Contending Contradictions

In life many things seem to be general laws of the universe that just happen to contradict other laws of the universe that are also necessary. That is to say that often two things in life that are at odds must both be true, yet by the existence of one it is assumed that the other cannot also be true. To get to the point (which is difficult for me to do given my natural inclination to ramble... case and point) I wanted to discuss my dealings with the contradictions of fairness and life. Religion, civilized society, yes even courtiers push humans toward a state of imaginary "fairness." Now the simplest and most complicated question to ask is "why?" Granted I cant totally answer that but wanted to point something out and get off this tangential spiral into oblivion (you know, that place with Sam and the Daedric peoples). In unity is found strength, and it is true that great causes need great amounts of people to first make them great and second just make them work. Ever since I was a child I was taught to play fair, to give others a chance, to not cut in line, the same sorts of things that most people are probably taught. However this sense of fairness happens to contradict with a simple and core fundamental in life, namely competition. Almost everything in life is in some way driven by competition, associated with, or produced by competition. In the past week I have had several heart-to-hearts and a few head-to-heads with friends and acquaintances on this topic. Some things in life require initiative and a good solid preemptive strike (see there is a point to taking improved initiative, +4 goes a long way). Going back to my so called "favorite topic" of women, they are a perfect example of where fairness goes out the window. Granted there is that great mantra "all is fair in love and war" but since that place that calls itself Geneva started holding all of those conventions, war has become almost as complicated as it's counterpart love. Love was at one time simple, you hit her with a club, drag her back to your rock, and spend the rest of your short life regretting that decision which was based in the excitement brought on by those few moments of passion where you hit her with your club. Later love got more complicated when tunics got involved (which as you can see was very confusing to all and often ended in death by crucifixion) and even more frustrating when every maiden who had "huge... tracts of land" happened to be locked away in a tower. But then later we went crazy and decided that such things should not only be "fair" but that they should actuially follow codified laws (crazy Elizabethan romantics... I curse the day my kind was written into existence)who totally went off the deep end with how complicated the rules are. Around 1165 the definition of love began with "Love is a certain inborn suffering derived from the sight of and excessive meditation upon the beauty of the opposite sex, which causes each one to wish above all things the embraces of the other and by common desire to carry out all of love's precepts in the other's embrace." (note also point XIV). But for the sake of me taking some time for R&R on the topic later, I will have to stop here (ranting and rambling).

(Post Scribit - I tried to find the "Armies of Darkness" quote of "... that was just what we call pillow talk baby" to link to love, but couldn't, so if someone can find it I'll gladly make the edit.)