an opinion from a friend

humans seem to be able to be one of the only ones who dont know what we're
supposed to be or do, we try all the time to establish our independence yet
still we strive for togetherness, we rape and pillage and fix then brake all
at the same time with no real balance. in alot of ways i believe that humans
are there own population control. all other animals out there in the small
world have an enemy. small fish have bigger fish, zebras have lions, mice
have cats and cats have dogs(not to say that each one of those animals
doesn't have a shitload of other things to watch out for). people just seem
to have themselves. sure there are plenty of things out there that could
kill us but none of which that in the right situation can "outsmart us" or
out plan us as the case of human existance has proved. what tends to be
human nature is to find any and all ways of breaking what rules nature has
bestowed apon us and to make new meaning of them, at one point it was
believed impossible to fly without the wings of a bird. at another point
electricty was something to be feared in its rawest forms of unharnessed
mass but now it is one of the simplest concepts of our everyday lives, this
can be said for alot of things discovered that boggled intelegent minds.
unfortunatly hidden deep within all of us is the desire to change the things
surrounding us without having to leave our areas of "comfort". in so many
ways humans have abandoned the natural adaptation process and created a
variety ways of being able to adapt there surroundings instead. humans
wern't made to survive the cold so we came up with heaters and heavy
clothing. we weren't made to be able to fight big animals so we invented
weapons that could do it for us. knowing these things we continue to change
our boundries and ultimately the boundries of natures too. now that leaves
me at a point i didnt even know existed til i got here in this, is that with
all of our ability to defile natures being what realy stops us from
destroying nature itself, other than those with knowledge we do not yet
have. some rules must exist or there would eventually be no balance, we
would find too manys ways as humans to destroy everything in time. and yes i
have to admit that along with creating (or finding) those rules alot of
negative can come, such as those who will ultimatly capitalize from the
suffering of others, its not without my understanding that people would be
more than capable of doing just that without those rules. do i agree that
the methods currently used to makes those rules known are right or in any
ways close to perfection, no. but i do believe that they are much better
than the methods of our ancestors who tended to be much more violent with
there beliefs. example= egyptians, greeks. im with those who are willing to
change things for the better. theres no doubt in my mind i would support a
major overhaul and downsize of all our forms of government, but to deniey
the relevance for there simplest gestures is not something im willing to do.
not because im bound to them, but i respect the fact that without something
somewhere telling the majority of people out there what is or isnt right
there would be far more problems. and please before you turn my last
statement against me i would like to elaborate a few things. "government" in
my mind should be a system of "values" passed on to everyone whether they
care for them or not because it will always be that persons final judgement
whether they do something anways. values to me means absolute rights and
wrongs. for example nuclear bombs should not exist, guns should not be used
to kill other people unless you intend to eat them, toxic waste and for that
matter any trash should be disposed of properly, burning someone elses house
out of anger or fun should not be allowed, and other stupid shit that really
should be common sence but never is should be punishable by some kind of
action. taxes and fines are agreeably retarded. if a law must be passed that
children must learn a basic set of knowledgable things in their life make
the parents of even the children themselves be responsible for comphensating
there teachers.if someone wants to kill themsleves fine (quickly or slowly
and painfully). if all forms of government dissappeared there would be some
other manipulative asshole out there more than willing to destroy what it is
that we've got going. i mean at one point before history books and colonys
and religions there had to be a time before government was around right? so
if it was so great why did people give it up to join the ranks of a
selectable society. its bound to happen thats why. its human nature, to
control and be controlled at the same time. to make a suggestion or an order
and hear a reply. to learn from the same people you tought. to poke, poke,
poke and know that all your poking will only lead you to an all to
uncontrolable outcome. its what we do best. we're humans and without
boundries we will end up at a far worse end than that of having someone
leaching off of us, or finding that theres an obstacle in the way of doing
something you probably shouldn't be doing anyways. so yes i believe things
in our systems need to change but not all things, just the ones that really
dont mean shit in the long run, and the ones that protect and serve the few
and not the whole.