quirks of a civilised society
remember: once upon a time in primary school - when we were taught to put our used utensils in basins.
and then, at all food establishments from food centres onwards (which means practically everything), utensils are cleared without us lifting a finger.
so what msg are we sending to all the kids out there?
so why on earth do kids have to learn how to clear up after themselves?
"I have come to see, more than ever before, how collectively we deny our bodies as we despoil the world - lest the pain of it overwhelm us. If we were to let ourselves feel the full force of our collectve grief, and shame, and rage, we might be crushed, or we might see ourselves as someone entirely other than the person we imagined ourselves to be. We might be forced to make dramatic changes in our lives, or else feel the impotence of not being able to change. So we modify our desires and fears lest they consume us. Yet our denial of them consumes us anyway. What we hide, or hide from, usually returns to haunt us - whether as the conflagration of war, or as a little 'white' lie. Everybody suffers in the end. The psychic, emotional, and physical violence of homophobia, racism, cultural chauvinism, and economic oppression wounds us all. We play lip service to the idea of the individuality, yet we are afraid of the 'other' who embodies difference. Unwilling to accept complexity and difference, we settle for oversimplications - personally, politically and spiritually - that perpetuate division, dehumanise people, and create real suffering in real lives."
~ caitriona reed on his/her thoughts and experiences as a transexual
jacq | 12:19:00 AM
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