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i tried many times to post this below, but the server wouldn't let me...
although i feel that my hair is a part of my identity, i certainly wouldn't choose death over having it cut. my liver is part of who i am, but i would gladly give it to someone to save their life. my clothing is as much a part of my identity as my hair, but if a job requires a uniform i don't bemoan the fact that i can't 'be me' during working hours because that's not what i'm being paid for. (and of course, there is the choice to take that particular job or not.)
i believe in having realistic perceptions on things. i certainly wouldn't wish death upon someone if they cut off my hair in my sleep, but there would likely be some sort of equal revenge on my part.
identity is a funny thing. can you truly pin down your entire identity on your hair? i, for one, have not worn my hair in the same style for the last... eight days. just like i change my clothes, i change my hair to go with it. each look compliments a defferent mood. some styles make me feel more confident, while my ugly 'messy folded pony' is what i put it in when i'm feeling down. it's not the hair and clothes that made me who i am, it's simply an external conveyance of who i am at the time.
i can see both sides of this. trying to force me to do something i don't want to do or believe in has been known to make me violently angry. but let's face reality - the world is full of compromises. this doesn't mean that you yourself has to compromise on everything, but it certainly means you should choose your battles wisely. if the compromise is between short hair and death, i'll live with short hair. if that compromise also involves a death camp, then you can go ahead and kill me.
so, jason, i understand where you're coming from, but i think you should take a step back and think it through a bit more. do you REALLY think your hair is worth dying for? i certainly think it's worth a fight to let men wear their hair long in school or at work, but i don't think it's worth losing my life for.
peace,
nic
Hi nic,
You make some very good points. I was speaking in hyperbole about dying. Still, I do feel very strongly about this issue.
Thanks for your input,
Jason
LOL I suggest the same thing that you might be making a hyperbolic comment about dying and you dismiss the idea saying you are dead serious about your conviction.
Then here comes nic saying the same thing and lo and behold, now you admit it was hyperbole!
LOL the power of a pretty face :)
Well I guess that is powerful persuasion!
LOL! Well, I think it may have had more to do with me being in the heat of the moment at the time but I'm sure her pretty face didn't hurt either.
Peace,
Jason
Because actually if you gave someone your liver, you would in fact die. You could spare a kidney. Otherwise, I agree with all your points.
if my liver were the only thing that would save, say my niece, then she would get it. i would sacrifice myself for her. maybe not for some random stranger i know nothing about, but for certain few it would be worth it.
That's very admirable. I'm not sure if doctors are willing/allowed to do transplants that would mean certain death for one of the patients though. I think they may remove a part of the liver if that could be functional and still keep you alive. This is of course fairly far removed from the original topic.
Liver transplants involve parts of livers. So a chunk of liver is taken from you and put into the other guy. Liver then grows back (unlike taking a kidney) and so you get a full liver again eventually and so does the other guy. I think liver, being functional on a tissue level as opposed to an organ level, is this way.