i was at borders the other day browsing through the sociology section. after making my selection of a few choice books i sat down to read. not long after i started getting into the "McDonaldization of society", i heard a little boy crying... actually, he was wailing.... "Mommy, why?! why cant i have it Mommy?!" Normally, i must admit, i get a kick out of hearing little kids cry over that kind of stuff... because in the end you know that they'll be fine, that they'll get over it, and in a matter of hours they'll be at it again... but in that moment, it's as if their whole world is collapsing...
But this time, instead of slyly delighting in the distress of this young lad, i began to wonder if he wasnt just being a spoiled kid, but that he really truly did not logically understand Why. Why was this injustice taking place? Why couldnt he have whatever it was he wanted? Was it because his mother had the sheer power to say, "no", for absolutely no good reason? Someone please explain to the boy why he cant have it.
do adults do the same thing, wail like this kid over other issues? Isn't such a reaction appropriate when our worlds dont make any sense at all? when we really truly do not understand why something is happening, when things just dont make any logical sense, is it not right to ask why?
Maybe the boy was on to something...
Nah... he was probably just spoiled...
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Listen, this has nothing to do with anything you wrote, but you should know that I found your blog on your computer @ the Sisters. You can hide nothing from me, Wong. Not even the fact that you can't remember lines from "The Wedding Singer."
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