Journeyman Philosopher

Absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Sounds good doesn’t it? Good enough to believe perhaps. Unfortunately its far from being true. There are many example that exist showcasing the fallacy of this supposed truth. For example the present Dalai Lama, and previous Dalai Lamas, King Asoka, and Im sure there are many other figures that are not of a buddhist orientation that I don’t know of.

This, however is despite my point. What is it with people and adopting clever lines as their philosophy? “Oh you shouldn’t do that because ‘To each his own’”, “You know what they say ‘birds of a feather flock together’” and etc.

Where is the justification? Where is the argument? Where is the reason?

Idea in pill form seems to be the most common trend of society. People carry around quotes without understanding them and brandish them like sound justifications. Usually these quotes are crazy!!! But that’s OK because what they are is witty, and people like witty!

Don’t get me wrong being witty is important, but don’t throw out the baby with that bath water people. Oh look an expression, although I believe this is a justified one…. assuming you like babies (makes you wonder how many people actually threw out the baby ‘Oh it’s clean now, bye bye.’).

Anyhow my point with this oh so close to a rant is that one should think about what they’re saying. Realize that your words imply certain things, and although wittiness is important if thats all your ideas are based on take a step back and think about it.

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