I'm going to Hell

“Their prison is only in their minds, yet they are in that prison; and so afraid of being taken in that they cannot be taken out”
-Aslan about the dwarves

I find the dwarves’ situation in The Last Battle to be disheartening because that will probably happen to me in the future. I am the type of person that needs evidence in order to believe anything, and the type of person that does not go on faith alone. I choose science over any belief system any day. I find that I would like to believe in things such as religion, but there are so many things to disprove the paranormal and spiritual ideas that I have to side with science. If something happens where I am faced with the idea to believe in something that I cannot prove, I may not be able to.

Um…I can’t think of anything else to write about this so I’m going to also talk about mental illness and counseling being a taboo. Mental illness affects so many people this day in age but no one knows about it because it is a taboo and a stigma. People don’t want to admit that they have a mental illness or see a counselor because they don’t want to be labeled as “crazy”. Once people discover that someone has a mental illness then they also question their sanity and question if that person has any credibility for anything at all.

By the way, I found an article that says mental illness is the strongest taboo.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/feb/20/mental-health-taboo

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

I don't know what to write about.
I tried writing about Susan and it just didn't work out for me.
I tried writing about how I am apparently an asshole, but that didn't work out for me either.
So now I will ramble about randomness.

Hmmm wait, maybe I'll talk about taboos and tropes.
This could work I guess.

So what about taboos? Is being gay a taboo? Was being gay considered a taboo? Is being gay in the army a taboo? Why do I always talk about gayness?

The taboos and tropes article we looked at a while ago describes taboos as "dark underbellies". Personally, I don't think being gay today is considered a total "dark underbelly". Back in the day, however, I think it definitely was. Being gay wasn't something that popped up in everyday conversation (I'm not saying that is does a lot today, either), and when it did, it was frowned upon. Why? There are a billion different reasons why, but I'm just gonna stick with the fact that people back then were a lot more narrow minded.

I think a lot of people today are okay and willing to talk about it, but I believe many still hold it as a "taboo". Especially when it comes to the army. I feel like in the army, it's not so much the on-looker, but the gay soldier who holds it as a taboo. They can't talk about it or even mention it without fear of getting kicked out, therefore it's a taboo to them.

Okay, the more I talk about this the more I'm starting to think that maybe being gay still is a taboo in today's society. I mean I do believe that there are a lot more supporters and activists that help break this taboo but on the other hand, there are still those narrow minded people. For example, think of the kid who sits at the dinner table with his conservative parents each day, wanting to tell them that he's gay but he avoids the conversation. He does so because it's a taboo. It's there but nobody wants to talk about it or think about it because it's "wrong".

Was this even about philosophy?! I promise next time I'll talk about something that doesn't involve the word "gay".

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