Just According To Whose Plan?
Mar. 18th, 2003 03:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
venetianarchiveJourneys forward, journeys back. An acceptance came, so at least I'll have somewhere to go in the fall, although it is somewhat lower on my list of choices - it could still lead to a good future. I've started on my post-employment project, and had the chance to run away for a little while - I'll do so again quite soon. And all around, a looming sense of fear and loathing as the world goes a little crazy once again.
I don't often express strong opinions about flash point topics, largely because I don't care. Or I do care, but I don't see that there is much I could say that makes a tangible impact. Suffice to say, I am not of the opinion that the current state of events merits armed conflict, but my opinion doesn't matter. It is not my place to make such decisions - I made all the decisions I could a while ago, and the majority did not agree, and I have to live with that. I do not demonstrate or sign petitions because I do not believe they make a difference - and in part because I'm enough of a cynic and a misanthrope that I believe that the worst will happen no matter what I do. There's an excellent quotation in the immortal "The Lion In Winter" regarding the origins of war - to paraphrase, conflict is like a cancer or disease that we carry in our blood. So, let it all be done. I will not support, I will not oppose, and most important, I will not let the fear and hysteria consume me. I live my life just as before, and with grace, I will be there to help where I can, in whatever way I can when everything is over.
I don't often express strong opinions about flash point topics, largely because I don't care. Or I do care, but I don't see that there is much I could say that makes a tangible impact. Suffice to say, I am not of the opinion that the current state of events merits armed conflict, but my opinion doesn't matter. It is not my place to make such decisions - I made all the decisions I could a while ago, and the majority did not agree, and I have to live with that. I do not demonstrate or sign petitions because I do not believe they make a difference - and in part because I'm enough of a cynic and a misanthrope that I believe that the worst will happen no matter what I do. There's an excellent quotation in the immortal "The Lion In Winter" regarding the origins of war - to paraphrase, conflict is like a cancer or disease that we carry in our blood. So, let it all be done. I will not support, I will not oppose, and most important, I will not let the fear and hysteria consume me. I live my life just as before, and with grace, I will be there to help where I can, in whatever way I can when everything is over.
