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Boundaries: Personal and National

By Mark Antony Rossi

What is privacy but another form of sovereignty. It’s understandable then how terms like “personal space” and “boundaries” can become virtually interchangeable.

The connection of personal and national boundaries are more closely linked than many truly realize. I find it curious that those who advocate boundaries of an orientation can suddenly be against the same principle as it applies to national borders.

If privacy is boundaries and boundaries are the silhouette of identity we should all be in agreement of protecting our space to operate in order to claim any measure of liberty. How do we function in a free society if we don’t feel free? And if we don’t feel free — is our society legitimately free?

We don’t ponder as much as a people anymore. It’s easier to protest and punch a cop than form a town hall and talk. Nor is it helpful we have a free press more interested in sensationalism than sensible solutions. Important words start losing potency even meaning when overused and abused. Words like bigot, racist and foreigner have little weight in an environment that sling shots accusations like an elementary schoolyard.

The only thing foreign these days is a climate of civility. Division is promoted as a mechanism of individuality instead of what it truly is: a failed opportunity to communicate. Differences do not separate people. Our attitudes towards those differences is what is at the heart of our conflict. Whether at the bathroom of a department store or the border of Mexico — respect is not achieved until it is transparently exchanged in both directions.

About the Author: Mark Antony Rossi is a poet, playwright and author of the bioethics volume “Dark Tech” now available from Amazon. His most recent plays have been produced in Liverpool and New York.

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