Friday, December 30, 2011

I guess that means I'm not committed, or maybe I'm just a traitor to everything.

It has come to my attention that if I do not agree with a musician, actor, artist, etc., I am not supposed to like what they do, or buy what they do, or see what they do, or pay any sort of attention to what they do.  I am, however, supposed to get irrationally mad, make all sorts of comments about them and the people who do like them, and destroy everything I have that pertains to them.  Okay, see, I'm not going to do that.  If I liked them in the past, then I will still like that past.  If I got enjoyment out of the product in the past and still do, I'm not going to suddenly turn my back on what I liked just because things have changed.  The person who made it really won't care one way or the other, and in all honesty never knew I liked it and doesn't even know that I exist.  The truth is, in the grand scheme of things, I don't matter and never did.  Therefore, the only person I'm hurting with a ban is myself and I find that a mite bit stupid, don't you?  You're right, you're right, I'm living in a dream world, but I like it here...most of the time anyway, and it's where I've got all of my stuff and I really don't want to have to pack...

Wait, what was I talking about again?

Anyway, back to the topic.  Just because I don't agree with someone, it doesn't mean that I'm going to stop buying what they're selling if I still like it, and if it turns out that I don't like it anymore, well, then I wouldn't be buying it whether or not I agreed with them.  I guess when you get right down to it, for most things my mind just separates the work from the person, and if I still like it, I'll buy, and if I don't, I won't, which I guess is what I just said in the previous sentence.  Oh well.  Now, I know that some people will say that because I am still buying it, I am supporting that person and what they believe and what they say, and that might be true.  That percent of a cent that they'll get from me might buy a consonant or a vowel, and I can only hope that they use it wisely, but in reality I'm not buying whatever it is they're selling for them, I'm buying it for me.  That's not to say that the thought of them won't cross my mind, it just probably won't be the deciding factor for whether or not I make that purchase.  Cold hard cash will.  Besides, I've held enough grudges, I don't need to add any more to the list.  Frankly, I think I lost it somewhere and I don't want to have to write it up again.  Some things deserve to be lost even if they're not quite ready to be forgotten.

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