Saturday, September 22, 2007
come to think of it, i think i may have been practising isolationism for the past few days. in case you don't take history, isolationism was a practice used by the US post-WWI where they decide to stay out of people's affairs and, well, basically isolate themselves from whatever raging conflict there is. it was more of a defensive stand towards the world.
ok, fine, maybe i did practice isolationism. but sometimes it's not because you want to; it's because the people around you are causing you to do it. so if some people happen to feel like i'm isolating them, yeah well, maybe i am, maybe i'm not. whatever your views is, reflect cos i'm not gonna waste blogspace on this matter. come to think of it, i don't quite care.
anyway, i guess isolationism sort of allowed me to take a step back and scrutinize the people around me. sometimes you think you know the people in your life, but you don't exactly. so by viewing them as a 3rd party and not as someone who knows them, you get better judgement about them.
i guess the main thing is that i don't have much to say to the people around me. or there's not really a chance for me to talk out. but whatever.
am i sounding cynical? perhaps. do i sound mean cos i'm doing it to the people around me? maybe. am i very cold to the people around me? to a certain extent.
it's the end of my isolationism for now. but thank you History for teaching me the concept.
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