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Sunday, October 5, 2003
STREET PHILOSOPHY #5: Not Caring What Others Think
There are generally two types of people who follow in this way of thinking. For one, there are the ones who love like it's not hurting, dance like no one's watching, and just live life with few inhibitions. For the other, there are the ones who openly speak their minds for better or worse and act in ways that they feel like acting regardless of who's around.
Now, obviously these two schools of thought sound similar enough as they both have the same root point about living. So why do I bring this up at all? Because whenever I hear or see someone do something unbelievably callous, immoral or cruel and then cite that they do so because they simply don't care what others think, well . . . that's just balls!
You know how parents, teachers and whoever tell you to not listen to what the other kids are saying about you? Well, this eventually turns to a less defensive thing as one ages into the person who wears whatever clothes, jewelry or hairstyle he or she feels. By that point it's a statement about self that no one is able to put down. It's when it goes in the extreme direction and becomes a somewhat aggressive approach to living that causes all the trouble.
The thing about the former form of not caring what others think is that no one's getting hurt by it. Let me give an example of this:
"Yeah, I did start singing and dancing on a table in the cafeteria yesterday. People looked at me funny? So what?"
Compare that with:
"Oh, so I was rude when I called the teacher a bitch to her face, huh? She can punish me all she wants - that's not gonna change the way I feel."
I could probably go on and on about this, but I'd rather leave my points for now. So in short, uninhibited living, following your heart - good. Not feeling guilt for things you know damn well are socially unacceptable - not good.
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