Case Study.

Now I truly understand why cultures mean so much to people and organizations. Not culture in the ethnicity-sense, but from a more general behavioural perspective. Indeed, it has been quite an eyeopener for me, and despite the groans and rants resulting from the 5000-word essay and other assignments, organisational behaviour has really shed light on things that I would have never before examined in such detail.

Group think sucks big time.
Yes, it really does. The number of times irrational or bad decisions were made as a 'group' are far beyond my brain and hold. And for some (good) reasons, no one really stands up against these decisions. Why? Because all nails that stick out get hammered in, just like how suggestions deemed to be different are demolished on the spot, and the person who raised that suggestion gets marked. Well, if everyone is doing a good job then why not? But evidently, someone needs a proper objective form of measure.

Cultures in small communities must be monitored.
Well, anyone from the outside world would really recognise that this bunch of dimwits aren't exactly 'normal'. The culture is evidently flawed, and it makes it worse when this culture is pretty deeply entrenched in the minds of those people. Cheating, lying, aggression, it all adds up with occasional acts of pseudo-intellect with spurts of sarcasm and pseudo-wit, into a big mess of testosterone embedded in a world of text. Not everyone is guilty of this, but perhaps a certain subgroup.

Subcultures are potentially dangerous.
Now, this is one thing you cannot deny, and it really does not take an idiot to know how different the subcultures are in here. Every group has their own style of doing things. But then again, we do also realise how many of these subcultures tend so share a common point, or rather a common enemy? Now, if I could quote someone here : "when a score of people have made comments/remarks/complains against you, then i believe that the problem lies in you." Although I highly condemn the abuse of self-reflective statements, imposing it upon others in a form of criticism, I have to give this statement some validity. Then if given that were true, there isn't really much of a subculture, just a big rift between two groups of people. The upright, and the downright despicable.

Right, okay. I give it to you, there are some exceptions to the case. But look, who cares if you're a black sheep in a flock of white or a white in a flock of black. You belong to that group; your acceptance of that group only stands to show your acceptance for the norms that group adheres to. Your failure to stand up against immorality, excessive aggression and unjustified pride only makes you another one of them. Also, pointing out the existance of a black sheep does not undermind the argument that before me stands a whole bunch of sheep. A sheep is still a sheep, regardless its colour, like how a bunch of corrupt scums will continue to exist as a selfish bunch of people, despite one or two people who bother to (sorry, quote again) 'grace' others.

Resistance to change is quite difficult to overcome.
I always though that change-resistance was something that no one should ever have. Then again, I now realise another reason why people resist change - laziness. Look, you know that your foundation here is bad enough even a 4-storey building won't survive a 4-pt quake. And what you do? You build up agian towards your twin-towers. (The most you can ever acheive is the corruption in that nation.) You refuse to change everything else because of your own laziness. You claim that other people prefer the status quo. Oh really? Maybe it's because you did not tell them how lousy your current base is, and that in the very very near future you will be forced to either redo everything or stop building further. Such a shame that you people who claim to have the 'expertise' do not reacognise that fact. And yes, your resistance is only justified by borrowing the names of others. Try thinking again why you yourself don't want to change. You're supposed to be selfish and focus on yourself, remember?

Ok, enough. I should stop wasting my time here ranting for an unseen audience. Chances are, people who read this won't know what I'm writing about as well. I should get back to work and stop wasting my time here 'gracing' this group of people.