R.I.P. Mr. Common Sense

Not a theory or a thesis, but the truth:


"Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Mr. Common Sense. Mr. Sense had been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape.

He will be remembered as having cultivated such value lessons as knowing when to come in out of the rain, why the early bird gets the worm and that life isn't always fair. Common Sense lived by simple, sound financial policies (don't spend more than you earn) and reliable parenting strategies (adults, not kids, are in charge).

His health began to rapidly deteriorate when well intentioned but overbearing regulations were set in place. - Reports of a six-year-old boy charged with sexual harassment for kissing a classmate; teens suspended from school for using mouthwash after lunch; and a teacher fired for reprimanding an unruly student, only worsened his condition.

Mr. Sense declined even further when schools were required to get parental consent to administer aspirin to a student; but, could not inform the parents when a student became pregnant and wanted to have an abortion.

Finally, Common Sense lost the will to live as the Ten Commandments became contraband; churches became businesses; and criminals received better treatment than their victims.

Common Sense finally gave up the ghost after a woman failed to realize that a steaming cup of coffee was hot, she spilled a bit in her lap, and was awarded a huge financial settlement.

Common Sense was preceded in death by his parents, Truth and Trust, his wife, Discretion; his daughter, Responsibility; and his son, Reason. He is survived by two stepbrothers; My Rights and Ima Whiner.

Not many attended his funeral because so few realized he was gone. If you still remember him, pass this on; if not, join the majority and do nothing."


--http://www.christiansoldierscross.com/Mr_Common_Sense.htm--

Emotions, the Flaws of Humans

Emotions, the Flaws of Humans

Abstract:
There are many deficiencies in a human being, halting them from becoming faultless. These limitations vary from person to person, but the one problem that all humans have, is simply their Emotions. Without emotions, human beings have a higher probability of achieving the ideal state, or at least escaping the disasters that modern day society is built upon. Making a human without any feelings, 'the perfect being'.

Introduction:
All throughout history, many problems have occurred on earth. Natural disasters like tsunamis, earthquakes, monsoons, hurricanes and volcanic eruptions cannot be changed or altered, as they are natural. However, on the other hand, other problems that are man-made could have been avoided. How? By simply deleting the factor that caused them to happen. Emotion. Of course, at this moment in time, there is no way of doing this; however, people can attempt and strive for this state.

Emotions:
Every human in the world is born to have feelings. This sentiment is what drives each person to act as they do.

A playground example: Fred (9 years old) consistently 'bullies' (or jokes around) with Jill (8 years old), by taking her lunch, teasing about her bag, or even pulling her hair. Why does he do this? He does this to gain the attention of Jill. In possession of the knowledge of how the typical young boy's mind works, Fred has a passionate infatuation towards Jill, hence he shows his emotions of this through the act of “annoying” her.

There are many emotions that are present on earth. These include the everyday happiness, sadness, surprised and anger. There are also those occasional occurrences of depression, love, regret and aggression. Emotions that are neglected that also occur include jealousy, sympathy, rage and suffering.

Limitations of Emotions:
Many man-made disasters (such as war) are caused due to the emotions of the people who begin them, and continued by the feelings of those within the disaster.

Historical examples of this includes:
-Lucifer became jealous of God, hence he rebelled, creating the first war ever in the history of the universe (emotion of jealousy)
- Adolf Hitler took Jewish people as prisoners, simply because he despised them (an emotion)
- The Americans sent a nuclear bomb onto Japan, in fear (another emotion).

According to historical references, there is proof that the emotions of people in power is the main cause in the tragedies that occur.

World Without Emotions:
As stated above, the feelings of people are the reasons to why they act accordingly with their emotions. Therefore, the state of emotionless should be the answer to all the problems of earth.

Logically:
-Emotions are in every human
-Humans act according to these emotions
-The actions of people are damaging to their environment
-Therefore, emotions cause people to act negatively.

The only people who have achieved something similar or even close to this state, are those called “cold-hearted”, “insensitive” and “callous”. Unfortunately, as human beings, this unnatural humane state has many defects as well (e.g. alienation, murderous intent, suicidal thoughts). With this, the only way for people to lose these “defects” is if they have their own will to not apply it to themselves in the first place. These “defects” will be temporary and disappear after a period of time. The temporary status may also apply to the agent’s will of staying emotionless as well, and revert them to “normal humans” with emotions.

Conclusion:

The flawed feature of all human beings, their emotions, caused and will continue causing many problems within society. These problems will not cease until the disappearance of human emotion. The day the state of emotionless has been achieved by human beings is the day the world becomes perfect. Perfection in the sense that man-made problems will disappear, even though natural disasters may continue. Thus the flaws of humans are their emotions.