Controversial Issues #1: Relationships

Every society accepts certain things as a given – we know that stealing is bad, loving is good, it is normal to eat fast food (even though we know it’s bad) etc. You believe this and almost everyone you know believes this. It is only when you encounter an outsider, someone from a different culture where bad and good are different, and what is normal might seems strange and even barbaric – like eating bugs would be to us, but not to someone from Thailand – that you get to evaluate your own beliefs and find the logic (or lack of it).  

To our current society it is now widely accepted for people to have multiple relationships – to try out several partners before they decide that they want to settle. And if they find that they have not settled with the right one, they leave them in search of a better one. This fits into a culture of avoiding problems rather than solving them, of people relying on their feelings rather than their reason to make decisions. Because of these feelings now people don’t find the need to restrain themselves and think before they act. If you feel hungry – eat whatever you want. If you feel horny – have sex with whoever you are attracted to. The animal inside has taken over and we have a society full of people who are obese from overindulging in food and who are unable to maintain a relationship because they are used to ending it at the first sight of trouble. So take the time and realize if you are hungry yet, or you could wait some more, and think about what is good for you before you put it in your mouth. Same goes for relationships – wait and think, and only if you know that the person will be worth fighting for, you should commit yourself to them and stick to it in spite of any troubles. It’s called marriage.