Form and Substance

I think there is a dilemma in writing, forensics, and our world in general. As stated in the title of this post, that dilemma is between form and substance. The idea that is currently in place is the only way that substance has any meaning or importance is if the information is in the proper form. It doesn't matter if you have an idea that would better the community, unless you provide the proper documentations and do the idea in the proper way, it is wrong and bad.

I feel this is the same way the writing world operates. Unless your ideas are put in the proper form, it isn't valuable. You can have a great insight into the human condition, but unless you use the right interactions (be they 'hard' or 'touching' or whatever) your insights don't matter.

I think when we do that we lose not only good ideas, but voices. We lose an ability to explain our world to others because if they do not accept the form, thus your voice falls on deaf ears. The loss of a voice is one of the saddest atrocities in existence. We lose a perspective on the world. It is having and sharing different perspectives that makes us human. It is why we can write an essay and be changed by it and change others; we offer something unique. Therefore, by silencing others, we are really slaying humanity. This is genocide. This is worse than Rwanda, worse than Sudan. This is worldwide and it is done through indifference.

Dustin Haider