Putting In A Box
09.18.08 (9:15 pm) [edit]We normally hear the expression thinking inside(outside) the box, which means going beyond what is normal. This type of thinking is usually viewed positively because it can produce create and highly imaginative ideas. On the other way around, another idea which is called the "Putting in a Box" seems to be viewed negatively. This simply means categorizing or labeling things in the same category and its often treated in a general manner. For example, if you are born in Capiz they would label you as aswang, putting you in a box which was set for all Capizeño long before you were born. In some instances, people are the putting all residence in squatters area as either thief, drug pusher or prostitute in the same box without even considering that there are many outstanding citizens and professional living in that area.
Putting in a box is a bad way of labeling a person, it connotes discrimination. Nobody wants to be discriminated in whatever way, even in that stupid putting in a box thinking. No two people is alike and what other have done doesn't mean all of them done it all. Stop putting people in the box.
Posted by: The Seer
posted by: Felicity Cowper (reply)
post date: 01.19.09 (10:58 pm)
I am curious to know why it is such a concern to you that people think in boxes. Most people don't mean to be discriminating and they may be just trying to connect positively by sharing something in common with a person or remembering that they have had a similar experience etc. I can't see your point and find your subject here quite confusing and off putting. I probably wouldn't want to connect with your type of thinking here because you would always be evaluating how I think etc and I find that discriminating ! so where does one go from here in the business of trying to be human and connect with you may I be so bold to ask ( quite genuinely ) ??