Thursday, December 4, 2008

My everyday rebellion.

" I went into the woods because I wanted to live deliberately. I wanted to live deep and to suck out all the marrow of life. To put to rout all that was not life and not when I had come to die, discover that I had not lived. " - Walden by Thoreau

All creatures find comfort in the concept of anarchy and rebellion. Thoreau sold all that he had and bought a house on Walden street. He then proceeded to write Civil Disobedience which speaks strongly on the concept of rebellion and conscience. Personally, I think that this essay was spawned from his bitter feeling towards the government when a refusal to pay taxes landed him in jail. Were it not for his dear Aunty bailing him out, his body would probably still be decomposing in a jail cell.
Moreover, I have noticed that certain species of people find general comfort in anarchy and rebellion.
"Youth with its enthusiasms which rebels any accepted norm must because it must--and we sympathize--it may wear flowers in its hair, bells on toes, But when the common good is threatened, when the function of society is endangered, such revolts must cease. They are non-productive and must be abolished." said The President to No. 48 in The Prisoner.

Rebellion, anarchy. It's all normal human nature.

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