Life Update and some Thoughts
Tonight my roommates and I sat down and had a discussion about certain activities that went on this past weekend that I unfortunately was a brief witness to. Thankfully, the final decision that was reached was that there would be no such activities allowed in the room. I am very proud of myself for speaking my mind so confidently and strongly. I do feel that it is going to be somewhat of a dividing issue, and I think it is somewhat funny or ironic that the level of agreement with my opinion that such activities do not belong in the room at all decreases from me to the roommate who participated in this activity. We are on complete opposite sides of the spectrum, my roommate from last year is more on my side of the argument but more or less respects how I feel about it and doesn't want to cause conflict because of it, and the other roommate sees both sides of the situation and somewhat agrees with both. At least it is resolved and I hope (but am very wary) that we have no more situations like this.
On a similar note, I am surprised at the lack of morals I see in my roommates and in other people at my school and in the world. This may mean that I am naive, or just that I am an optimistic, trusting person. I try not to be cynical, and I am a very hopeful person, but it is highly disappointing how often I see people treat things such as sex, relationships, God, and other important matters so carelessly and selfishly. However, this surprise is twofold-it is not just because of my naivete that I am surprised, it is also due to the fact that I have seen and heard many people preach morals and claim to have high values and strong morals, yet they have premarital sex, they lie, they show no regard for anybody else's opinions, beliefs, or values, and completely ignore things that I have always learned to be moral and good. Now, there are two ways to look at this-either what I have learned as morals are wrong, or people are lying to themselves about what is right. This may be egotistical of me, but I would judge my morals as mainly correct (but possibly flawed in some ways, due to the fact that I am a human being, and humans cannot help but make mistakes). They are based in faith, logic, and truth. I would like to hear other thoughts on this matter; I hope I clearly expressed all of my thoughts. I understand I am probably cutting this somewhat short by not explaining all of my values and how I came to learn them/believe in them, but I am out of time and patience.
On a similar note, I am surprised at the lack of morals I see in my roommates and in other people at my school and in the world. This may mean that I am naive, or just that I am an optimistic, trusting person. I try not to be cynical, and I am a very hopeful person, but it is highly disappointing how often I see people treat things such as sex, relationships, God, and other important matters so carelessly and selfishly. However, this surprise is twofold-it is not just because of my naivete that I am surprised, it is also due to the fact that I have seen and heard many people preach morals and claim to have high values and strong morals, yet they have premarital sex, they lie, they show no regard for anybody else's opinions, beliefs, or values, and completely ignore things that I have always learned to be moral and good. Now, there are two ways to look at this-either what I have learned as morals are wrong, or people are lying to themselves about what is right. This may be egotistical of me, but I would judge my morals as mainly correct (but possibly flawed in some ways, due to the fact that I am a human being, and humans cannot help but make mistakes). They are based in faith, logic, and truth. I would like to hear other thoughts on this matter; I hope I clearly expressed all of my thoughts. I understand I am probably cutting this somewhat short by not explaining all of my values and how I came to learn them/believe in them, but I am out of time and patience.
posted by empeterson @ 10:01 PM
1 Comments:
At 7:15 PM ,
Matthew B. Novak said...
Wait a second - what's the other side of the issue? You walked in on your roommate having sex. Was it in a common area? If yes, there's no way it was acceptable. If it was in a bed room, then there needs to be a limited use doctrine; her use of the room cannot preempt your use of the room. If she's going to have sex in the room, she needs to do it when you are no where around and she knows she has the time. This is just a common sense doctrine. Otherwise, I say you can just opt to keep her out of the room for every minute her sex keeps you out.
The morality of pre-maritial sex is a totally seperate issue, and one I think it's best to avoid most times. People just aren't rational about the issue.
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