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We Have A Duty

by Jeremiad1971 

Posted: 02 April 2007
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“The idea of always being at peace, always being blissfully happy is scary. Anyone in a placid state is just going to vegetate.”

Joseph Heller

It is unlikely there are many Catch 22 lovers living in the nation’s Acacia Avenues as an AA commissioned survey has revealed the residents’ definition of happiness as “never moving, never divorcing and never changing jobs”

Members of the creative communities have frequently maintained there are hidden lives amongst the acacias but on the evidence, this appears not the case. These homes are not hiding Charlotte the Harlot, the gnome-infested gardens do not yield severed ears and it is not worth looking closer: life can actually be that bland.

It is a painful philosophy, not because we should crave a world of aspirational consumers displaying their wealth, stimulating street crime and gradually increasing their carbon footprint, but it because strongly conveys that bubble living is enough sustenance for their lives.

The suggestion happiness occurs through a lifestyle that over values continuity and has structure that no longer supports, it smothers, is depressing

A follow up survey should be performed by the British Fertility Society as to live with such a philosophy is to deny evolution. These communities may have signed their own death warrant.

To prevent this dangerous belief spreading society has to ensure individuals are incapable of reaching adulthood with such a misinformed concept of happiness.

You have a duty.

Do not let the need for stability suffocate our other drives for creativity, originality and stimulation.

Become involved.

Seek out new experiences

Engage with everything you do, on every level, at every opportunity.

Society will benefit.

After all, to paraphrase a famous football manager, “If a person is not interfering with the game of life, what the hell is he doing on the planet?”






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roger at 08:14 on 03 April 2007  Report this post
Hi David,

A powerful concept here, the only worrying thing being that it’s true, and I suspect that your call to arms would elicit a poor response – ruts are bad things, but they’re comfortable and we seem to have developed a liking for the ‘comfort zone’ above all else, which is sad. But you did your best, and I think you did it well. A good piece.

Just a couple of things –

There are several places where I’d have inserted a comma, for example – ‘To prevent this dangerous belief spreading society has to ensure individuals are incapable of reaching adulthood with such a misinformed concept of happiness.’ – For me, a comma would be helpful after ‘society’. But I guess that’s a personal thing.

‘It is a painful philosophy, not because we should crave a world of aspirational consumers displaying their wealth, stimulating street crime and gradually increasing their carbon footprint, but it because strongly conveys that bubble living is enough sustenance for their lives.’ - I was fine with this up to footprint, but then I lost the plot. After a few re-reads, the ‘plot’ still eludes me. A word missing? A typo type wrong word somewhere?

I enjoyed (in a perverse sort of way) the read.

Roger.


Jeremiad1971 at 17:50 on 04 April 2007  Report this post
Thanks for reading Roger.

I think we could all benefit from a bit of shaking up from time to time.I know I could.

Thanks for your punctuation pointers - tonight I am going to go through all the pieces and do the amendements.

Your feedback has been extremely valuable.

All the best

David


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