Norms of Society

I am not normal. I'm sure most of you have realized this by now. And on top of that, I am not cool. I do not enjoy rap or MTV or shooting games or football or basketball or cars or metallica or drugs or any of that. So that leaves me in the category of free-thinking individuals. Alright, that's probably a little harsh. But sometimes I wonder if it's true. Because it seems as if sometimes that so long media fits into this vague list of "cool" things it's automatically liked without any thought processes from the judge.

What I'm trying to get to are a few big questions about the society we live in. Are the idols of society actually morally impressive or even impressive by general, unbiased terms? Is fitting in anything to be proud of anymore? And how do we know?

The best way to compare society's standards to morality and pride is to compare it to a set of standards that are unchanging. Because society's standards are always changing. The N-word used to be perfectly acceptable to society, but today it is a horrible insult. In bathhouses of Victorian England, women were expected to wear cloaks and dresses in the water weighed down by lead pellets to counteract their skirts' buoyancy. Today women are expected to wear bikinis. Society's standards are always changing, and always will be so long as our culture changes.

Where could we go to find an unchanging set of reliable standards then?

Religion. Go to the Old Testament, Go to the New Testament, take out the too religious stuff (he who does not believe in me may not have eternal life), and you'll have a fine set of standards right there to compare to society. So compare, in your own mind, our society to our religious standards.

I did. I wasn't impressed.

Look at our society! Look at what's playing on the radio, what's playing on popular TV channels, what's playing in the movies, what people are listening to, what people are playing. We've got rap, MTV garbage, R-rated movies, more rap, and games like Condemned 2: Bloodshot (total gore fest). So what sort of qualities is this sort of society encouraging? Any good ones?

Which brings me back to a question I asked earlier. Is fitting in anything to be proud of anymore? You'll have to make your own decision.