If love be blind, love cannot hit the mark. now will he sit under a medlar tree, and wish his mistress were that kind of fruit as maids call medlars, when they laugh alone. romeo, that she were, o, that she were an open et caetera, thou a poperin pear! romeo, good night: i'll to my truckle-bed; this field-bed is too cold for me to sleep: come, shall we go

Mercutio's speech in Act II scene i of "Romeo and Juliet".

Explanation:

Taken from Act II scene i of the romantic tragedy play "Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, these words are uttered by Mercutio. The scene shows the disappearance of Romeo after the trio attended the party at the Capulets'.

Mercutio's comment that love is blind, and that it "cannot hit the mark" shows his belief that Romeo is just lusting after Rosalind. They still believe that Romeo was still pining for Rosalind who had refused to have sex with him, though on the contrary, Romeo had already moved on and is currently after Juliet. And it is this 'wrong' perception of Romeo's wants that Mercutio thinks will be unsuccessful for Romeo. For, he believes that Romeo is looking for a woman who will be free in her approach and beliefs of sexual matters.

explanation:

the intellectual community is a place like a university where people with high marks, or original thought or an outstanding interest in something gather. they take classes together. they discuss things. they argue sometimes, and not always in a friendly way. but if they argue, it is because they are passionate about something, and there is nothing the matter with that.

lately i've been hearing rumors that it is not the way it was when i went to school. the one thing all schools used to have was free speech. the 1st amendment rights were sacred. now i'm hearing they are not. students can be reported and disciplined for giving an off the wall opinion.

that is shameful.

intellectual ideas are meant to be discussed. they are meant to be chewed up and worked on. that is the primary responsibility of every intellectual community. if that is not the way it is, then that is not a school to go to.

social media, in my opinion, and this is just an opinion. i wouldn't take it too seriously, complicates everything to do with human communication. you can want to share things and others feel they have the right to be very critical or sarcastic or mean about what you share. lack of respect is an immeasurable intolerable condition and social media abounds with that sort of thing.

one of the things i really like about is how careful people are because they must have some idea that the mods are exactly what the word says they are. they police this board very well, and what is so remarkable about them is that they are no older than the average grade 12 student.

my hat goes off to them (which means i respect them quite a bit).