SI
SI
discoversearch

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor.  We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community.  If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.
Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!!
 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext  
To: George S. Montgomery who wrote (24169)8/9/1998 9:28:00 PM
From: Rambi  Read Replies (1) of 108807
 
g.
What I was saying-apparently ineffectively--is that it's the ability to not buy into the romanticism of collective thought and the denial of self, or the total rejection of one's obligations to others (… la Ayn Rand) and the pursuit of only selfish goals, that is healthy. These are not either-or moral propositions the way they are so often treated here but are the conventions of groups. A really healthy personality begins with self and moves outward as a a part of the group but obeying the law of his own voice- deliberately, morally.
If you see that as gray, then so be it. I just don't find the collective voice compelling enough to change my shade to either black or white. Intellectually or emotionally you might sway me temporarily but that which is me returns to gray in the ensuing silence.
So yes--
Gray I was born,
Gray I must be,
For gray is the color of me-me-me.
Report TOU ViolationShare This Post
 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext  

HomeMailHotSubjectMarksPeopleMarksKeepersSettings
Terms Of UseContact UsCopyright/IP PolicyPrivacy PolicyAbout UsFAQAdvertise on SI
© 2025 Knight Sac Media.  Data provided by Twelve Data, Alpha Vantage, and CityFALCON News