I have issues with pragmatism; this isn't a secret, I don't think. I'm painfully idealisting, also not a surprise to anyone. I'm afraid of a chain of logic/reason that will lead me to conclusions that are inescapable, but unwelcome, that might make daily social life much more difficult. I'm also afraid that it may well come to the point that I'll have to abandon or ignore all sorts of things about which I strongly believe, and may even be correct about, just to be able to "get along". I don't know how I couldn't not take that as a betrayal of self and of principle.
So, maybe linguistically not "permanent"; maybe nonrecuperable, or devastating is closer to what I'm afraid of.
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Date: 2005-10-05 04:05 pm (UTC)I have issues with pragmatism; this isn't a secret, I don't think. I'm painfully idealisting, also not a surprise to anyone. I'm afraid of a chain of logic/reason that will lead me to conclusions that are inescapable, but unwelcome, that might make daily social life much more difficult. I'm also afraid that it may well come to the point that I'll have to abandon or ignore all sorts of things about which I strongly believe, and may even be correct about, just to be able to "get along". I don't know how I couldn't not take that as a betrayal of self and of principle.
So, maybe linguistically not "permanent"; maybe nonrecuperable, or devastating is closer to what I'm afraid of.