Ü ÜßÝ Ü Ü Ü ßÝ ßÝ Ý Ý Ý Ý Û Ý Ý Ý BLaH Ý ß Ý ÜßÜ Ý Ý File ÝßÜ Ý ÜÝ ÝßÝÜÝ Written August 15th, 1992 #024 Ý Ýig Ýong ÜßÝ Ýnd Ý Ýairy Ý Ý Ý Þ Ý Ý Ý ÝÜß ÝÜÜÝ ßÜÜßÞ ÜÝ ÞÜ Presents Ú ÄÄ ¿ "Conformity Is Like Cheese" ³ by ³ The Baron À ÄÄ Ù Conformity Is Like Cheese Hello there, if you are reading this, which you are, so don't deny it, you are probably another one of those people who believe in non conformity. Well, let me tell you, no matter how hard you try, you are going to conform. You see, conformity is like cheese. No one really goes to the store to buy cheese and most people have no real craving for cheese, but most of us like it. Those who don't like it still eat it with things, such as cheese burgers, macaronia and cheese, and other fine dairy products. Even if you never consume cheese you are destined to consume dairy products. Every American is. You can however try your darndest to try not to. So, What's So Bad About Cheese? Let me tell you a little story: êÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄê ³ Once there was a man by the name of Joe. Being hungry, he went out to ³ ³ lunch one day at Bob's Grease Palace. Joe ordered a plain hamburger, but ³ ³ when he sat down to eat it,he realized that everyone else was eating cheese ³ ³ burgers. Everyone there knew that cheese burgers were better than plain ³ ³ hamburgers. They didn't quite know why, but they did, and they never ³ ³ questioned why. They all began to wonder why he wasn't eating a cheese ³ ³ burger.Joe became very self-conscious. He knew he wasn't going to see these ³ ³ people again and didn't have any reason to be like them, yet he still went ³ ³ back to the counter and asked for a slice of cheese. He sat down and people ³ ³ went back to their normal routine. They weren't conscious of Joe anymore. ³ ³ Joe wasn't self-conscious anymore. ³ ³ Inside, Joe knew he wanted a plain hamburger, but he didn't want to be ³ ³ self-conscious. The next day Joe went out to lunch again. Once again, ³ ³ people were eating cheese burgers. He knew he could go somewhere else ³ ³ but that would require effort. Bob's Grease Palace was the only place ³ ³ close. He ordered a cheese burger once again and ate it, but he was not ³ ³ truly happy with what he had. ³ ³ Day after day, week after week, and year after year Joe ordered a ³ ³ cheese burger. Eventually, he came to not question it himself and began to ³ ³ actually be glad he was part of the group.He was never self-conscious again.³ ³ Everyday was a cheeseburger day, never a pizza, hot dog or nachos day. ³ ³ Finally,one day his death came,sick of cheese burgers and never having tried³ ³ anything else, and believing he was happy and never being self-conscious. ³ êÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄêborderÄbyÄGuidoêÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄê Poor Joe As you can see, Joe never really was happy with himself, but he was so afraid of other people wondering about him, staring at him, and ridiculing him. It's no fault of his own though. It's human nature for people to be cruel towards their fellow man. Joe, being human, did not want to be ridiculed. It made him self-conscious. It made him have to look at himself and wonder who he really was. He didn't now want that. He wanted to be able to go along not having to think about what was happening around him. He didn't want people to think about him. He wanted to be what he thought was happy. Poor Joe. What If We All Ate Cheese Burgers? The story of Joe happens on a small scale. There were maybe 20 or 30 others which we will call cheese-burger-eaters. It doesn't matter what their names are. It doesn't matter if they have a name. All that's needed is the fact that they're cheese-burger-eaters. Well, what if all of us were cheese-burger-eaters? We'd all think we were happy because we wouldn't have to be self-conscious. We wouldn't have to think for ourselves. All we'd have to do were make sure we ate our cheese burgers. What if there was a group of people who WEREN'T cheese burger eaters? What if these people would eat a DIFFERENT food everyday? They might have pizza one day, spaghetti the next, and even lobster the next. We could look at them and be interested and even jealous, but, we know we have to eat our cheese burgers. We also know that our happiness depends on the eating of our cheese burgers. If this group of people were to spread their ideas among us we'd be plunged into chaos. We all might eat a different thing each day and we'd have to THINK about what we ate. The thinking wouldn't be done for us. We'd have to be self-conscious. This group of people would pose quite a serious threat to our happiness and we'd try everything within our power to eliminate the threat. It's human nature. So now all of us are trying to eliminate this group of people who's crime is nothing more than non-conformity. We might try anything from trying to convert them to our way, to forcing them into our way, to even killing them if neither of the latter was successful. Do I Detect A Parallel? As I'm sure you must know, the period period of time before and during World War II was the time of some of the greatest atrocities ever concieved. I'm sure you know I'm talking about the reign of Hitler and the Nazi party in Germany. During this time some of the greatest crimes against humanity were commited. The success of Hitler's mad idea of conformity for all was unprecedented. Ridicule and violence were carried out against others for the simple crime of non-conforming. Anyone who was not the same, did not conform, was a target. Hitler was the crux of the idea which all good Aryan Germans were to follow. No one ever questioned. No one was conscious of anyone else. No one was self-conscious. There was no reason to be. Everyone was the same. They all looked up to Hitler, and he did the thinking for them. You could say he was the big cheese. What's Wrong With Being Self-Conscious? Next time you're in public, do something out of the ordinary. Start dancing if you feel like it. If you feel like signing a song, do. No one can stop you. If you're lucky enough to live in the U.S. or any other country where freedom of speech is protected, you may. If you don't, do something about it! If you want to read a book with a lot of swears in it, go for it. If you want to scream at the top of your lungs in frustration, I won't stop you. People may look at you funny and make you self-conscious, but, WHO CARES? You are your own person. If you aren't SELF-conscious, how do you expect to be people/community/world conscious? We live in a big world. If you can't look at yourself on the inside, then you do not deserve to live in it. It's O.K. to be self-conscious. Do what you can so people look/glance/stare at you. Use it as a technique of reminding yourself that you are someone. You have to know that you exist and that you are more than just another person sitting around eating his cheese burger. If you are unique in some way, say you can whistle through your nose or your middle name is Horatio, flaunt it, don't hide it. Do whatever you can to make you, YOU. Don't be someone else. If you aren't yourself then you are no one. Remember: Don't be afraid of the unknown. Don't be afraid of what others think, don't be afraid of what you think, don't be afraid of yourself. For God's sake, THINK, and don't let others think for you. Your self-conscience is much too important to give to others. Thank you for your time, The Baron {---End Of File... Safe-T-Nutz v0.90á says "8921 Bytes Total"---------------} Finally.. a GOOD tfile.. _I_ should go to England for 3 weeks.. BLaH ts ô ô Nun-Beaters Anonymous ³ <708>251-5094 ³ 110/16.8k Carbon Nation ³ <708>965-8965 ³ 9600/16.8k The Insane Asylum ³ <305>927-3028 ³ 2400/16.8k The Realm Of Death ³ <419>475-3089 ³ 2500/16.8k õ õ Yay to the Baron for coming back to america and taking somewhat of an interest in BLaH, a group spawned from his mind.. go team. {---Shower Line... singing and embracing, embracing and singing...------------}