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What part of our society should be re-evaluated? Is there anything that we do that should be questioned? OR is it acceptable to live according to customs in order to keep things in order?


The society we have been living in is changing. There is more crime and more violence in the neighbourhoods we live in. People are corrupting themselves with alcohol and drugs. Everyday, there are more and more homeless people on the streets. Obviously, our society is not as strong and steady as before. We should re-evaluate the society we are turning into before it is too late. The actions we have taken before to treat these corruptions are not effective any more. Therefore, new rules should be established to keep us from corrupting ourselves. At these times, self-control is the key to maintaining a healthy life. Often people find themselves pressured by others to do something they do not want to do at all. In school, it is called peer pressure. Many people are influenced by their peers into doing negative things. If we can control ourselves from being pressured by others, then we will not corrupt.



With all those laws made by the government to achieve order in the country, it is not surprising that a lot of us have customs and practices to accomplish our own matters. The laws worked so that we now have a functioning, flourishing country. Taking our base from there, we invent our own rules and create a new way of doing things. In other words, we create our own customs to successfully work out whatever it is that needs a solution. If the custom proves to be applicable, we can live with it. If it does not, then we just have to figure out a better way to solve the issue. If the solution works, why would people want to change it? It's like a guess-and-check math problem. If a number works out, then there the answer is and no more work needs to be done, because it solves the problem. If it does not work out, we just keep on trying and testing until the answer is found. Of course, if we are all self-controllable we will not need all sorts of laws and rules to bound ourselves. Yet, as always, there are people who think laws and rules are meant to be broken, so they break the rules. If we all follow the rules, every thing will be better. The society will be able to function without the people feeling as if the laws are set to restrain us.