Wednesday, August 18, 2004

::Non-Rebel Without A Cause

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Rebel:
1) someone who opposes or fights against people in authority
2) someone who refuses to do things the normal way, or the way that other people want them to.
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I am a rebel. I rebel against the rebels. Therefore, - times - equals +, 2 wrongs make a right (wait, scratch that one...)

So I'm a non- rebel. A true, but perhaps not blue, non-rebel.

Huh?

Okay, make it simpler.

(In order)
School = authority
School makes school rules (ie. no ankle socks, belt at waist)
Students disobey school rules (low belt, ankle socks)
Students = against school = against authority = rebel!

Therefore, low belt, ankle socks = normal

However,
Me = against people acting like sheep and doing stuff to seem cool and fit in
Me = against low belt, ankle socks (okay, there are other more practical reasons but nvm)
Me = belt at waist, 'normal' socks
Therefore, me = Rebel!

But....
Me = belt at waist, normal socks
Me = obeying school rules
School rules set by school
School = authority
Me = complying with authority
Therefore, me = non rebel

So, it just goes one full circle. Call me a rebel, and those with low belts, etc. are no longer rebels. Call them rebels, and I'm no longer a rebel. It's an OR, not an AND situation.
But this does not mean that we're both not rebels, or that we both are. So what are we? What a paradox.

Answer (to put an end to this stupid debate): We are all people. -_-

How 'bout we put an end to this whole concept of 'Rebel' altogether?

I propose a new concept of

'doing what you want to do, and not doing what you don't want to do'.
(I may disagree with this concept later, if I have time.)