Hard, Politically-Incorrect Truths for Society
In light of the increasing insanity today, some hard, politically-incorrect truths for life:
I am very glad that I never participated in the “party culture” that is so fashionable these days during high school. I am glad I never showed up at school on Monday morning hungover, unable to remember the night before, or skipping school due to a hangover. I am also glad that I never had sex during high school, particularly not at drunken parties, or that I was never someone who became pregnant as a teenager.
I didn’t feel cool at the time, but now I realize that this was a wise decision. Why? It seems obvious to me that this culture, supposedly normal and to be expected, is actually a vehicle of unrestrained greed, lust, and even violence. People who are so desperate to drink themselves into insanity, often breaking the law to do so, believe they have some “right” to do so. But since they cannot control themselves, they end up either violating other people’s rights and causing lasting damage-- or being accused of violating other people’s rights, with both parties unable to prove or disprove the other.
Why will no one call out this culture for what it is? There is nothing good about drunkeness. Nothing. There’s nothing cool or desirable about going to get drunk, particularly with strangers, or even with friends. After all, you do not know how those friends may change when under the influence of alcohol. We’re constantly told that we live in a “free, liberated...” society-- but what kind of freedom is it when people cannot control their behaviour and cannot take accountability for it?
All I see is an enslavement to pleasure: physical and sexual pleasure. People have been told they have “rights” to things which aren’t actually rights, and can actually harm other people. There is no right to get drunk. There is no right to sex. Restraint is GOOD thing. Breaking down rules of restraint was a terrible mistake, validating predatory behaviour and weakening the vulnerable. The acceptance of drinking as a “habit”, rather than something requiring the utmost control has been a curse on society, leading to violations of people’s rights and making several places, from streets to campuses, physically unsafe for ordinary people.
In the ongoing circus involving Judge #BrettKavanaugh, being managed on both sides by a Confederacy of Dunces, two things are clear. If Kavanaugh did indeed assault at least two women during high school and college, then this is proof that the “party culture” is a chief conduit of violence (note how both alleged events were placed at a party) and every sensible person ought to warn the young, particularly women, never to accept invitations to such events as a matter of personal safety.
If he did not commit these assaults, then it only goes to show that drunkenness can place you in serious trouble later on, where, if accused of any misconduct or crime, you will be unable to defend yourself. Conversely, the person making an accusation will be unable to prove any guilt. Both will face scepticism and the law can do absolutely nothing, because the case has no substance or evidence.
Either way, don’t waste your life in this soulless fashion. You can’t get real pleasure from a bottle. Don’t risk your reputation, your freedom, and your life on chemically-induced recklessness to impress other people. That’s not experiencing real life. It’s destroying real life. It’s not normal. You can get real pleasure from waking up with a clear head, ready to face the day, from being with friends, from finding a partner or spouse, from starting a family, succeeding at work (with a clean reputation), from believing in something, doing charity work, treating people justly, and being a productive member of your society. In no universe will anyone ever credit their stability and happiness on drunkenness, partying, and fake pleasure-seeking.
