The Creaking Chair - Part XV
30th November 1986
I like Suzanne
But the only thing which we can speak of now-a-days
revolves around politics and the shift in world power
discussing if it is for the good or bad ;
of the country, the people and more importantly world in general
Now you would think that this is good
Conversations with substance and not just idle love making
That sounds like a relationship to look out for
Well if I were to compare myself and my interest in politics
to any species in the Animal Kingdom apart from the Homo Sapiens
I would come closest to a Panda or a Polar Bear
And she would be the Chimp or the Bee or the Ant
So it’s not really a fair match
And well to be frank, I am not apolitical
I am aware of the nitty-gritties’ of the left wing and the right wing ideology
And all that rhetoric which falls in between
I also have a well defined process of assimilating the political opinion
and the art of political warfare
But what I am not comfortable with is carrying my political belief on my arm
and picking up fights wearing that arm band
for I won’t win an election or a war – but possibly tie a knot on the thread of my current relationship
I have a longer blog post on this thought which I have put out
so if you are reading this, do not judge me lopsided on these surface thoughts alone
Neither is this lack of courage or a desire of escapism
It skirts on pragmatism with a hint of indifference
but deeply entrenched in the fabric of moral principles
It takes a deeper intent to make a difference in a matter
than to have a rhetorical conversation on a decision taken miles away
Judging on the spectrum of rigid beliefs to fluid conservatism
Remember what George Orwell said & I quote
‘ All the war propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred,
comes invariably from people who are not fighting’
Political debate is no exception
But then I think it takes a lot of courage to be vulnerable
in the field you feel so passionately about
and maybe we would reach that place over time
for now it’s an exploration..
~Ashk
P.S. – I later learned Suzanne was a major in Political Science from Berlin. Some secrets she kept from me, some vulnerabilities I never exposed – so I guess we were even..
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