Setting Standards for Roles and Role-Playing

Civilizations have roles and standards for playing those roles.

Usually the person that people recognized as the greatest of the greatest in that role sets the standard–whether it’s a spiritual role or a secular role, whether it’s a Buddha or a Muhammad Ali.

Generally any who follows that person and aspires for that role must set that standard.

Usually when people witness that person deviate from the standard, people feel that that person is wrong.

Sometimes the person who deviates from the standard is wrong, and sometimes that person is setting a new standard.

Most of the times when you get into a role in any civilization people tell you how to play that role.

Those who study roles and role-playing in any society understand that when they get into a role they have the right and obligation to define and redefine that role. Maybe they are right. Maybe they are wrong.

All civilizations type and stereotype almost all roles their civilization. If people who go into those roles and role-playing in whatever civilization they are playing the role do not resemble or mimic who that civilization considers the best of the best, and/or whoever sets the new standard, then that role-player is perceived as less and/or as wrong.

Sometimes the role-player sets a new standard, and/or a different standard.

When playing a role try to set the highest standard.