2009-04-20, 11:44 PM
Beauty to me is the combination of having an idealistic appearance and having the intelligence to think for one's self (originality). However, since the dictionary is giving me:
You hit the part on originality, but had she said "I believe that marriage should be between a man and a woman", imagine what kind of uproar she would have caused. As you put it, beauty is how well someone conforms to society's ideals. She said the "In my country and family" part to appease the crowd, as evidenced by her saying "But I was raised in a way that you can never compromise your beliefs and your opinions for anything."
That means that she probably didn't state her true beliefs, probably just the one that's conforming to the ideals, hence hitting your definition of beauty.
I do agree that if she can't think on her own, she's not worthy of winning, but what IS an original belief? I'm certain that most of your beliefs (if not all of them) have already been thought up by some other person that you didn't know about.
Dictionary Definition Wrote:The quality that gives pleasure to the mind or senses and is associated with such properties as harmony of form or color, excellence of artistry, truthfulness, and originality.let's just go with the dictionary definition.
You hit the part on originality, but had she said "I believe that marriage should be between a man and a woman", imagine what kind of uproar she would have caused. As you put it, beauty is how well someone conforms to society's ideals. She said the "In my country and family" part to appease the crowd, as evidenced by her saying "But I was raised in a way that you can never compromise your beliefs and your opinions for anything."
That means that she probably didn't state her true beliefs, probably just the one that's conforming to the ideals, hence hitting your definition of beauty.
I do agree that if she can't think on her own, she's not worthy of winning, but what IS an original belief? I'm certain that most of your beliefs (if not all of them) have already been thought up by some other person that you didn't know about.