Monday, November 08, 2004

Decadence...

Immorality: A state of uninhibited self-indulgence; a process of civilization’s decline…

It seems like this word is anything but good…

I was taught recently that our society needs a kind of system to function on… That is why there’s the existence of social norms… Social norms... The underlying pillar for our beloved society… These are the reasons why we’re civilized… Made us different from the other beasts in this animal kingdom…


Huh... So we come to the word decadence…

Being guided by these unsaid rules and regulations, we’re not supposed to immerse ourselves in self-indulgence…

Anything which is in excess is bad…
Anything which is too extreme is terrible…
Anything which is against the norm is detrimental…

When can one really submerge himself into his own indulgences without worrying about what this society view of him?

When am I able to do this? Or is it that there’s a reason why decadence is being portrayed in such a negative view… Maybe those who had been there and done that had truly hurt themselves along the way… Thus, the reason for such negativity?

I truly don’t know… I had always been one who lives on the safe side… Always guided by these regulations… To the extent that people seems to have forgotten about my existence… Do I have to cross over the line to make my existence known? Am I ready for decadence? Is decadence, in the first place, good?

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