Hunter's Philosophy

The Second Reading

Day 21:

Twelve days of no writing. Don’t blame me. I do have a life, you know. You don’t have to look so shocked. I just didn’t have any free time.

By the way, do you know what freedom is? What it really, truly is? And how dangerous it can be?

Given unlimited freedom, people become lazy, cocky and quite frankly, boring. But if you don’t give them enough, they become rebellious and unruly, and stop listening to reason.

I’m not saying being free is a bad thing. I’m saying it’s like chocolate. Too much of the stuff makes you sick, and while none at all wouldn’t hurt you, you go out of your way – sometimes to extremes – to get some.

Aw, now I’m hungry. Anybody got a candy bar?

All joking aside, sometimes the dangerous things are the ones worth fighting for. Look at civil wars. Freedom Fighters. Fighting so we have the choice of freedom in our lives.

But if they’re fighting – and dying – so that we can be free, who are we to abuse that freedom? We have to use it correctly and responsibly. Something you’ll just misuse isn’t worth people’s lives.

Freedom of speech – with restraint.

Freedom of actions – with caution.

Freedom of choice – with awareness of the consequences.

With everything you get, there are rules. Rules to make sure everything is in moderation. (Except there are still exceptions to these rules, of course.)

But what are the rules for moderation?

Day 23:

Cause and effect.

A better expression would be cause and effect, and effect, and effect, and effect, and effect and… You get the idea.

You know why I say that? Because everything you do, every choice you make, it doesn’t just effect one thing. It effects one, then another, then another, then another, then another…..until the end. Except there is no end. It’s infinite. All caused by one little action.

So, I have a theory.

Come on, guys. Don’t run out on me already! Just listen, if only for a little bit.

Imagine if my sister hadn’t given me this book. I wouldn’t be writing it, which means you wouldn’t be reading it, which means you could be studying your geography books instead.

Follow me? Good.

Now imagine tomorrow your geography teacher gives you a pop quiz and you’re the only person in class who aces it because you’re the only one who studied. Even the smart people in your class didn’t study for a change. Now, your teacher is so impressed, they give you an after school job that has something to do with geography. Organizing rocks or something.

Anyway, you get really interested in that kind of stuff (which in my opinion, would make you kind of weird) and grow up to be a famous scientist who revolutionizes the geology department in science.

Yes, yes I know. But Hunter, you ARE writing this and I AM reading this. So now I’ll never be a famous scientist. It’s all your fault for writing this.

Ah, but you will be.

Brace yourself now.

Everything I said will happen. I can’t say if it will happen to you or not, but – no, actually I can. It won’t, since you ARE reading this. But it will happen to you.