Sunday, July 26, 2009

Rebel Without a Cause

There are two ways to read this post's title: Rebel as a noun, in which case you are defining someone. and Rebel as a verb, which is what a rebel (noun) without a cause tells everyone else to do. Rebel from everything you think you know, everything that is in place and do so simply because you can. Because there is a chance it isn't right. You don't need to really think about it. All you need to do is think about how thinking about whether or not it is right.
But can you ever rebel from everything? Can you walk a path that has yet to be tread?
It's a lonely thing to do. They form packs of rebels. But can they rebel from themselves?
They preach freedom and yet they are enslaved to themselves.

Don't get me wrong, there are plenty of rebels with good reasons for their rebellion. And I applaud them. But there is a sect of people who rebel against everything they have been taught, told and seen because they have been told to and because they think it is cool. It is those who are slaves to the rebellion.

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