Ignorant but subtle

Lately, i have little to say about the world and mostly said on things driven by emotions. Such emotions had to be spilled in writing to allow me to go above and beyond. Today, I let myself out in public to absorb some human characters evolving around. Some speak about about their dinner plans, some said about what to get at Giant and some just don't speak to each other. i realised communication in Brunei lack substance. Even myself speak about trivial stuff but rarely do i hear friends speak about "real" things like politics, war, economic crisis and such others. Shall I say we are ignorant or subtle?

I say we are in between. Ignorant but subtle. does that make sense? :s Little that we say can make impact to the world that sometimes we decide to ignore things. For instance, if your decision can make a difference in how Brunei run things or even the world, should you stay still and follow? I presume things will turn around from the way it is. For that i say we nil in freedom of choice and speech that lead to such consequences.

A friend from India asked me once when I attended a convention in Manila, he said ' Are you patriotic?' I said, Ya I would die for my country. He then corrected me, he said 'not in that sense! If you are given an option to leave the country,would you? It took me a minute. Apparently, he said in India, they rather not see economic growth than lose their freedom of speech and politics. We, on the other hand, rather have economic growth then earn that kind of freedom. Right? To me, tradition has brought us here today, and one day that tradition may necessarily dissolve for a better future.

He then asked me ' are you happy the way things run? not able to make your own decision and being completely controlled by the government? YES, I'm fat and fully content, aren't i? I rationalised that democratic system will not work here because those aged 15 above amounted to only 300 000 people. Not sufficient to run such system. So beat it and go starve alone. Don't question how my government run things :p