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I want to agree with you. However, controlling thoughts is not only impossible and futile, it is a greater moral wrong in my opinion. The day we get to societ
by jschveibinz 3y ago
I want to agree with you. However, controlling thoughts is not only impossible and futile, it is a greater moral wrong in my opinion. The day we get to society trying to control our thoughts (and not just our words) is the day I want to go hide in the woods and pray for society’s salvation.
- camhart 3y agoYou absolutely can and should control your thoughts. It's not futile. It's not societies job to control anyone's thoughts (neither am I arguing that society should try--that sounds like pure evil), however it is each individuals job to do so.
- Jigsy 3y ago> You absolutely can and should control your thoughts. Don't think about Mickey Mouse.
- camhart 3y agoI can't stop a bird from flying over my head, but I can stop it from making a nest there.
- leptons 3y agoSo because you can stop a bird from making a nest over your head, now that means that we should stop thinking about things you don't think we should think about?? You're making a mess of this comment thread.
- hudon 3y agoit's possible to train yourself to resist against intrusive thoughts. If you indulge in them, your resistance goes down and they reappear more often and stronger. It's like a muscle.
- catlover76 3y agoObviously, given the context, the person to whom you replied meant that it would be bad to give the government the power to punish people for their thoughts. It's willfully obtuse to bring an individual's monitoring of their own thoughts into the equation.