You do not move forward by following convention. You celebrate those who are different, who are not burdened by 'normality.'
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Normality is to be different. Every person is a different person. And one day you need to be aware of your difference. Aware that you are not the same as the others. That is to be normal.
It's just really important that we start celebrating our differences. Let's start tolerating first, but then we need to celebrate our differences.
We are a party of innovation. We do not reject our traditions, but we are willing to adapt to changing circumstances, when change we must. We are willing to suffer the discomfort of change in order to achieve a better future.
Conventions are unstated agreements within a community to abide by a single way of doing things - not because there is any inherent advantage to the choice, but because there is an advantage to everyone making the same choice.
It's absolutely normal that different human beings want to go different ways.
People have a problem with me being different, but that propels me forward in life.
I don't have to participate in another culture's ceremonies in order to respect that culture.
If you behave normally, people treat you normally. It's only when you act as if you're someone special that they feel obliged to stand on ceremony.
What I'm trying to do is get a change in the mindset so people move from a level of mere tolerance to total acceptance and eventually to celebrate diversity. If you feel comfortable with one another, it doesn't matter whether we live in which neighbourhood but we can interact with one another freely. It's a mindset.
We have normality. I repeat, we have normality. Anything you still can't cope with is therefore your own problem.