The last few days have been a bit mental. Things are happening faster and faster, and major changes are afoot from every direction. It can be hard to maintain a blog when things are like this, but I really want to keep this space alive and well, with a healthy outpouring of ideas and musing. This post comes more from that desire than a place of creativity (and I also wanna hit 1000 page views...close!).
The following exchange, like my first post on this, occurred over FB. I'm too tired to offer an account of the meta debate, but this one is refreshingly straightforward. Really productive, I loved it. Thank you Bryden for having the balls to articulate your beliefs, and the conviction to stand by them.
Bryden
When I first met Bryden I was almost sure we wouldn't get on. I wanted to, as a wide-eyed. fresh-faced law student eager for new law friends. But we seemed to be on very different wavelengths. I believe that I was confusing my judgement of character with my opinion of someone's sociopolitical beliefs, the fact remained that we seemed doomed to be nemeses (oooh errrr).
Here is what happened.
Unfortunately, the event in question was a Young Liberal prank, a total hoax. I was sucked in though (the only one, it seems); it was an alienating and disturbing experience. I tried to laugh it off, but the feelings of victimisation and alienation sparked a brush with mania (see previous post). I guess the moral of the story is that you can never take yourself too seriously. And that Young Libs just might be the new Hitler Youth. But you didn't hear that from me :P
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