sociology and politics is all about society and its many defects.
it does keep me entertained, but at the same time i wonder at what cost does this entertainment come? i've decided that if i was to become a psychologist (god willing that never happens) i would be so blunt towards peoples issues it would be almost distasteful. black box recorder has an amazing song called child psychology. it would probably outline best the outcome of all these years of questioning and doubt. "kill yourself or get over it." needless to say i hope that the psychology department of the university never determines this... i am probably going to be a registered psychologist at some stage. despite my protests. and it would aid me greatly to not have to defend myself in an ethical debate, especially when i am so lax in my ethical standards...
being laden with ethics seems like a waste of a good life to me. conventional is another way of saying uninteresting in my books and the last thing on earth i need is to be uninteresting. i am so necessarily attention-seeking that i'd probably die if it was to happen. very very quickly.
sociology and politics... we've just past through a unit on risk society and the internal risks of global warming and nuclear war.
as far as i'm concerned, if global warming incited by humans truly does reduce the population of the world to just over 1 billion, then the world is a better place for it... even if me or my offspring is one of the victims. and if you think that i'm cold, it is only because to me the nature of the world is something worth maintaining. not that i would not love my children.
i think that one day the world will very suddenly and cataclysmically come to an end without anyone realising it. i keep imagining it in the most serene places. it is just a palatable dimension of my existence. that nothing could ever stop it. i will probably die before it happens. but some part of me actually wants to witness it. or at least be alive for it.
when i'm 81, sitting in bed watching the sun rise, i want to know the utter destruction of the earth and all it's inhabitants. thats how i'd want it to happen anyway.
- Mood:
Angsty - Listening to: casino versus japan.
- Reading: six thinking hats.