Woah...Amiri Baraka was one of those folks who give lifetime quotes. "A man is either free or he is not. There can be no apprenticeship for freedom." The first thing I thought of, honestly, is midterms. You are either free of them or you're not. You can not be an apprentice to the slavery of midterms. These are the wise words of someone who has not slept well for the past few nights due to the stress of midterms. I also feel like this quote exists in many different forms. For example, "You are either for us or against us" or "It's either yes or no." There is no "in between". It's a sort of ultimatum. The world's, no, the universe's greatest dilemma. You can't really be in between. I don't know. I just feel that opinions, ideals, even the laws of religion and man have become so flexible, so malleable, because of situationalism. Human beings can be so wishy-washy, willy-nilly. We change what we don't like, or change because we want something. Sometimes it's for the best. But often, there is a trail of chaos that we leave behind. What would the world be like if everyone stayed faithful to one set of morals or beliefs...I don't know. I guess we fear something about being the same and decide to promote differences, but should we really?
-jekoli
-jekoli
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