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[jmatonak]

Apparently, President Obama's Inaugural Address will call upon the nation to reject the culture of "anything goes."

I have mixed feelings about this. I like Anything Goes. I went to some effort to get the Ella Fitzgerald version just this weekend, in fact.

In all seriousness, there is a sense in which I believe in responsibility and a sense in which I very much do not. I do not believe in shirking, cowardly anonymity, and doing whatever one likes, whenever one likes, to whomever one likes, no matter who gets hurt. But I also do not believe in sober-sidedness, respectability, and the kind of "adulthood" that boils down to fear of looking ridiculous and a deep suspicion of having a good time.

I'm pretty sure President Obama will say things I admire and respect. He usually does. I'm even fairly sure he'll be championing the kind of responsibility I like. The headline from the Huffington Post just made me feel a little... off.

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[par-avion.livejournal.com]

I'm really just commenting to use my icon *grin*

[jmatonak.livejournal.com]

Thank you, that icon is awesome!