Tuesday 15 November 2011

North and South pole

As I sat here wondering what to type up as my first post, several things came to mind. But I settled with this.

The world can, for the most part, be split into two types of people. Let's call them the North Pole, and the South Pole. Depending on the subject, you may live in a different pole. Let me elaborate.

If we are talking about religion. Most people are either Atheist, or devout believers. North Pole, or South Pole(You decide which group lives where lol).

However, if the subject changes to conspiracy theories, like for example, 9/11, the religious type might agree with the Atheist's point of view on the subject, on it being the governments set up to start a war. And now they both live in the same Pole. Let's call this "situational accomodation".
Now, picture if you will, a map of the world. The North Pole is at the top. The South Pole is at the bottom. Both VERY small areas right? In between is a whole world of possibilites. You would think this is where most people would live right? Unfortunately they don't. I like to think that I do. Some people call it sitting on the fence. I call it being open minded.

If you constrict yourself to absolutes, you only have the tiny islands of north or south pole to inhabit, and there isn't much going on there. So you will find yourself getting into lots of fights with the rest of the world, out of boredom, or disagreement for their habitual location.

In simpler terms, what I am saying is, any given situation has so many factors involved, that you shouldn't fall into an absolute. The world essentially has no absolutes. There is no pure good, no pure evil, for instance. A murderer can love kittens, and a toddler can happily kill bugs for enjoyment. If you live your life on the fence like I do, the more densely populated North and South poles may frown upon you, but you get a whole lot more out of life. Atheists and religious types are in essence, the same personality. Devout to what they believe in (Or don't believe) and scourn the polar opposite of themselves.

They are the same thing, just at different ends of the spectrum.

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