But this offense isnt that serious at all. So what if ARod orders a normal meal when he wants something weird, its not against the law. Society goes to the length of making extremely deviant behavior against the law, and can make u do seriuos time if you are caught in the act. Its stupid. Im not necessarily saying all laws are stupid, because many are necessary. But just because Illinois thinks marijuana is deviant they can have a state wide ban on it while in California just a short 1500 miles away its 100% legal (for medicine). None of it makes sense. Have some uniform laws and let people decide their own fate.
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Deviance
Society is too proper. Way too proper. Not just in Lincolnshire, but in general. So much of society is based on image that people change their normal behavior just so they are perceived in a certain way. For example, I was reading an article in ESPN The Magazine about Alex Rodriguez discussing how obsessed with his own image. The author mentions how he went to dinner with Rodriguez, and Rodriguez ordered his meal based on how the reporter would perceive it, and not what he actually wanted to eat. That is very deviant. Its not normal. Its weird. Its all because society has these boundries on normalcy and ARod doesnt want to do anything that could ruin his reputation to the extent of ordering a different meal. This is ironic because that in itself is weird and makes people think ARod is a nutcase. He is.
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Your post was really interesting. I definitely agree with a lot of what you said, and you made some great points!
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