Paper Street

Welcome to Paper Street. Undoubtedly, you must be wondering to yourself, what in the world is this mess? Or perhaps you’re just staring at our pretty header photo mesmerized by the impossible Rubik’s cube. Either way, you’ve found your way into our humble abode – a blog that will, perhaps, one day become great.

So, what is this about? Well, many moons ago, when I started my first blog, I was a little hesitant to post my rants and opinions about a variety of topics. I was a little afraid of judgment from my friends, and I wondered if people would begin to see me as some very strange person. What I found, to my surprise, was that there were a great deal of people who were receptive to new ideas and opinions, and I began to realize the need for more intelligent discussion of ideas. My good friend Alex soon joined the fray and began his own blog, aptly named ‘Societal Rants’, on which he voiced a number of opinions on topics close to his life. While the blog, which I had occasionally contributed to, was not a great success, we did find some willing readers who took the plunge and gave us feedback on our chosen topics. Unfortunately, the blog slowly faded into obscurity as we became busier with other aspects of our lives.

Now, we wish to begin again. Over the last few months, we’ve had some serious discussions about many interesting topics, giving us new ideas and opinions to ponder over. We’ve decided to share our thoughts to the world, and to find out what the rest of you think.

I believe there is a great need in our society for people to think more about what they are doing, and about what is happening to them. Far too often, information (or misinformation) from the mass media is simply accepted by a vast majority, who rarely think about what they hear with a wider perspective. Are things always the way they seem? Well, we’re here to see if that’s the case.

The world isn’t a perfect place, it probably never will be – but that doesn’t mean there isn’t room for improvement. If you feel that something is wrong, then why shouldn’t you speak up? Every improvement starts with a voice, and every voice needs to be heard. We’ve found some issues that we’d like to share with the world – to give our two cents on what we think about it, and to (hopefully) shed some new light on old views. Most of all, we’d like you to think about the things we say – they may not always be ‘right’ (if such a concept can be defined), and we love to hear your opinions and feedback. We want you to think.

So begins Paper Street, fittingly named after Tyler Durden’s Paper Street Soap Company from the great movie Fight Club, in its anti-capitalist and anti-media spirit. Initially, we’ll only have a few close main contributors, but of course, anyone can comment and discuss our ideas. If you feel interested in joining our endeavour, do not hesitate to tell us, and we’ll gladly let you fling out your ideas.

While we’re writing up our ideas, we’ve imported some of the best posts from Societal Rants, so you can read up if you haven’t yet. We will begin to post some of our thoughts very soon though!

As I’ve said before, use your freedom of thought; use your freedom of speech. Think. That’s the essence of a free society. Now let the fun begin!