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Fight becoming domesticated, avoid being average
or within the norms, and for God's sake, don't do the right thing.
Aren't you tired of being told what's cool and what's not? Aren't
you sick of trying to please everyone? Haven't you had enough
of being a conformist? This Wildman sure has!
The 1990s were suppose to be a decade of originality
and individualism-not so. It has in fact been a decade of conformity
and bandwagon jumping. If you try to be cool all the time, if
you try to please everyone, if you're a conformist to avoid scrutiny
then you're just an average person. Average is out right boring-defy
it!
A Wildman isn't concerned with what other
people think the right thing is or how to behave to best be accepted
by ones peers. What it really comes down to is that existential
idea of what's good for me isn't necessarily good for anyone
else. Anyone else includes your parents, friends, the advertising
industry, or Millersville University.
Look at the current Millersville propaganda
campaign "Believe This!" The poster reads,
"Believe This! Most MU students do
the right thing.
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Most MU men have 5 or fewer drinks when they party.
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Most MU women have 3 or fewer drinks when they party.
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Most MU students exercise 2 or more times a week.
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Most MU students do not smoke cigarettes or use marijuana.
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Most MU students had one or fewer sexual partners in the last
year."
Real Wildmen are rebels, so that doesn't include
following a bunch of preset rules made by a boring group of domesticated
people. Don't let anyone tell you what is or isn't right. "Unto
thine own self be true." If you want five or more drinks
at a party, then do it.
If you need a long drag on a cigarette at
the end of a hard day, then do it. If you've had less then one
sexual partner in the last year, do something about it. Don't
let Millersville take the fire out of you.
You're in college, and college is about having
a good time. Be crazy and barbaric, there's nothing wrong with
a little walk on the wild side. Besides, by becoming a Wildman
now and questioning societies preset norms you just might find
some real flaws in it.
Look at some of America's past Wildmen who
questioned what the right thing was. At the time, they were branded
rebels and troublemakers, but now we celebrate and honor them.
Wildmen do what they think is the right thing!
Remember a little over 30 years ago when segregation laws were
the "right thing." It took real Wildmen to say, "No,
I don't think so, and I don't care if no one else does."
What about 150 years ago when slavery was the "right thing"
to do. Again, it took real Wildmen to say, "No, I don't
think so!" Go even further back some 223 years ago when
taxation without representation was the "right thing."
It took real Wildmen to fill a harbor with tea to make the point
that they didn't think it was the right thing.
Were these Wildmen rebels? Yes. Troublemakers?
Definitely. Heroes? Without a doubt! So don't let anyone including
Millersville tell you what's right because the second you stop
questioning is the moment they try and pull a fast one.
Remember, Wildmen aren't concerned with what
average people think is right. Wildmen do what they know is right,
and that's what makes all the difference!
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