themselves and others. I don't apologise for holding this opinion, but I sincerely apologise if I've offended anyone, I feel that we all judge people in our own way, and I'm relieved that I can finally admit it. I have nothing but love and compassion for everyone out there, even if I might judge you as a weirdo
Peace, happiness and much love to every single one of you out there, you're all beautiful, Joe.
(Mods please move this if it's against guidelines).