2008 Woodie Awards
Mind games turn into politics
Mike Graziano
Issue date: 10/19/06 Section: opinion
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It seems that no matter where I go, or what I do, I will always seem to run into someone or something that is involved in politics. As a matter of fact, I don't think you can possibly deal with a single person almost anywhere in this country without going into politics. Now please take in mind that I am not talking about governmental politics. But rather just between people. Think about what I'm saying here and you will come to recognize the true nature of what I'm trying to get at. Men and women are political creatures right from the get-go of our lives. As a baby we decided who we would show attention to and who we didn't (at least when we had the choice to craw to a specific individual). Whereas today small groups of people come together and become friends who scorn and look down upon other groups of people; And intertwined into the groups of people making fun of another group of people is a smaller faction of a group of people that talks behind their backs. This goes so on and so forth till the smallest numbers or just to individual themselves is left. One of which is the person who typed this article. Everyone is guilty of this at one point or another; it's simply engrained into our mentality.
This may be hard to understand for some people. So I will attempt to be more specific. We sometimes call this drama, but at the same time it's a little more than that. For example think about your friends right now. Is there a "cool" person among you for example who perhaps knows where all the parties are? Or who gets all the attention from the opposite sex? Or perhaps has a lot of sway in an argument? These are just a few drops in the bucket of examples that can be used. But they show a sort of pull or charisma to stall an argument and swing it to their advantage. The process that is taking place there is the "politics" in which I am referring. So what are we going to do about it? Sadly, nothing can be done. We all know from a young age that we think we have some sway but as we get older we come to realize that you can only truly do so much in a situation like that.
This may be hard to understand for some people. So I will attempt to be more specific. We sometimes call this drama, but at the same time it's a little more than that. For example think about your friends right now. Is there a "cool" person among you for example who perhaps knows where all the parties are? Or who gets all the attention from the opposite sex? Or perhaps has a lot of sway in an argument? These are just a few drops in the bucket of examples that can be used. But they show a sort of pull or charisma to stall an argument and swing it to their advantage. The process that is taking place there is the "politics" in which I am referring. So what are we going to do about it? Sadly, nothing can be done. We all know from a young age that we think we have some sway but as we get older we come to realize that you can only truly do so much in a situation like that.