I’ve always fancied myself as an adaptable sort of person. Now I realise perhaps that thought is more an aspiration rather than reality.
Yes, I’m bad with change. About a year ago, I faced a personal obstacle. Petty and trivial in the cosmological scheme of things, but it was emotionally hurtful and draining to me. For a year I wallowed in self-pity and pain. I neglected so much of what would normally be dear to me: family, friends, and perhaps the odd rant on this blog.
So many things I wanted to write about, here and at the group blog, and so many times I just gave up. Crazy religious fundamentalists, idiotic forum letters, mindless comments from the blogosphere, all popping up like prairie dogs waiting to be shot down. I didn’t write.
Would it make a difference if I did? Would I be able to change people’s minds? Change the way things are done? Change anything at all? I don’t know. There is an element of cost-benefit analysis to this public punditry. If I can’t make a difference in doing what I do, then why do it?
Not giving up or anything. Yet. I’m just sayin’.
4 Comments
Take a breather, refresh your perspective & sometimes, things will not seem as bad as it is.
I know how you feel, but maybe the problem is the tactic.
Public punditry only takes you so far. What really works is organising. Protests. Boycotts. Organising petitions and en masse letter-writing (whether to the government or the offending organisations). Education campaigns. That changes minds. Wittering on blogs does some of that, but it’s not good enough.
Don’t give up on the change. Just switch tacks.
hi there,
good recommendations of this blog brought me here, where diverse viewpoints about important issues that affect Singaporeans are discussed and accepted. You said, “Would it make a difference if I did?”, my answer: “Yes.”
A good and relevant blog will be found in a net search, and I applaud the efforts to keep this blog perceptive, alive, and relevant.
Don’t give up!
Don’t give up. Personally, I learn (and still learning) to avoid futile fights. Flamers and fundamentalists always look forward to a public confrontation …sometimes, let them shoot themselves in the foot is a better outcome.
Post a Comment