Taboo

Taboo is proof that we are very judgmental as a specie and always want to adhere to some norm, fit into some 'normal'. A tiny slip, a major deviation and we label it as taboo. Something unknown, something to fear, something not 'normal'. And how is any one person superior than any other to call on someone's normality?

IMO taboo knocks on our sub-conscious coz' we aren't humans if it were not for our infallible curiosity. What if we tried it? Could we pull off trying it? Isn't it what we all think secretly when we see something that is taboo (or is it just me:))?

Taboo is someone's life, someone's way even if it seems alien. Something unknown = something we fear = something we don't understand = something not normal? I bet their equation, when they look at us works the same way!

In my mind, lack of compassion is the birth of taboo. What if situations were reversed? Whatever happened to treat everyone like you want to be treated!?

I understand that as humans we are flawed and so taboo will exist. What I wish, however, is that a bit more compassion bleeds into our perspective when we see and hear what we are not use to. The equation changes to something unheard/unseen = something I don't understand = something different = But, something that is and that is reason enough for it to be normal.