so, Who are you?
Well, my name is Kropotkin…
That is a name someone else gave you, who are you?
Well, I am a clerk in a grocery store…
that is an job, something you do for a living, it isn’t who you are.
so, who are you?
Well, I am a democrat, a liberal…
that is a label, some ism that exists outside of you…
it is like self identifying as a catholic or a republican or
a American… those are labels outside of you… those things
exist outside of who you are… those don’t tell me who you are?
so who are you?
Well, I am human…
that tells me what species you are but it doesn’t tell me who you are?
Well, what do you mean by, who are you? tell me specifically what you mean?
who are you is a very specific request… you are telling me you don’t know who you
are?
Well, I know who I am, I am just looking for some guidance on the question…
If you knew who you were, you wouldn’t need guidance on the question on
who are you? you would know who you are… so who are you?
well, I am a good person…
That tells me more about who you are then any other answer you have given…
but what does it mean? does it mean you don’t run over little children in your car?
is that the standard we are looking at? a pretty low standard if that is it…
well, I believe in liberal standards…
that’s nice but what does that mean? to say you are liberal means you
are accepting a standard outside of yourself which means nothing unless it
has specific meaning or a specific course of action…so who are you?
I am a nice person… who doesn’t run over little children in my car…
that ok, but it still doesn’t tell me anything about you… are you a good human being?
Well, I guess so, I guess I am a good human being…
I don’t know what a good human being means…
and that is my point… you don’t know what a good human being is…
you can tell me your job and your pay grade and you educational level,
who you pray to, but you can’t tell me if you are a good human being
and you can’t tell me who you are… so who are you?
I am …
so who are you?
Kropotkin