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Richie Ramos (gaijin@i-manila.com.ph)
Sat, 25 Nov 2000 01:21:03 +0800
>Children are inherently flexible thinkers and extremely adaptable to harsh
>conditions. Gundam has always portrayed the loss of innocence in the young as
>the greatest evil of warfare. Atrocities are committed by the trusting
>youths, while being planned and directed by the paranoid bigoted adults.
>What is it that most of us lose as we transition from child to adult? What is
>it that causes angst in most, as innocence is lost and responsibility is
>rebelled against? Why must some smother their hearts in order to stay
>children, or risk baring their souls to the teeth of adulthood?
>SJ
I think that we lose the ability to see things for ourselves, instead
relying on all sorts of filters that we acquire when we grow up. It isn't
a bad thing, but it rids us of our ability to be aware of very many things...
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