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Parts of a Whole

Published at April 11, 2008 in Life and Self. 0 Comments

Fire!Before preceding with this article, I would like to acknowledge that there is a possibility that the contents below may or may not have been articulated before now. If so, this was unknown to me and would like you to inform me about this philosophy. It is not my intention to infringe on anybody’s works. Credit will be cited if necessary, but until then all words below are claimed as my own.

There is no right or wrong, good or evil, proper or improper. These are perspectives based largely upon the positionality of an individual or the collective of the group. Perspectives are often confused with correctness, and to be right, good, or proper is not necessarily to be correct. An individual or group becomes correct when defining the properties of the universe. An individual can achieve correctness by following these definitions when applied to a problem or situation. These definitions may change with respect to time as more information becomes available, but the individual only had correctness within the time period that the definition was valid.

To assist in helping people understand these concepts, the following is described in a similar manner as my thought processes proceeding my understanding.

Imagine a utopia as Sir Thomas More depicted. A place of perfection. Heaven is often used interchangeably with utopia and is considered to be a synonym. Most would define a utopia as a place containing only peace, joy, longevity, health, enjoyment, and love; otherwise the lack of pain, death, misery, boredom, and sadness. This definition is incorrect, for an ideal place is created out of a conflict or struggle. This is nothing new to a modern person, for the markets of literature and film making profit off of their depiction and creation of ideal worlds. The worlds centered around conflict and climax. Therefore, humans as a group do not lack correctness of achieving an utopia, but rather the definition does not correctly define the world as we know it.

A utopia defined by me would consist of the following: corruption, sex, dictators, war, love, recession, money, drugs, passion, death, dust, depression, poverty, education, pollution, capitalism, rape, promises, hope, socialism, and prosperity. This is the world we live in. Others may have a differing understanding of a ideal place, which is where the conflict begins and the utopia defined by us is created. The utopia as an ideal develops the utopia as a reality. Thus, each perspective is based upon self or group definition(s), not upon the properties of the universe. Good and evil or right and wrong are subjective. All actions* are herein correct and each in every entity plays as a part to the utopia as a whole.
My part is the struggle against pollution, corruption in politics and capitalism, government reform, the lack of education, and self understanding. Those who are against me are not evil or wrong, but merely my adversary.
* In reference to positions, sides, or objectives. With the exception of incorrectness when action applies incorrect definitions.

Driving Format suggestions for Safety

Published at March 25, 2008 in Life. 0 Comments

Western Ring RoadIt is more often than not we find ourselves criticizing the driving of others. And whether you know it or not, the other person will blame you and you will blame them. Unfortunately that does not seem to solve the problem, if there really was any problem in the first place. The real problem is that there are driving rules and regulations, but no driving format. And to tell you the truth, most of the rules suck.

1. The speed limit is not always safe. This may be a big shocker, but if your going forty-five in a fifty zoned area than you might be doing the right thing. But, if your going forty-five and everybody else is going sixty than you’re just as dangerous as the jerk zooming around you. Stick to the flow of traffic. I have been ticket free for years using this methodology.

2. Four-way intersections are not terribly difficult. Be it four way stop sign or a flashing light, it is not hard to make this a speedy process. Depending on your location the law may have different systems to maintain order, but the fastest and most reliable system has opposite ends going simultaneously. As in, if the vehicle opposite is proceeding than you also proceed. You may ask, “what if I want to turn?” Simple. Turn on your blinker, then turn after them.

3. You deserve what you get when tailgating. Maybe you want to drive fast, but this gives you no reason to put everybody in danger. If the driver in front of you is not getting over and being an ass, then deal with it. If you get behind me and want to rub bumpers than be prepared to go thirty in the carpool lane because I will let off the gas until you back off. This process will continue until you leave me alone. But that is just me.

4. Pair up with drivers of the same speed. This really depends on a handful of variables, such as road quality, weather, and traffic, but in general if you are driving side by side with somebody of the same speed than you need to get over into the same lane as them. It doesn’t really matter which lane, just leave one open for others to pass. I understand the left lane is considered the slow lane, but for the sake of humanity save everybody else the hassle and get over.

5. Pay attention. This applies to everything, but I am referring to the traffic ahead. For instance, some loser in from of you keeps braking every ten seconds, that does not mean that you do the same thing. If you can safely get around them then go around them because they are causing traffic and probably going to kill you. If not, then just watch the car in from of them while keeping an eye out for the loser.

6. Pay attention, behind you. If you can manage to proceed safely and prevent your front end from damaging something, then try to watch out for people wanting to pass. Earlier I said to merge into the lane with drivers of the same speed, but what if you are going faster the flow of their lane and somebody is catching up on you from behind? Simple. Get over into the slower lane, allow them to pass, then get back over.

If the majority of the population follows this format then we would all be better off. And if you are an officer of the law and reading this article and pull somebody over when safely abiding by the flow of traffic, just know your are being an asshole.

Who am I?

Published at September 15, 2007 in Life and Self. 0 Comments

It is apparent to me that there are two aspects to a person which defines them as who they are currently and what they will become in the future. In other words, there are two sides to the coin. One side states and acts as a representation of oneself, while the other side has history and legacy engraved into its backside

Insight into a person is difficult and near impossible for the most complex of beings. Most of the time we have a hard time defining ourselves. Therefore, I contest that we are defined as entities of our aspirations and that our legacy influences our personal methods. So this is me: I will graduate, marry Jennifer Plaistowe, live and travel the world in its entirety, own my own business, do the best for my family, ensure my friends enjoy my company, relieve the world of stresses, leave the smallest carbon footprint, educate my children, promote a healthy lifestyle, try to keep all of my promises, demand more of corporations, and continue to expect everybody to respect a viewpoint other than their own.