Uninspiration

I am feeling a little uninspired as to what message to write. After kami's suggestions of york peppermint patties and rice prices in China, I've decided to stop asking people what I should write about.  

There is something wrong with the feeling of not feeling strongly about anything. When was the last time something actually made you angry, made you think? Hopefully today. hopefully your mind hasn't been censored to the degree that your thoughts are dull, neutral, and uninspired. Censorship is a sensitive subject. A fine line. The littlest mistake in a society's censorship sets off an unstoppable reaction. Too little can result in an uprising. Or on the opposite side of the spectrum, a lack of information can cause a group of people to act out from lack of knowledge. Where is the line?

Extreme censorship only reflects a nations lack of confidence in itself. A shortage of trust in its citizens. Its unacceptable to live life pretending the world is something it isn't. To gain wisdom, knowledge is needed. Two ways to gain knowledge: learn about it, or experience it. Which would you prefer? It all happens. All the horrible things you hear in the news, the things you read in books, the things you hear on the street. Each article, each story has a family behind it. It has tears.  It has smiles. Pretending it never happened, banning children from reading about it, or choosing to be left ignorant is an insult to those faces. An insult to the people behind the facts.

Sometimes its painful, but its the truth. Its the world. Its better than never knowing.