individualism

recently i have read and seen a cry for individualism in people my age. they go on to talk about how everyone is an individual with different thoughts and different personalities. the issue of doing what one thinks is right, doing what one thinks represents oneself, doing what one thinks is called 'being an individual'. but have they ever wondered whether by just doing all those things they are actually victims of the herd mentality? in actual fact none of us can categorize ourself as being a total individual. none of us can even have the right to say that. whatever thought, speech, gesture of ours have already been pre-governed, pre-set by our perception of the norm. none of us want to be alienated. all of us have an embedded fear of being an outcast. subconsciously no matter how loud, no matter how adament we try to prove that we are an individual...we are not. the very fact that we tend to speak the way we do shows our wanting to fit in...the very fact that we even bother to get a certain 'hairstyle' or a piece of clothing just goes to show that we have already fallen into the grasps of society's norms. society's norms...hence proving further that we all are victims of the herd mentality. none of us can deny that nor escape from it. so bullshit to those who claims to be an individual. just by bellowing thoughts and theories of invidualism does not make one an individual. INDIVIDUALISM IS NOT JUST ALL TALK! to be is to be it, to live it, to breathe it, to die by it. by writing this entry i am not trying to prove that i am an individual but i am just highlighting the narrowness in our way of thinking. we have to look at the bigger picture before stating any claims. ok enough said...so till the next update...the bigger picture moves the world of mankind.