Recently, in September 2014, a German ethics council calls for incest between siblings to be legalized by the government. Below is the link and my thoughts.
file://localhost/Users/nat/Desktop/http-::www.independent.co.uk:…:german-ethics-council-calls-….webloc
I guess
that there is a kind of freedom in this post-modern world that eagerly, if not
sincerely, wants to do right to and for everyone and not to leave anyone
excluded, discriminated or feeling alienated. This freedom is all-inclusive and
is seemingly inexhaustible with intention that is seldom of suspect (due to its
magnanimity of heart).
This
freedom is even highly imaginative and endearingly sympathetic and it will
tirelessly put human feelings/sentiments above itself and the prevailing
time-honored values of tradition and society. It is a freedom that takes flight
on the wings of changing cultural hues and sets its sight on the emerging
intellectual horizon bolstered by technology and new scientific discoveries.
But while
this freedom is praiseworthy in its tolerance and generosity of acceptance, it
is also loosely held together because it seeks to represent everything at the
risk of representing nothing (or precious little).
In the end.
It is as vacuous and transient as the whims of an aristocrat, the lust of an
adulterer, the vainglory of a cage-boxer, the bragging-rights of a
prize-fighter, the pretentiousness of a dilettante, the empty boast of a
hypocrite, and the nose-flare of a gutless bully. Alas, all that good intention
and human sentimentality cannot hide the destitution and poverty of its values
and agenda.
And because
it deprives itself of a center, its surrounding parts cannot hold. Without an
axle and being pivot-less, this freedom exhibits strength but is inherently
unstable, projects understanding but is superficial and marginal, and desires
to be ahead of the curve but is woefully ill-prepared for what awaits at the
consequential bend.
So I say release the
dogs of society, let the tides rise, stack up that babel's aspiration, and
lower the bar of enduring values, and then stand back and watch. Prep yourself
up with your favorite beverage and finger food and watch. Because unlike all
Disneyesque fairy tales, this social experiment in all-embracing freedom will
boomerang back with a vengeance and leave nothing worth redeeming at its wake.
Cheerz.
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