A Neutral Day in the Life...

It's all very well preaching Neutrality, but oughtn't one live in Neutrality as well?

It's much harder than you might imagine. For example, say that girl you don't especially like comes over and tries to start another conversation with you about her boring life. Now, the 'good' thing to do would be to listen patiently and contribute at the correct time. The 'evil' thing to do would be to tell her to Fuck Off, or else rip her head off... What would be the neutral thing to do? Would it be a combination of the extremes, thereby balancing, or would it be an action directly between the two. The former would make you appear a schizophrenic, and would be very funny, and the latter would have you ignore her completely, which might also be funny in its own way. But neither is easy to do is it?

Alternatively, let's look at infidelity. Now, generally, this is seen as morally wrong. But on the other hand, fidelity is 'good', so that isn't neutral either. I think this is a good example of an excellent puzzle for the neutral pretender. In a case such as this, the neutral man, in my submission, would try both, interested only in experience and not the moral implications of his actions. He ought to be unfaithful and faithful at different times, and he ought to do both with a balanced and scientific mind. The neutral man would try both since he would recognise that neither is necessarily more or less moral than the other (there are many arguments for the morality of infidelity; some religeons actively encourage it). However, once again, I find myself chained in this case. It is not as easy as one might imagine... Society's imprinted shackles are hard to crack.

I suspect this all makes me no better than many of the stoic philosophers in their ivory towers...