Comments on: Do unto thyself what thou wouldn’t let others do http://dangerousintersection.org/2006/07/06/do-unto-thyself-what-thou-wouldn%e2%80%99t-let-others-do/ Human Animals at the Crossroads of Culture, Science, Religion and Media Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:29:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Heather http://dangerousintersection.org/2006/07/06/do-unto-thyself-what-thou-wouldn%e2%80%99t-let-others-do/comment-page-1/#comment-913 Heather Sat, 08 Jul 2006 21:25:11 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=298#comment-913 This is very interesting on so many levels. With me this problem has nothing to do with an inability to think. I constantly ponder what I need and want to do, then I beat myself up about not doing it. My problem has to do with a need for instant gratification. This, as you mentioned, has to do with the fact that I grew up on top of a television. I have noticed a major trend in the fact that when people get older (I use this term generally) they become extremely self-complacent. Any time I bring up some, so called, controversial issue such as politics, religion, philosophy with anyone I know over the age of say 40 I get the complete brush off. At times even get told that I am going to hell!!! I was talking to my dad last night actually. I inquired to him "where did I get my personality from?" He told me that my mother used to be full of spirit! Now my mother is the one who tells me I am going to hell on a regular basis, and is very sedentary and complacent. What happens to these people? Of course, it is noteworthy to mention that I live in the bible belt, and it is very rare to find a non-christian. Another point of interest is the fact that it would be useful to separate our current selves from our past selves. You say it doesn't fly, but why not? The world around us is ever changing and so are we. I think that excuse does fly. You will have people who question it, but so what. My perception of me is much more important than others. This is very interesting on so many levels. With me this problem has nothing to do with an inability to think. I constantly ponder what I need and want to do, then I beat myself up about not doing it. My problem has to do with a need for instant gratification. This, as you mentioned, has to do with the fact that I grew up on top of a television.

I have noticed a major trend in the fact that when people get older (I use this term generally) they become extremely self-complacent. Any time I bring up some, so called, controversial issue such as politics, religion, philosophy with anyone I know over the age of say 40 I get the complete brush off. At times even get told that I am going to hell!!! I was talking to my dad last night actually. I inquired to him “where did I get my personality from?” He told me that my mother used to be full of spirit! Now my mother is the one who tells me I am going to hell on a regular basis, and is very sedentary and complacent. What happens to these people? Of course, it is noteworthy to mention that I live in the bible belt, and it is very rare to find a non-christian.

Another point of interest is the fact that it would be useful to separate our current selves from our past selves. You say it doesn’t fly, but why not? The world around us is ever changing and so are we. I think that excuse does fly. You will have people who question it, but so what. My perception of me is much more important than others.

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