I dont know Silver Persian. I often ask myself the same question. Alone at night, the glaring eye of introspection cannot be fought back. I guess balance has always been important to me. I've always seen it as an almost sacred duty to hear out the other side in silence and with respect. If i'm honest, I think that i'm discovering that conservative arguments are more in line with my world view - and that world view is taking a more solid and confident shape.
I believe in God and I believe in fundermental human rights. I dont think the two can be satisfactorily seporated. I also am softening on the argument that government is good, when the total balance sheet of history suggests that more government is always bad. Local organisations, community, family, childhood friends - these are the pillars on which a society is founded; not an enlightened leader lecturing them on how to live.
To further bear my soul, i've never felt fully comfortable in this era. I also think that it is a duty to resist things that seem degrating to me, such as pornography, masturbation, excessive satire, unrefined music, binge drinking, faithlessness, apathy. I am very adamant that Western societies have been corrupted by commercialism and materialism. If youre young and good-looking, the world is your oyster; the rest depends on what little effort you want to expend. But if youre unattractive and/or old, then people dont want to know you, and theyre not very subtle about it either. We've been conditioned to want only what is new, fresh, perfect, convenient - what serves our interests above all else.
Compassion has always been crucial to my life due to my faith. Being at uni for 3 years, I notice how desporately lonely a great deal of people are. Everyone just wants to be loved, have intimacy with a foundation of friendship. I think we've forgotten a lot of manners - how to meet people, be charming, respectful. Most people are totally insensitive to the basic wants of others. We've forgotten how to reach out to people and form true bonds of true friendship, for friendship's sake. People want depth, they want something much richer than a new product, whether that be a thing or a person. I do my best to bring that back, but i am uncompromising in my values. I think it was Churchill who said "Never give in, never give in, never; never; never; never - in nothing, great or small, large or petty - never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense." When it comes to the state of our world, I think that it's as important as it ever has been to stick to your faith and morals. As one of my fav bible verses goes, "Oh Lord, your sea is so great/ and my boat is so small"
...but everyone here seems to think i'm always joking.
