What a marvelous world we live in right now. Technology has advanced to the point where I could talk instantly with someone in China without waiting. We now have headsets that can deceive your eyes into thinking you really are in a starfighter in space. We have a database that allows us to access almost every single written or filmed work ever created by mankind.

But in regards to society, I believe the West has developed an almost fatal weakness. Our feelings.

Of course we are all taught in preschool to respect people's feelings. To be nice and to get along with others is how society continues to operate. We realize that we work best together when we aren't trying to step on people's toes. But things are progressing in our society that are starting to make hurt feelings appear to almost be a crime.

Being offended seems to be the cool way to be now. You aren't hip unless you are oppressed or marginalized in some way. Who even cares about your personal actions, you are part of a group which makes you part of the problem. You are a problem.

So what solutions are these offended parties embracing to ensure their feelings are not hurt? They are making safe spaces. Now I am not wholly against the idea of someone having their refuge they can go to when the world just seems to much but when I think of it, but I think of it as their room or house. Not parts of a public college campus.

So I have two reasons for eliminating safe spaces as well as "trigger warnings".

1. It makes debate a lot harder when you dismiss things you don't like so easily.

2. It makes people think that the world cares about their feelings.

For the first reason, it is almost self-explanatory. Without giving a definite reason for rejecting an idea other than that it offends you, isn't a logical thing to do. Essentially what you are doing is proclaiming that there is no way you could be wrong about something; a very narcissistic way of thinking.

But the reason I feel they should certainly be eliminated is because they will weaken the people who support it. They are setting up these safe spaces because they know that many of us care about not offending people, but what will they do when they come across others who don't care? What will happen when their safe spaces get torn down? Simple: they'll look like babies. They'll cry and whine about how their feelings are being hurt and no one will care. Their need for not being offended will be ignored and they'll look like right idiots.

It is my personal belief that no one is above being offended. I get offended quite often. The only difference is, I know how to handle it. I just shrug it off. So long as it is not hurting me physically, I can take mean comments. Frankly, I don't care about them. The person often saying that stuff doesn't know me, they aren't my friend, so why should I give credit to what they are saying?

It is like I said before, people's minds only change when those closest to them suggest it or they decide it themselves. So why should I worry about being offended if I know nothing will come of it? I just live my life, going day to day, shrugging off the bad and embracing the good.

And while this may just come off as rambling, I feel that there is some merit to this.