Life's Not Fair [11.02.2006]

[hookedonmonics]

"Hey, so, uh...Bree was supposed to come over to my house yesterday (said in slight "upspeak") but she never showed. I don't know what to think. I mean, (heavy sigh, look off to the side momentarily) I called her house, but her parents aren't answering. I just..I don't know. I'm really worried. First they take photographs of me, now bree disappears (look off to the side,shake head) I don't know, this is getting..just..(look away again, followed by intense stare into camera) scary. (shaking head again) I...I have to figure out what's going on. Bree, if you're watching this- call me. I'm really worried."

[trash180]

As far as the parents actions, there are plenty of other examples of parents making questionable decisions regarding their children's health because of their faith. There's the whole Christian Science thing that gets played up on the medical tv shows occasionally (Christian Scientists resist the use of both drugs and surgery). There's also Scientology's view that psychiatric drugs are evil and shouldn't be prescribed no matter what. I watched some of that 48 hours on Saturday and it reminded me of the lg15 story. A slightly different case would be paytotheorderofofof2's parents forbidding her to see her boyfriend anymore because of his race. So, parents can definitely let their beliefs (no matter how crazy) get in the way of taking care of their children properly. That's pretty realistic unfortunately.

Bree's parents are highly educated and obviously care about Bree, but they are deep into the "community". It's taken them all over the world and dominated their lives for years. If this were the medical drama we would probably have a split between the parents. One would want to go through with it and one wouldn't. As it stands, it's the parents, the deacons, Lucy, Gemma and Daniel all pulling at poor Bree and no one wants to give up enough solid information to make a decision clear.
The motives of the deacons are still unknown. We don't know what the ceremony hopes to achieve or when it is or why Bree is such an important part. We don't know what the shots, the diet or Lucy are really for. And, of course, we still don't know if any of it is actually dangerous. It's in the face of all of these unknowns that Bree is going to have to find her way.

If were only as simple as "do as thou wilt", eh?

[Joss]

trash180 said:

As far as the parents actions, there are plenty of other examples of parents making questionable decisions... If were only as simple as "do as thou wilt", eh?

A friend of mine who has several children has (what I think is) a very good answer to the protests of the kids when they think he is not being fair with them.. He says something like " I never was told how to be a perfect father neither there is a university for parents so you'll have to live with my own interpretation whether it is fair or not".. We all know being a parent is not easy.. But we all have common sense.. Well, not really.. Let me put it in other way: We all are fearful of pain and death of our beloved.. Right?

In theory (Since so many things proved to be a lie this could be too) Bree's parents are educated, open minded, traveled and experienced.. That should be enough for most of us to make a good decision making.. Unless.. They are blinded by religious fanaticism.. Or the cult is actually some kind of mafia to whom they own obedience and gratitude.

Anyway.. I think Aleyster Crowley would be proud of Bree for he hated stupid followers unable to think for themselves.. And thats why he always promoted the idea of undergoing all kind of experiences that build individual's confidence on themselves and widen their criteria..

And that's what life is all about.. The point of free evolutions is ensure we all have different experiences so together we test the wider variety of options possible.. Those among us who have the best education, the wider experience and are more skilled will be in position to conceive and perform more complicated and difficult options..

But the person no matter how skilled and prepared must have the will to experience and research, the valor to risk and the intelligence to figure things ahead, the character to persist and the sensibility to listen to his/her intuition.

But above all of them the most important is the will to keep going ahead truthfully to oneself.. Will should never be broken, not even stopped, keep going and perfect the way you choose you own options.

So.. Bree does not just sits and waits to see how things unfold.. She thinks or hopes everything will be alright but that's not enough.. She has the will to do something.. There are too many loose ends.. She needs to think and knows that Daniel can make good points.. So she goes to his place.. There must be something she can do and she is determined to find out.. She saw fear in her parents eyes and nobody likes that.. Love is the law, love under will.. She can love her parents but if she lacks the will to do anything about it then its worth nothing.