Where realism meets idealism

Actually it doesn’t. I don’t think both of them will ever meet. I don’t think the analogy of parallel lines applies here, either. ‘coz once u talk of parallel lines, u know the distance between them. Here, they are just so far apart. U can’t measure the distance…
The difference strikes you when you think of the VT shootout. What was a guy doing with a gun on a campus. More importantly, how in the world did he get hold of it. And even more shocking, how come this happens so frequently in US. The reason behind it is the stimulus for this article.
Guns are available freely in the US. That’s a known fact. What is also known is that the gun lobby is very strong, and hence doesn’t let the “harmful” laws to limit the presence of “self-defence” arms. Well, ironically, the pistol didn’t even save the life of the miscreant at VT! To the un-“shielded” brains, the incident will look quite unbelievable. How can this be going on in a country which, otherwise, is a model for all the developing countries? Well, that’s quite true. It is a model for the developing countries to look at. The “developing” part of the country means that the country is going deeper into capitalism. And the leader of the Free World is showing us what it means to reach and live at that level. I am not an anti-capitalist. After all, my first job was a result of the proliferation of capitalism in this country. And the reason why the airline tickets are as low as the train fares is due to the same. And there are million more such examples. But the point I am trying to make here is that, we live in reality, not idealistic.
But when the reality is filled with such punch-you-in-the-face stuff, how come I find that people stick onto morals. Why is it that people stick onto out-of-date principles, and perceptions about life? At some level, it’s hypocrisy. It’s a drive within a person which makes him choose to talk of morals. Which makes him try to ridicule the world around him, or watch in apparent “amazement” at the lack of morality. This is one of the most difficult questions to find answers to… it has been so for me. I find it quite simple. Morals don’t have only one place in our society. They are taught to the tiny tots so that they believe that the world runs on “good” principles, and they live a blissfully happy time until they reach adolescence. And then they realize that life isn’t all about the good stuff, but its just as fun to live in. :D
To end on a happy note, life is just as much fun to live in, one way or another. There aren’t many rules in life, except for the ones we impose on ourselves. And I personally have found that a more practical understanding of the world un-complicates most of the events. :)

By the way, a final thought... doesn't realism meet idealism (around... lets say 21) ?