Even Though They Call Me Witler.

Today some classmates and I had a talk about Hitler.
And I realized that I am a little more apathetic towards him than many of my peers. Perhaps this is because a large number of my family members were not wiped out during WWII, but perhaps it is because I don't see a point in fighting an argument that finished decades ago. And that is how I see it.

At a pro-life conference (I know, I know, everything I say seems to relate back to this cause, but I promise that I am preaching about something else today) we had one speaker tell us about a man he saw, who had a tattoo of a swastika crossed out on his arm. The speaker's daughter went up to that man and said, "It is so brave of you to make a statement like that. Thank you." Then she and her dad laughed at the man for the stupidity in the obvious statement he was making - Nazism is bad.

I would never deny the absolute horror of the Holocaust, nor would I do anything to try and play it down, I just don't have the energy to fight for something that everyone knows is wrong. At least, most everyone is Western society recognizes that genocide is wrong, prejudice is wrong, totalitarianism is wrong.
Do you know where I would stand up against anti-Semitism? Somewhere where it was an issue.

There is no point to standing up for a cause when everyone is already involved in supporting it. I wouldn't stand up in my school and say "Murder is wrong! We all have to stop killing!", because no one in my school is a murderer... yet. Though I think I know a lot of people who would get tattoos of the word "MURDER" crossed out on their arms.

Party Lessons

Here are a few things I learned yesterday:

1. Bad situations are made much worse by alcohol.
2. They are made even worse when those who have consumed the alcohol begin to vomit.
3. Sometimes the people you think are creepy, but harmless become much less harmless when they have consumed alcohol.
4. Being sober is not always a bad thing. Sometimes it's very convenient. Though, sometimes it means you have to clean up vomit..
5. Cleaning up vomit makes you feel pretty good about yourself. Especially when the hostess is in tears.

If you haven't guessed it by now, I was at a party last night. A very, very drama-filled party. Long story short, a certain very drunk person decided to pin the hostess against a wall, and most everyone was useless to help due to excessive inebriation. Though, a certain few took the situation outside, and started a fight with that drunk person, his ride, and his ride's girlfriend, who I've heard is a shit-disturbing slutface. But that's just what I've heard.

I think the most important thing I realized yesterday was this:

6. Most people are cowards when it comes down to it, and stare at injustice rather than act.

You'll Be Surprised To Know I'm Getting 90% In Religion.

Once in a while, I like to wish something in my head, and entertain the fancy that there is a possibility of it coming true.
I think this is called praying.

And once in a while, I almost believe that someone out there can hear me, and truly wants to grant my wish.
I think this is called a religious urge.

This unsteadies me, as I am a proud Agnostic. Who is proud of indecision, you may ask? I absolutely am, as I consider it the only sane way to be. Wholeheartedly believing that something unproven exists makes just as little sense as believing it doesn't. There are those Atheists who will back their arguments with science, but science can only go so far; besides, I think anyone who believes too thoroughly in science loses themselves, and is possibly insane. In contrast, there are those Believers who claim that they have personally witnessed divine intervention. These people are almost definitely insane.

Most of us, including myself in many cases, get so tired of wracking our brains in search of a definite answer that we decide not to think of the divine at all. When asked one's opinion on religion, one will often respond "...I dunno". This disgusts me just a tad. When asked what I believe, I often begin a long, rambling, poetic explanation of what I have summarized above. Perhaps this is worse.

I guess you could say I don't believe in short answers.