Sunday, June 24, 2007
Exiled in Retrospect
"Would living in a prison be so bad?"Well, would it? I remember my days as a youth watching my dad's favorite movies, which usually ended with the criminal being sentenced to a life of imprisonment and the protagonist being victorious. But would being imprisoned be so bad? You stay in one place, you do community service, you eat, you sleep, you can watch tv, you can excercise, you can socialize, you can even practice artistic expression for effing's sake! So what's the problem?
We go to the roots of human psychology. People relish freedom. Without it, they feel incapable and inadequate, worthless even. Even I went through that phase, two or so years ago. But hey, they were my pre-teen years, so ha!
I'm part of the teen empire. Yes, it's what adults call the hormone-driven, rebellious members of the iPod and Starbucks generation. It is natural for me to feel restricted, but it is also irrational. I am capable of doing tons of stuff I like. I feel restricted not because of the specific restrictions placed, (I'm being redundant, aren't i?) but by knowing the fact that I was being restricted in the first place. Especially coming from my background, I see the withholding of freedom as the biggest sin on earth.
And why? Because this is what I am. And this is the concluding sentence of a nonsensical rant made for me, by me.
Adieu. :)
